Location of Jinja within Uganda.

Jinja is the second commercial centre in Uganda, Africa. It was established in 1907. Jinja lies in the south east of Uganda, 87 km north east of the capital, Kampala. It is located on the shores of Lake Victoria, near to the source of the White Nile river. The city is the chief town of Jinja District, and is considered the capital of the Kingdom of Busoga. Jinja is a district in eastern Uganda. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (958x1023, 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 (958x1023, 63 KB) Copyright information Created 25 August 2005 by TreveX Released under the Creative Commons Attribution 2. ... 1907 (MCMVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Wednesday of the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ... km redirects here. ... Kampala is the capital city of Uganda. ... Lake Victoria and the Great Rift Valley Lake Victoria height variation The lake as seen from space, looking west, with other members of the African Great Lakes forming an arc in the middle distance. ... The White Nile is a river of Africa, one of the two main tributaries of the Nile, the other being the Blue Nile. ... Jinja is a district in eastern Uganda. ... The flag of Busoga Kingdom of Busoga and its districts Busoga is the kingdom of the 11 principalities of the Basoga people, one of the five traditional kingdoms in present-day Uganda. ...

Population

The resident population of Jinja is approximately 106,000 (an increase from 45,000 in 1980 and 65,000 in 1991), but it also draws in some 80,000 commuters each day. 1980 (MCMLXXX) was a leap year starting on Tuesday. ... 1991 (MCMXCI) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Commuting is the process of travelling from a place of residence to a place of work. ...

The majority of the population are of Bantu origin, and are English-speaking Anglican Christians. Lusoga and Luganda are the main local languages. Average annual household income is estimated at US $100. Map showing the approximate distribution of Bantu (dull yellow) vs. ... The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ... Christians believe that Jesus is the mediator of the New Covenant (see Hebrews 8:6). ... Lusoga is a Bantu language spoken in the Busoga region of Uganda by approximately 1 500 000 people. ... Luganda is a Bantu language and is spoken mainly in Uganda by the people of Buganda. ... Motto: (traditional) In God We Trust (official, 1956–present) Anthem: The Star-Spangled Banner Capital Washington, D.C. Largest city New York City Official language(s) None at the federal level; English de facto Government Federal Republic  - President George W. Bush (R)  - Vice President Dick Cheney (R) Independence - Declared - Recognized... United States one-dollar bill Canadian one-dollar coin (Loonie) One New Taiwan dollar Australian one-dollar coin 500 old Zimbabwean dollars The dollar (represented by the dollar sign: $ which comprises a single vertical line through a capital S) is the name of the official currency in several countries, dependencies...

The city of Jinja has been twinned with Finchley, London, England since 1963. Finchley is a place in the London Borough of Barnet, London, England. ... This article is about the capital of England and the United Kingdom. ... Motto: (French for God and my right) Anthem: God Save the King/Queen Capital London (de facto) Largest city London Official language(s) English (de facto) Unification    - by Athelstan AD 927  Area    - Total 130,395 km² (1st in UK)   50,346 sq mi  Population    - 2006 est. ... 1963 (MCMLXIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (the link is to a full 1963 calendar). ...

Economy

Agriculture thrives on the fertile soils, abundant water sources and reliable rainfall. Other industries are metal processing, leather and paper processing, grain milling, sugar, some organic fruits and coffee growing for export, and brewing for local sale. There is some local and export fishing on Lake Victoria. British-American Tobacco Uganda (BATU) closed its Jinja tobacco-processing factory in 2005, due to high taxes. The biggest local employer is currently the Kakira Sugar works, which runs on sugar alcohol - since there are said to be frequent power cuts in Jinja's mains electricity supply. Modern leather-working tools Leather is a material created through the tanning of hides and skins of animals, primarily cattlehide. ... The word grain has several meanings, most being descriptive of a small piece or particle. ... Percentages are relative to US recommendations for adults. ... An organically-grown apple. ... A cup of coffee Workers sorting and pulping coffee beans in Guatemala Coffee is a widely consumed beverage prepared from the roasted seeds—commonly referred to as beans—of the coffee plant. ... A 16th century brewer A 21st century brewer This article concerns the production of alcoholic beverages. ... ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Lightning strikes during a night-time thunderstorm. ...

The headquarters of Nile Breweries can also be found in Jinja. It is here too that you can find the Source of the Nile, from which the brewery has been drawing its water for the past fifty years. Building of the brewery commenced in 1952 but was only completed four years later. Bottles of Nile Beer (now Nile Special Lager and still the company's flagship brand) were first enjoyed by consumers back in 1956. In 2001, Nile Breweries Limited was fully acquired by South African Breweries Ltd (SAB). A year later, in May 2002, SAB acquired Miller Brewing Company in the United States, thus forming SABMiller plc. Miller Brewing is a large American beermaker based in Milwaukee. ...

In recent years, Nile brewery's investment in its people, brands and physical assets have given rich reward, both in performance and recognition. Volume growth and profitability have steadily risen, along with significant debt reduction that threatened the company's ability to trade during the early part of the decade. This has encouraged further capital project investment.

Infrastructure

There is a post office, town hall, a hospital, a golf course, and several internet cafes. There are numerous small shops. Small-town post office and town hall in Lockhart, Alabama A post office is a facility (in most countries, a government one) where the public can purchase postage stamps for mailing correspondence or merchandise, and also drop off or pick up packages or other special-delivery items. ... City Hall is a 1996 film directed by Harold Becker. ... A physician visiting the sick in a hospital. ... This article is about the sport of golf. ... Cyberia: one of the worlds first internet cafés, London, 1994 An Internet café or cybercafé is a place where one can use a computer with Internet access for a fee, usually per hour or minute; sometimes one can have unmetered access with a pass for a day or...

There are many primary schools due to Uganda's universal primary education. For older children there are also secondary schools: the PMM Jinja Girls Senior School, and Jinja Senior Secondary School which is now the largest in Uganda. They operate a British-style system of education. The literacy rate is currently around 60 percent. There is a teacher's college at Jinja. Primary or elementary education is the first years of formal, structured education that occurs during childhood. ... Primary or elementary education is the first years of formal, structured education that occurs during childhood. ... Secondary education - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ...

History

Jinja was formerly a fishing village that benefited from being on long-distance trade routes. The city was founded in 1907 by the British, as an administrative centre for the Provincial Government Headquarters for Busoga region. This was around the time that Lake Victoria's importance in transport rose due to the Uganda Railway linking Kisumu, a Kenyan town on the lake, with Mombasa on the Indian Ocean, 900 miles (1400 km) away. Cotton-packing, nearby sugar estates, and railway access all enabled it to grow in size. By 1906 a street pattern had been laid out, and Indian traders moved in from around 1910. The Indians were Catholic Christians and English-speaking, and originated in the former Portuguese colony of Goa on the west coast of India. 1907 (MCMVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Wednesday of the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ... The flag of Busoga Kingdom of Busoga and its districts Busoga is the kingdom of the 11 principalities of the Basoga people, one of the five traditional kingdoms in present-day Uganda. ... The Uganda Railway is a railway system linking the interiors of Uganda and Kenya to the Indian Ocean at Mombasa in Kenya. ... Kisumu ( ) is a port city in western Kenya, with a population of 322,724 (1999 census). ... bumbasa is the second largest city in Kenya, lying on the Indian Ocean. ... Cotton ready for harvest. ... 1906 (MCMVI) was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... 1910 (MCMX) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display calendar) of the Gregorian calendar or a common year starting on Sunday of the 13-day slower Julian calendar. ... Goa   (Konkani: गोंय goṃya; Marathi: गोवा govā; Portuguese: Goa) is Indias smallest state in terms of area and the fourth smallest in terms of population (after Sikkim, Mizoram and Arunachal Pradesh). ...

British-American Tobacco Uganda (BATU) established a tobacco processing factory in Jinja in 1928. Species Nicotiana acuminata Nicotiana alata Nicotiana attenuata Nicotiana benthamiana Nicotiana clevelandii Nicotiana excelsior Nicotiana forgetiana Nicotiana glauca Nicotiana glutinosa Nicotiana langsdorffii Nicotiana longiflora Nicotiana obtusifolia Nicotiana paniculata Nicotiana plumbagifolia Nicotiana quadrivalvis Nicotiana repanda Nicotiana rustica Nicotianasuaveolens Nicotiana sylvestris Nicotiana tabacum Nicotiana tomentosa Ref: ITIS 30562 as of August 26, 2005... Year 1928 (MCMXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar). ...

The city remained the capital of Busoga region, and was the industrial heart of Uganda between 1954 and the late 1970s - supported by power from the hydroelectric Nalubaale Power Station at the Owen Falls Dam, completed in 1954. The dam meant that Jinja enjoyed clean, potable water on tap and an unwavering electricity supply throughout the 1960s. There was also a new and highly efficient drainage system leading into capacious sewers that emptied directly into the River Nile. Cars began to appear in the 1960s, often as taxi services. 1954 (MCMLIV) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Template:A year The 1970s decade refers to the years from 1970 to 1979, inclusive. ... Hydroelectric dam diagram The waters of Llyn Stwlan, the upper reservoir of the Ffestiniog Pumped-Storage Scheme in north Wales, can just be glimpsed on the right. ... Owen Falls Dam generating electricity. ...

Manchester-based Calico Printers Association, in association with the Uganda Development Corporation, constructed a large vertical textile mill ('Nyanza Textile Industries' or more popularly "Nytil") in the mid 1950s. This utilised hydro-electric power from the Owen Falls Dam. By 1973 Nytil employed about 3,000 people and exclusively used Uganda cotton to spin, weave, and dye or print, to sell via its own retail chain, Lebel, throughout Uganda and Kenya. Genuine Nytil fabric was recognised by the "Silver Shilling" - a foil piece resembling a shilling which was inserted at one yard intervals along the edge of every cloth length produced.

As Jinja grew, new roads were constructed, serving local taxis and the many who lived outside the town. Each morning in the 1960s there would be a line of two-wheel traffic heading for the 'sokoni' or marketplace with cargoes of bananas or sacks of charcoal. Charcoal is the blackish residue consisting of impure carbon obtained by removing water and other volatile constituents from animal and vegetation substances. ...

Jinja in the 1960s, like all the towns in Uganda, was subtly segregated, with little mixing of white, East Indian and black neighbourhoods. The white area was by the lakeside, with houses affording large gardens, near a lakeside club with golf, yachting, a rugby pitch and swimming pool. White children studied at the Victoria Nile School, and were then sent to be schooled at Nairobi or the United Kingdom. The East Indians were the commercial and business class and lived in the rest of the town, and they greatly valued education: in 1968, the huge Jinja Secondary School had one white student and about half a dozen blacks, while the remaining 500 students were all Asian. Jinja may be: Jinja, a city in Uganda close to the source of the Nile River Jinja, the district in Uganda named after the above city Jinja, a Shinto shrine Jinja, a Template engine This is a disambiguation page: a list of articles associated with the same title. ... For other uses of India, see India (disambiguation). ...

East Indians were expelled from Uganda by Idi Amin in 1971 and 1972. Idi Amin Dada (c. ... 1971 (MCMLXXI) was a common year starting on Friday. ... 1972 (MCMLXXII) was a leap year starting on Saturday. ...

Under Idi Amin's bloody rule, it is said that so many bodies were dumped in Lake Victoria that they often blocked the hydroelectric intake channels at the Owen Falls Dam.

Much of Jinja's architecture is Indian-influenced, although the detailed shop-fronts and buildings were poorly maintained after the Indians left. Local industrial concerns also collapsed after the Indians were expelled. Many of the East Indians who are now returning to Uganda are choosing to set up businesses in Jinja.

Transport

Jinja is a major station on the Uganda Railway and is a port for Lake Victoria ferries. From the early 1900s access to the railway was by ferry to the railhead at Kisumu. It was not until the 1930s that the track was extended into Uganda. The Uganda Railway is a railway system linking the interiors of Uganda and Kenya to the Indian Ocean at Mombasa in Kenya. ... Seaport, a painting by Claude Lorrain, 1638 The Port of Wellington at night. ... 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. ... // First flight by the Wright brothers, December 17, 1903. ... The ferryboat Dongan Hills, filled with commuters, about to dock at a New York City pier, ca. ... A Railhead is a terminus of a railway line that interfaces with another tranport mode, for example shipping. ... The 1930s (years from 1930–1939) were described as an abrupt shift to more radical and conservative lifestyles, as countries were struggling to find a solution to the Great Depression, also known in Europe as the World Depression. ...

There is a good tarmac road west from Jinja to the capital at Kampala (80 km, 90 minutes by car, two hours by bus), but the tarmac road to the border with Kenya at Tororo, 100 km to the east, is generally in poorer condition. Buses and minibus taxis provide transport between Jinja and other Ugandan towns. A close-up view of some freshly-laid tarmac. ... Tororo is a district in eastern Uganda. ...

Transport in Jinja is dominated by the 'bicycle taxi' bodaboda and motorbikes. The bicycle is very important to the town, and there are over twenty bicycle retailers. Boda-Boda (or bodaboda) - originally a bicycle taxi in East Africa (from English border-border). ... A motorcycle (or motorbike) is a two-wheeled vehicle powered by an engine. ... Ōfuckỹdgfdddfdefdfdfdfdfdfdaasdfasdfasf For other uses, see Bicycle (disambiguation). ...

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Local attractions

Local attractions include white-water rafting, the "Source of the Nile", and a large brewery. Five miles/8 km north of Jinja is Bujagali Falls, which is located downriver from Owen Falls Dam. Bujagali Falls is a world-class spot for kayaking and white water rafting, and also a popular weekend picnic area for local Ugandans. However, the Falls are under threat from the construction of a proposed new 250 MW hydroelectric facility. Rafting is a recreational activity utilizing a raft to navigate a river or other body of water. ... The entrance of a brewery. ... A mile is a unit of length, usually used to measure distance, in a number of different systems, including Imperial units, United States customary units and Norwegian/Swedish mil. ... View of Bujagali Falls Bujagali (or Budhagali, according to the dialect of the Basoga tribe settling in this area) is a waterfall near Jinja in Uganda where the River Nile comes out of Lake Victoria, the source of the Nile. ... Inuit seal hunter in a kayak, armed with a harpoon. ... Friends and family gather for a picnic in a public park in Columbus, Ohio, c. ... The megawatt (symbol: MW) is a unit for measuring power corresponding to one million (106) watts. ...

There is a private Sailing Club on the shores of Lake Victoria. There is an animal sanctuary at Buwenge. For the songs, see Sailing (song). ...

The 9 hole (18 tee) golf course was originally laid out in the mid 1920's; and famously had a local rule allowing a free drop of the ball if it came to rest in a hippo's hoof print. The course has tremendous views of the Nile and Lake Victoria and the second green is within a 'lob wedge' of the source of the Nile. This article is about the sport of golf. ... Hippo can mean: Short for hippopotamus. ...

Some of Mahatma Gandhi's ashes were scattered into the source of the White Nile. There is a small memorial garden at the spot. There is an active Hindu temple near Jinja, which has a bronze bust of Gandhi. There is also a Buddhist temple. Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (Gujarati: , Hindi: , IAST: mohandās karamcand gāndhÄ«, IPA: ) (October 2, 1869 – January 30, 1948), was a major political and spiritual leader of India and the Indian independence movement. ... Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (October 2, 1869 – January 30, 1948) (Devanagari: मोहनदास करमचन्द गांधी, Gujarati મોહનદાસ કરમચંદ ગાંધી), called... A replica of an ancient statue found among the ruins of a temple at Sarnath Buddhism is a philosophy based on the teachings of the Buddha, Siddhārtha Gautama, a prince of the Shakyas, whose lifetime is traditionally given as 566 to 486 BCE. It had subsequently been accepted by...

About 25 km south, in Lake Victoria, is Buvuma Island — whose forests sometimes attract intrepid bird-watchers. Buvuma Island (locally Uvuma) is the map name of what is actually a chain of more than fifty smaller islands, a few kilometres off the northern shore of Lake Victoria, Uganda in the Napoleon Gulf. ... Birding or birdwatching is a hobby concerned with the observation and study of birds (the study proper is termed American origin; birdwatching is (or more correctly, was) the commonly-used word in Great Britain and Ireland and by non-birders in the United States. ...

Geographic data

• Latitude and Longitude: 0°44′N 33°20′E
• Height above sea level: 3,700 feet (1,130 m).