Greater Kampala Metropolitan Area

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metropolitan area urban region

The Greater Kampala Metropolitan Area is the large urban and peri-urban region centered on Uganda’s capital, Kampala, encompassing surrounding rapidly growing towns and districts.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form	Occurrences
Kampala metropolitan area	7
Greater Kampala	1
Kampala Metropolitan Area	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	metropolitan area ⓘ urban region ⓘ
capitalOfCountryLocatedIn	Kampala NERFINISHED ⓘ
centeredOn	Kampala NERFINISHED ⓘ
contains	Entebbe NERFINISHED ⓘ Kampala NERFINISHED ⓘ Kira Town NERFINISHED ⓘ Mpigi District NERFINISHED ⓘ Mpigi Town NERFINISHED ⓘ Mukono District NERFINISHED ⓘ Mukono Town NERFINISHED ⓘ Nansana NERFINISHED ⓘ Wakiso District NERFINISHED ⓘ parts of Buikwe District ⓘ parts of Luweero District ⓘ parts of Mityana District ⓘ
country	Uganda ⓘ
demographicTrend	high population growth rate ⓘ rural-to-urban migration ⓘ
economicRole	center of services sector in Uganda ⓘ major industrial center in Uganda ⓘ primary economic hub of Uganda ⓘ
governanceBody	Kampala Capital City Authority NERFINISHED ⓘ local governments of surrounding districts ⓘ
hasCharacteristic	economic dominance in Uganda ⓘ high population density ⓘ informal settlements ⓘ infrastructure strain ⓘ peri-urban expansion ⓘ rapid urbanization ⓘ traffic congestion challenges ⓘ
hosts	major universities in Uganda ⓘ national government institutions in Kampala ⓘ regional headquarters of international organizations ⓘ
includesTransportInfrastructure	Entebbe International Airport NERFINISHED ⓘ Kampala–Entebbe Expressway NERFINISHED ⓘ Northern Bypass Highway NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedInRegion	Central Region, Uganda NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	Uganda’s national urban system ⓘ
planningChallenge	flood risk management ⓘ land use management ⓘ public transport organization ⓘ solid waste management ⓘ urban sprawl ⓘ
planningConcept	Greater Kampala Economic Development Strategy NERFINISHED ⓘ
timeZone	East Africa Time ⓘ
transportRole	main transport hub of Uganda ⓘ
utcOffset	+3 ⓘ