Kalangala District

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Basic data
Capital Kalangala
Geographical center 0 ° 20 ′  N , 32 ° 20 ′  E Coordinates: 0 ° 20 ′  N , 32 ° 20 ′  E
North South expansion 50 km
East-west expansion 55 km
surface 432 km²
population 36,661 (as of 2002)
Population density 84.9 inhabitants / km²
Deepest point 1134 m
The highest point 1240 m
Time zone UTC +3
ISO 3166-2 UG-101

Kalangala is a district of Uganda . It includes the entire group of the Ssese Islands . This comprises 84 islands (43 of which are inhabited) in the north-west of Lake Victoria . The largest island is Bugala with a length of 40 km. The capital is the Kalangala of the same name on Bugala. According to the 2002 census, the population is 36,661 people on an area of ​​9340 km², of which only 432 km² is land.

The district is of Luganda -speaking Bantus of Bassese inhabited -Volksgruppe that the Baganda and Basoga are related.

The archipelago is very wooded due to the heavy rainfall of around 2000 mm per year.

Important branches of the economy are, in addition to fishing for Nile perch in particular , tourism as well as forestry and agriculture with the cultivation of sugar cane , palm oil and pineapple .

There are ferry connections between Bukakata near Masaka and Luku on Bugala and between Entebbe and Kalangala. Another ferry service to Port Bell was closed in 1996 after the ferry sank with over 100 deaths.

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