{"id":570,"date":"2012-10-06T13:02:20","date_gmt":"2012-10-06T13:02:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fortuneofafrica.com\/ug\/jinja-town\/"},"modified":"2012-10-06T13:02:20","modified_gmt":"2012-10-06T13:02:20","slug":"jinja-town","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/afrifacto.com\/ug\/jinja-town\/","title":{"rendered":"Jinja Town"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Jinja-town\"<\/strong><\/p>\n

Location<\/strong>
\nJinja Town is located in southeastern Uganda about 87 km from Kampala City. Jinja Town is the biggest town in\u00a0 the Kingdom of Busoga. The town is located on the shores of Lake Victoria next to the source of the Nile River .<\/p>\n

Population<\/strong>
\nIn 2011,\u00a0\u00a0 the Uganda Bureau of Statistics (UBOS) estimated the daily commuter population at 80,000.<\/p>\n

Key attractions<\/strong>
\nThe key attractions around the town include the following:<\/p>\n

Source of the Nile<\/strong>
\nThe source is located about 2 km from the Jinja Town.<\/p>\n

Itanda Falls<\/strong>
\nItanda Falls are 18 km from Jinja Town. The falls offer opportunity for bird watching camping and picnic outings.<\/p>\n

Lake Victoria Beaches<\/strong>
\nThe lake offer opportunities for water sports and fishing. The key beaches along the lake include the Sailing Club, Tilapia Club and Masese.
\nIslands in Lake Victoria<\/p>\n

Industries<\/strong>
\nThe numerous industries found in Jinja Town attract visitors. These include textile (Nytil Picfare), beer (Nile Breweries), sugar (Kakira Sugar Works), steel rolling (Jinja Steel Rolling Mills), grain milling (Jinja Grain Millers) and fish (Masese Fish Factory) and tea processing (Garden Tea) industries.<\/p>\n

Agriculture<\/strong>
\nThere are tea and sugar estates that are interesting to see along Kampala-Jinja High Way.<\/p>\n

Sports<\/strong>
\nThe sporting facilities include the Jinja Golf Course and the Bugembe Stadium.<\/p>\n

Antiquities \/ Historical sites<\/strong>
\nThese include the Bujagali ancestral site, the Busoga King\u2019s Palace at Nakabango; Mpumudde Hill. Mpumudde Hill is also the place where King Kabalega, of the
\nBunyoro Kingdom died from.<\/p>\n

Crafts<\/strong>
\nCrafts shops, workshops and community groups are common in Jinja Town and its suburbs,
\nmaking mats, baskets and other souvenirs from papyrus and other natural materials.<\/p>\n

Transport<\/strong>
\nJinja is a major station on the Uganda Railway and is a port for Lake Victoria ferries. Transport in Jinja Town is dominated by the motorbike (Boda boda).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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