Munyonyo
title: "Munyonyo" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["neighbourhoods-of-kampala", "cities-in-the-great-rift-valley", "populated-places-on-lake-victoria", "makindye-division"] topic_path: "geography" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Munyonyo" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| official_name | Munyonyo |
| image_skyline | Munyoyno_overview.jpg |
| image_caption | Munyonyo |
| mapsize | 150px |
| pushpin_map_caption | Location within Uganda |
| pushpin_map | Uganda |
| pushpin_label_position | left |
| subdivision_type | Country |
| subdivision_name | Uganda |
| subdivision_type1 | Region |
| subdivision_name1 | Central Region of Uganda |
| subdivision_type2 | District |
| subdivision_name2 | Kampala Capital City Authority |
| subdivision_type3 | Division |
| subdivision_name3 | Makindye Division |
| timezone | EAT |
| utc_offset | +3 |
| coordinates | |
| elevation_m | 1160 |
| :: |
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Munyonyo is an area on the northern shores of Lake Victoria and part of the metropolitan area of Kampala, in Makindye Division.
Location
Munyonyo is bordered by Lake Victoria to the south, Bulingugwe Island to the southeast, Ggaba to the east, Salaama to the northeast, Buziga to the north, Makindye to the northwest, and Lubowa to the west. Munyonyo is approximately 13 km, by road, southeast of Kampala's central business district.{{cite web | access-date=20 June 2014 | url=http://distancecalculator.globefeed.com/Uganda_Distance_Result.asp?fromplace=Kampala%20()&toplace=Munyonyo%20(Luwero)&fromlat=0.3155556&tolat=0.2372222&fromlng=32.5655556&tolng=32.6211111 | publisher=Globefeed.com | title=Distance Between Central Kampala And Munyonyo With Map}} The coordinates of Munyonyo are 0°14'32.0"N 32°37'29.0"E (Latitude:0.242225; Longitude:32.624725).{{cite web | url=https://www.google.com/maps/place/0%C2%B014'32.0%22N+32%C2%B037'29.0%22E/@0.2413238,32.6230843,17z/data=!4m2!3m1!1s0x0:0x0 | title=Location of Munyonyo at Google Maps | last=Google | publisher=Google Maps | access-date=20 June 2014}} ::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d3/Speke_Resort_Munyonyo.jpg" caption="Speke Resort Munyonyo" alt="Speke Resort Munyonyo"] ::
Overview
Munyonyo is one of the most upscale residential neighborhoods in the city of Kampala. It is the location of two of Kampala's resorts: the Speke Resort and Conference Center and the Commonwealth Resort. The latter was the venue of the 2007 Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting, also known as the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting 2007.
Munyonyo is also a martyrdom spot of the Uganda Martyrs. Catholic saints Andrew Kaggwa and Denis Ssebuggwawo Wasswa and Anglican Mukasa Musa were murdered on 25 and 26 May 1886 by King Mwanga II of Buganda. Other martyrs were imprisoned in Munyonyo and taken for execution in Namugongo. On the same day in Munyonyo, four catechumens: Kizito, Gyaviira Musoke, Mbaga Tuzinde,{{cite web | title=Profile of Saint Mbaga Tuzinde | url=http://www.ugandamartyrsshrine.org.ug/martyrs.php?id=17 | publisher=Ugandamartyrsshire.org.ug | access-date=20 June 2014}} and Mugagga Lubowa were secretly baptized by Charles Lwanga, at that time the leader of Uganda's Christian community.
Landmarks
::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/ba/Munyonyo_Martyrs_Shrine_at_night.jpg" caption="''Basilica and Martyrdom spot of St. Andrew Kaggwa''"] ::
Landmarks in or near Munyonyo include:
- Munyonyo Martyrs Shrine, a catholic basilica with the execution spot of Saint Denis Ssebuggwawo Wasswa and the tomb of Saint Andrew Kaggwa
- public health clinic administered by the Kampala Capital City Authority
- [[File:Munyonyo view of Lake Victoria.jpg|thumb|Lake Victoria as seen from Munyonyo Speke Resort 2025]]Speke Resort Munyonyo
References
References
- Kimbowa, Joseph. (3 December 2013). "Restoring Pride of Munyonyo Martyrs Shrine". [[The Observer (Uganda)]].
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