Kira

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Kira

Total population

313,761

Elevation1190 m

Land area98.83 km²

Coordinates0.40°, 32.64°

Demographic figures from Uganda Bureau of Statistics. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

City facts

Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

Overview

Kira Town, a municipality in the Wakiso District of the Central Region of Uganda, is the country's second most populous city. It is administered by the Kira Town Council, an urban local government.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Notable people from here

Muwenda Mutebi II of Buganda

Kabaka of Buganda

Mwanga II of Buganda

Kabaka of Uganda

Daudi Cwa II of Buganda

Kabaka of Buganda (1896–1939)

Muteesa I of Buganda

King of Buganda (1837–1884)

G

Godfrey Kateregga

Ugandan footballer (1960-1999)

H

Hamis Kiiza

Ugandan footballer

I

Ibra Sekajja

English footballer (born 1992)

Nelson Sewankambo

Ugandan physician academician and medical researcher

Robert Kayanja

Ugandan Born-again Pastor

Sula Matovu

Ugandan footballer

Usama Mukwaya

Ugandan screenwriter

Simon Sserunkuma

Ugandan footballer

C

Charles Lubulwa

Ugandan boxer

J

Jolly Katongole

Ugandan boxer

S

Saidi Kyeyune

Ugandan association football player

Winnie Nanyondo

Ugandan athletics competitor (born 1993)

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Central

• Gayaza Town
  3.8 mi away
• Biira
  10 mi away
• Bunamwaya
  11.3 mi away
• Kakiri
  17.2 mi away
• Mpigi
  25.1 mi away
• Jezza
  25.7 mi away
• Semuto
  26.2 mi away
• Zigoti
  32.7 mi away
• Mityana
  41.1 mi away
• Lukaya
  65 mi away
• Masaka
  80.1 mi away · pop. 103,829
• Nkoni
  86.1 mi away

Browse all places in Central →

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about Kira

Hollow Kingdom

Kira Jane Buxton · 2019

Seduced by Destiny

Kira Morgan · 2011

Captured by Desire

Kira Morgan · 2010

Feral Creatures

Kira Jane Buxton · 2021

Tartufo

Kira Jane Buxton · 2025

Surviving Hurricane Katrina

Kira Freed · 2015

Surviving Pearl Harbor

Kira Freed · 2015

Surviving the 2011 Japanese Earthquake and Tsunami

Kira Freed · 2015

Search results from Open Library.

Recently spotted species

Angola staghorn fern

Platycerium elephantotis

Seen 2026-10-13

Gaudy Commodore

Precis octavia

Seen 2026-10-13

Black Kite

Milvus migrans

Seen 2026-10-12

Hadada Ibis

Bostrychia hagedash

Seen 2026-10-12

Pied Crow

Corvus albus

Seen 2026-10-11

Marabou Stork

Leptoptilos crumenifer

Seen 2026-10-11

Red-headed Lovebird

Agapornis pullarius

Seen 2026-09-25

Aerangis kotschyana

Aerangis kotschyana

Seen 2026-09-25

Common Tree Euphorbia

Euphorbia ingens

Seen 2026-09-21

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).