Location of Entebbe within Uganda.

Entebbe is a city in Uganda with a population of approximately 90,500. It is located on the shore of Lake Victoria near the capital city of Kampala. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (958x1020, 63 KB) Copyright information Created 25 August 2005 by TreveX Released under the Creative Commons Attribution 2. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (958x1020, 63 KB) Copyright information Created 25 August 2005 by TreveX Released under the Creative Commons Attribution 2. ... Lake Victoria, as seen from space Lake Victoria or Victoria Nyanza (also known as Ukerewe and Nalubaale) is one of the Great Lakes of Africa. ... Kampala Skyline Location of Kampala within Uganda. ...

"Entebbe", in the local Luganda language, means a "seat", and was probably named that because it was the place where a Baganda chief sat to adjudicate legal cases. It first became a British colonial administrative and commercial centre in 1893 when Sir Gerald Portal, a colonial Commissioner, used it as a base. Port Bell went on to become Kampala's harbour. Although no ships land there now, there is still a jetty, which was used by Lake Victoria ferries. To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Baganda, also called Ganda, are the largest ethnic group in Uganda. ... 1893 (MDCCCXCIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... Port Bell is a small industrial centre near Kampala in Uganda, that has a harbour, which is used for international traffic across Lake Victoria. ... Alternate meanings: See Jetty (web server) Alternate meanings: See Jettying in buildings The term jetty, derived from the French jetie, and therefor signifying something thrown out, is applied to a variety of structures employed in river, dock and maritime works which are generally carried out in pairs from river banks... The Lake Victoria ferries are and were steam- and diesel-powered ships used for freight and passenger transport between Uganda, Tanzania and Kenya on Lake Victoria. ...

The entrance to the national zoo is located near to the jetty, though foreign visitors have noted the seeming incongruity of wild monkeys sitting in the trees over the zoo's paths. The extensive National Botanical Gardens, laid out in 1898, are also in Entebbe. Giraffes in Sydneys Taronga Zoo Free monkeys islands at the São Paulo Zoo Panda enclosure at Chiang Mai Zoo Visitors feeding and petting tamed marmots at the Parc Animalier des Pyrenées Sea lions at the Melbourne Zoo For other uses of the term Zoo, see Zoo... 1898 (MDCCCXCVIII) was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Monday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar). ...

Entebbe is perhaps best known as the home of Entebbe International Airport, the main international airport of Uganda, which was started in 1947. Operation Entebbe, an Israeli operation to free the hostages of a Palestinian hijacking of an Air France plane, took place at the airport on July 4, 1976. The Israeli rescue operation was originally designated "Operation Thunderbolt," but the Israelis changed the official name to "Operation Yonatan" in honor of Yonatan Netanyahu, the commanding officer, who died in the action. The passengers had been taken off the plane and were being kept in the airport terminal buildings. The raid resulted in the destruction of these buildings and their remains are clearly visible to passing traffic on the way to the new terminal building about half a mile away. The Israeli forces also destroyed a large part of Idi Amin's air force in the process by blowing up the MiGs stationed at Entebbe. Entebbe International Airport is the main international airport of Uganda. ... 1947 (MCMXLVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1947 calendar). ... Entebbe Airport, Uganda, scene of Operation Entebbe Operation Entebbe took place on the night of July 3 and early morning of July 4, 1976. ... The term Palestinian has other usages, for which see definitions of Palestinian. ... Air France Boeing 747 Air France (Compagnie Nationale Air France) is a subsidiary of Air France-KLM. Before its merger with KLM, it was the national airline of France, employing 71,654 people (as of January 2005). ... July 4 is the 185th day of the year (186th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 180 days remaining. ... 1976 (MCMLXXVI) was a leap year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 1976 calendar). ... Operation Entebbe took place on the night of July 3 and early morning of July 4, 1976. ... Idi Amin on a ten-shilling note Idi Amin (May 17, 1924[1] – August 16, 2003) was an army officer and President of Uganda (1971 to 1979). ...

Entebbe is the home of the Uganda Virus Research Institute (UVRI). The Uganda Virus Research Institute (UVRI), located in Entebbe, Uganda, was established in 1936 as the Yellow Fever Research Institute by the Rockefeller Foundation. ...