Bunyamwera | |
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Coordinates: 0°35′45″N 29°59′54″E / 0.59584°N 29.99841°E [1] | |
Country | ![]() |
Region | Western Uganda |
Subregion | ![]() |
District | Bundibugyo District |
County | Bughendera |
Subcounty | Sindila |
Parish | Bunyamwera |
Elevation | 4,216 ft (1,285 m) |
Population (2002)
[2] | |
• Total | 3,740 |
• Estimate (2008)
[2] | 5,022 |
Bunyamwera is a town in Bundibugyo District, Uganda. [2] It lies just outside of Rwenzori Mountains National Park, which is to the south. The town is north of Kagugu, southeast of Bunyana, and southwest of Butama. [1] Other nearby settlements include Bundimbuga, 1½ km north, and Bundikahondo, 2 km northwest. [1] The peak of Busunga is 6 km northwest, Kyabwageya's peak is 10 km east, and Kinera's peak is 10 km east. [1] The nearest hospital, Kasulenge Health Center II, is 9 km northeast. [1]
In the 1950s, Bunyamwera was considered a Konzo spur village, and children there went to primary school in the parish of Mutunda. [3]
Bunyamwera parish includes two hydropower plants, Ndugutu and Sindila. [4]
Bunyamwera is where Bunyamwera orthobunyavirus was first isolated, [5] and it also lends its name to that virus' genus Orthobunyavirus, its family Peribunyaviridae, and its order Bunyavirales. [6]
Bunya: from Bunyamwera, place in Uganda, where type virus was isolated.
Bunyamwera | |
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Coordinates: 0°35′45″N 29°59′54″E / 0.59584°N 29.99841°E [1] | |
Country | ![]() |
Region | Western Uganda |
Subregion | ![]() |
District | Bundibugyo District |
County | Bughendera |
Subcounty | Sindila |
Parish | Bunyamwera |
Elevation | 4,216 ft (1,285 m) |
Population (2002)
[2] | |
• Total | 3,740 |
• Estimate (2008)
[2] | 5,022 |
Bunyamwera is a town in Bundibugyo District, Uganda. [2] It lies just outside of Rwenzori Mountains National Park, which is to the south. The town is north of Kagugu, southeast of Bunyana, and southwest of Butama. [1] Other nearby settlements include Bundimbuga, 1½ km north, and Bundikahondo, 2 km northwest. [1] The peak of Busunga is 6 km northwest, Kyabwageya's peak is 10 km east, and Kinera's peak is 10 km east. [1] The nearest hospital, Kasulenge Health Center II, is 9 km northeast. [1]
In the 1950s, Bunyamwera was considered a Konzo spur village, and children there went to primary school in the parish of Mutunda. [3]
Bunyamwera parish includes two hydropower plants, Ndugutu and Sindila. [4]
Bunyamwera is where Bunyamwera orthobunyavirus was first isolated, [5] and it also lends its name to that virus' genus Orthobunyavirus, its family Peribunyaviridae, and its order Bunyavirales. [6]
Bunya: from Bunyamwera, place in Uganda, where type virus was isolated.