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'''Kamwookya''', sometimes spelled as '''Kamwokya''', is a location within the city of Kampala, Uganda's capital and largest metropolitan area.
==Location== Kamwookya is bordered by Kyebando to the north, Bukoto to the northeast, Naguru to the east, Kololo to the southeast, Nakasero to the south and Mulago to the west. This location is approximately {{convert|5|km|mi}}, by road, northeast of the Kampala's central business district.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://distancecalculator.globefeed.com/Uganda_Distance_Result.asp?fromplace=Bukoto%20(Western%20Province)&toplace=Kampala%20()%20&fromlat=0.35&tolat=0.3155556&fromlng=32.6&tolng=32.5655556| title=Map Showing Central Kampala And Kamwookya With Distance Indicator|access-date=14 June 2014|publisher=Globefeed.com}}</ref> The coordinates of Kamwookya are:0°20'33.0"N, 32°35'20.0"E (Latitude:0.342500; Longitude:32.588889).<ref>{{cite web|access-date=14 June 2014|url=https://www.google.com/maps/place/0%C2%B020'33.0%22N+32%C2%B035'20.0%22E/@0.3430968,32.5913878,15z/data=!4m2!3m1!1s0x0:0x0|publisher=Google Maps|title=Location of Kamwookya At Google Maps}}</ref>
==Overview== Kamwookya is a mixed residential and commercial area of the city, with a large number of small Information Technology (IT) businesses. Kamwookya is also the location of a central market, restaurants, shops, dry-cleaners and sports bars, many of them, upscale. Closer to the city center, one can find several foreign embassies, government buildings and an upscale shopping mall. (See ''Points of interest below:''). thumb|KCCA PS Kamwokya.jpg
In the northern portion of Kamwookya, between the Kampala Northern Bypass Highway and Kira Road, the neighborhood is a densely packed slum, with poorly constructed housing units, poor drainage and rudimentary sanitary infrastructure, with attendant public health challenges.<ref>{{cite web|date=26 May 2006| url=http://www.irinnews.org/report/39624/uganda-glum-hiv-aids-outlook-for-kampala-s-slum-dwellers|title=Uganda: Glum HIV/AIDS Outlook for Kampala's Slum Dwellers|publisher=IRIN News| access-date=14 June 2014}}</ref>
<gallery mode="packed"> Main Road into Kamwokya, Kampala.JPG|Main road. General cleaning.jpg|General cleaning. File:Loving the aesthetics vibes of home.jpg|Bath tab outside the house. File:Unfinished homeland.jpg|Unfinished building. File:Traffic policeman.jpg|Traffic policeman. File:A church in the Ghetto.jpg|A church. File:KAMWOKYA 3.jpg|Poultry. </gallery>
== Notable people == Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu, known as Bobi Wine, Ugandan musician, activist, actor and politician.
==Points of interest== The points of interest in or near Kamwookya include: * NBS Television Ltd<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nbs.ug|title=NBS TV | Accurate, Bold, Authoritative}}</ref> * Iwat Solutions.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.yellow.ug/company/40452/iwat-solutions-limited|title=Iwat Solutions Limited|website=Yellow.ug|access-date=2017-07-25}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.iwatsolutions.com|title=Iwat solutions, web design, web development, mobile application streaming|website=www.iwatsolutions.com|access-date=2017-07-25}}</ref> One of the few recognized Ugandan based live stream service providers * British High Commission * High Commission of the Republic of Rwanda * Uganda National Museum * Uganda Wildlife Authority Headquarters <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.newvision.co.ug/mobile/Detail.aspx?NewsID=645231&CatID=442|archive-url=https://archive.today/20140615102513/http://www.newvision.co.ug/mobile/Detail.aspx?NewsID=645231&CatID=442|url-status=dead|archive-date=15 June 2014|title=Monkeys Are Fun to Track|first=Titus|last=Kakembo|access-date=14 June 2014|publisher=New Vision Mobile}}</ref> * [http://theacaciamall.com/ Acacia Mall] - technically Kamwokya lies on Kololo Hill. Acacia Mall, an upscale, six-storey, air-conditioned shopping center at the corner of Kira Road and Acacia Avenue, where Kamwokya meets Kololo proper. * Katego Family Planning Clinic - a private medical facility <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.newvision.co.ug/D/9/618/699534|title=Beat Cervical Cancer, Stick To One Man!|publisher=New Vision|date=30 October 2009|first=Susan|last=Muyiyi|access-date=14 June 2014|archive-url=https://archive.today/20140615102522/http://www.newvision.co.ug/D/9/618/699534|archive-date=15 June 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref> * S&J Strategies Limited - a communications consulting firm<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.newvision.co.ug/D/9/40/669755|title=Kasyate Goes Into Media Consultancy|access-date=14 June 2014|publisher=New Vision|date=30 January 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090204141020/http://newvision.co.ug/D/9/40/669755|archive-date=4 February 2009|url-status=dead}}</ref> * Kampala Northern Bypass Highway - the highway passes through the northern reaches of Kamwookya. * Saint Francis Students Community Center - a public community center for area and visiting students * Makerere Guest House - a private lodging facility. (Not to be confused with ''Makerere University Guest House'', which is located on the main campus of Makerere University). * Kampala City View Guest House - a private lodging facility, at the corner of Kira Road and Tufnell Drive. * A branch of Guaranty Trust Bank (Uganda) - one of the commercial banks in the country * A branch of Imperial Bank Uganda - in the Acacia Mall * A branch of Orient Bank - in the Acacia Mall * Daks Couriers Limited – the leading privately owned courier, transport and logistics company in the country.
==See also== {{columns-list|colwidth=22em| * Kampala * Naguru * Kololo * Bukoto * Mulago }}
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== * [http://www.newvision.co.ug/news/654363-kamwokya-market-vendors-tipped-on-savings.html Kamwokya Market Vendors Tipped On Savings] * [http://www.observer.ug/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=29945:-kamwokya-art-gallery-serves-katogo&catid=63:book-review-a-art&Itemid=102 Kamwokya Art Gallery Serves Katogo]
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