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Map Street Plan of the Centre of Kampala.

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Title

  • Street Plan of the Centre of Kampala.

Summary

  • This map shows the center of Kampala, today the capital and largest city of Uganda, as it appeared in 1956 during the late colonial period. Depicted on the map are roads and streets; government and commercial buildings; schools; churches and mosques; the headquarters of the Uganda Society; and other buildings and sites. Kampala lies just north of Mengo, the capital of the Kingdom of Buganda in the 19th century, and it was selected by British colonial administrator Captain Frederick Lugard in 1890 as the headquarters of the Imperial British East Africa Company. Shown in the lower-left-hand corner of the map is Lugard's fort, which was the administrative headquarters of the Imperial British East Africa Company and later the Uganda Protectorate until 1905. The colonial capital then was moved to Entebbe. In 1962, Kampala became the national capital of the newly independent state of Uganda. The map shows the Nakasero, old Kampala and part of Kololo areas of Kampala which made up the city then. It has now expanded to include a large part of the surrounding countryside. The scale is given as one inch to circa 160 yards, or approximately 1:5,760.

Names

  • Saben & Company Creator.
  • Uganda. Survey, Land, and Mines Department Contributor.

Created / Published

  • Entebbe, Uganda : Uganda. Survey, Land, and Mines Department, 1956.

Headings

  • -  Uganda--Central--Kampala
  • -  1956
  • -  Cities and towns
  • -  Commerce

Notes

  • -  Title devised, in English, by Library staff.
  • -  "From the Uganda National Fisheries Resources Research Institute. Digitized at the National Library of Uganda with support from the Carnegie Corporation of New York."--Note extracted from World Digital Library.
  • -  Original resource extent: 1 map ; 52 x 59 centimeters.
  • -  Original resource at: National Library of Uganda.
  • -  Content in English.
  • -  Description based on data extracted from World Digital Library, which may be extracted from partner institutions.

Medium

  • 1 online resource.

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2021668576

Online Format

  • compressed data
  • image

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Chicago citation style:

Saben & Company Creator, and Land Uganda. Survey. Street Plan of the Centre of Kampala. Entebbe, Uganda: Uganda. Survey, Land, and Mines Department, 1956. Map. https://www.loc.gov/item/2021668576/.

APA citation style:

Saben & Company Creator & Uganda. Survey, L. (1956) Street Plan of the Centre of Kampala. Entebbe, Uganda: Uganda. Survey, Land, and Mines Department. [Map] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2021668576/.

MLA citation style:

Saben & Company Creator, and Land Uganda. Survey. Street Plan of the Centre of Kampala. Entebbe, Uganda: Uganda. Survey, Land, and Mines Department, 1956. Map. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2021668576/>.