Luzira

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Suburb of Kampala, Uganda

title: "Luzira" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["luzira", "nakawa-division", "neighbourhoods-of-kampala", "populated-places-on-lake-victoria"] description: "Suburb of Kampala, Uganda" topic_path: "general/luzira" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luzira" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Suburb of Kampala, Uganda ::

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Luzira is a suburb of Kampala, the capital of Uganda. It is best known for the country's main prison, Luzira Maximum Security Prison, which has seen significant redevelopment thanks to the work of African Prisons Project, a charity based in the UK and Kampala.{{cite web| url=http://www.monitor.co.ug/Magazines/HomesandProperty/When-Luziira-Maximum-Security-Prison-is-home/689858-1872052-14mrqp9/index.html | title=When Luzira Maximum Security Prison is home | access-date=23 October 2016 |last=Kakembo| date=5 June 2013 | newspaper=Daily Monitor | first=Freddie | location=Kampala}}

Location

Luzira lies in Nakawa Division, one of the five administrative divisions of Kampala. It is located approximately 10 km, by road, southeast of the central business district of Kampala.{{cite web| url=http://distancecalculator.globefeed.com/Uganda_Distance_Result.asp?fromplace=Uganda%20Post%20Office%2C%20Kampala%20Road%2C%20Kampala%2C%20Uganda&toplace=Luzira%2C%20Kampala%2C%20Central%20Region%2C%20Uganda%2C&dt1=ChIJQ6vCjIC8fRcRO0xjOZ4-3Qc&dt2=ChIJX58Sv5W-fRcRTgrRBoHefDk | title=Distance between Uganda Post Office, Kampala Road, Kampala, Uganda and Luzira, Kampala, Central Region, Uganda| publisher=Globefeed.com | access-date=23 October 2016 |author=Globefeed.com | date=23 October 2016}} It is bordered by Butabika to the north, Mutungo and Kitintale to the northwest, Mpanga to the west, Port Bell to the south and an inlet of Lake Victoria to the east. The coordinates of Luzira are:0°18'06.0"N, 32°38'42.0"E (Latitude:0.301667; Longitude:32.644999).

Overview

Luzira is the name that the indigenous Baganda use to refer to the general neighborhood. Port Bell is the area where the landing pier is situated, at the tip of the peninsular into Lake Victoria, in the most southern part of the general Luzira neighborhood. Mpanga is the location of Uganda's maximum security prison, located in the western part of the general Luzira neighborhood. The central part of Luzira is mainly an industrial park, where most of the factories are located. The eastern part of Luzira township is mainly a middle-class residential neighborhood. Prehistoric artifacts dating back to around 1000 AD, have been uncovered at the site where the maximum security prison is located. This includes the famous Luzira Head, which is currently housed in the British Museum.{{cite web|access-date=18 June 2014| url=https://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details.aspx?objectId=593988&partId=1%20&searchText=buganda&page=1|title=The Luzira Head|publisher=British Museum}}

Luzira Maximum Security Prison

Main article: Luzira Maximum Security Prison

The prison, the largest penal institution in Uganda was designed with capacity of 1,700 inmates, but often houses close to 8,000.{{cite web| url=http://www.monitor.co.ug/News/National/Govt-revives-plans-to-shift-Luzira-prison/688334-3174532-wyipc8/index.html | title=Government revives plans to shift Luzira prison | access-date=23 October 2016 | date=25 April 2016 | newspaper=Daily Monitor | first=Andrew | last=Bagala | location=Kampala}} On 27 August 2014, the day of the 2014 national population census, the prison housed 6,336 people; 3, 373 were in the Luzira Upper Prison, 1,495 were in Murchison Bay Prison, and Kampala Remand Prison had 1, 040 inmates. The Luzira Women's Prison had 400 inmates and 28 children.{{cite web| access-date=23 October 2016 | newspaper=New Vision | location=Kampala| url=http://www.newvision.co.ug/new_vision/news/1308570/prisoners-register-national-census |date= 2 September 2014 | first=Petride |last=Mudoola | title=Prisoners register for the national census}}

Points of interest

The following points of interest are found inside or near Luzira:

References

References

  1. "Map of Luzira, Excluding Luzira Maximum Prison".
  2. "Geographical Coordinates of Luzira, Nakawa Division, Kampala, Uganda".
  3. FOA. (23 October 2016). "Butabika National Referral Hospital". Fortune of Africa (FOA).

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