Buddo hill
title: "Buddo hill" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["populated-places-in-central-region,-uganda", "wakiso-district", "buganda"] topic_path: "general/populated-places-in-central-region-uganda" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddo_hill" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
::data[format=table title="Infobox settlement |official_name = Buddo"]
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| image_caption | Buddo |
| mapsize | 150px |
| pushpin_map_caption | Map of Uganda showing the location of Buddo |
| pushpin_map | Uganda |
| subdivision_type | Country |
| subdivision_name | Uganda |
| subdivision_type1 | Region |
| subdivision_name1 | Central Uganda |
| subdivision_type2 | District |
| subdivision_name2 | Wakiso District |
| subdivision_type3 | County |
| subdivision_name3 | Busiro |
| timezone | EAT |
| utc_offset | +3 |
| coordinates | |
| elevation_m | 1300 |
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Buddo, sometimes spelled as Budo, is a hill in Wakiso District, Central Uganda. Phonetically, Buddo is the correct spelling in Luganda, the native language of the local area.
Location
Buddo is located in Busiro County, Wakiso District, off of the Kampala-Masaka Highway, approximately 14 km by road southwest of Kampala, Uganda's capital and largest city.
Overview
With a peak at 1300 m above sea level, Buddo is an important hill in the environs of Kampala. It carries cultural and academic significance. The cultural coronation site, where the Kabaka of Buganda is enthroned in a traditional ceremony is located on Buddo Hill and is known as Naggalabi Buddo. in August 2023 was the reopening of the Kasubi Tombs, a UNESCO World Heritage site, following their restoration after a fire in 2010. The hill is also the location of several elementary, middle and high schools, including Kings College Budo, a prestigious mixed boarding high school, attended by Buganda's Kings starting with Captain Sir Daudi Chwa II, the thirty-fourth (34th) Kabaka of the Kingdom of Buganda, who reigned between 1897 and 1939.
Landmarks
Buddo contains the following landmarks:
- Kings College Budo - A prestigious mixed boarding high school
- Budo junior school
- Budo Senior Secondary School - A mixed non-residential high school
- Kisozi High School Buddo
- Naggalabi Buddo - The site where the Kabaka of Buganda is enthroned in a traditional ceremony.
- Matutu Memorial Primary School
- St. Jude Primary School
- Abatec Islamic School
References
References
- "70 years of mixed schooling at King's College bears fruit".
- "It's a pity Budonians hardly know anything about their school!".
- [http://distancecalculator.globefeed.com/Uganda_Distance_Result.asp?fromplace=Kampala%20()&toplace=Budo%20(Western%20Province)&fromlat=0.3155556&tolat=0.26&fromlng=32.5655556&tolng=32.4847222 Road Distance Between Kampala and Buddo with Map]
- AINE, ASHLEY AISHA. (2024-12-21). "A tour of the refurbished Kasubi tombs ahead of their official reopening".
- "Tombs of Buganda Kings at Kasubi {{!}} Photos, Fire, History, Reconstruction, & Kampala {{!}} Britannica".
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