Nansana

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Nansana

Total population

144,441

Land area298 km²

Coordinates0.37°, 32.53°

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

City facts

Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

Overview

Nansana is a town in the Central Region of Uganda. It is located in Wakiso District and is one of the five municipalities in the district. Nansana is a municipal council comprising four Divisions; Nansana Division, Nabweru Division, Gombe Division, and Busukuma Divisions. The four Divisions are considered as lower local government independent units.

Geography

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

Notable people from here

Edwin Ekiring

Ugandan badminton player

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Godfrey Walusimbi

Ugandan footballer

A

Ashe Mukasa

Ugandan footballer

F

Frank Nsubuga

Ugandan cricketer

R

Ruhindi Fredrick

Ugandan politician

Philly Lutaaya

Ugandan musician and activist (1951–1989)

P

Patrick Edema

Ugandan footballer

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Margaret Nankabirwa

badminton player

Jackie Chandiru

Ugandan musician

Aamito Lagum

Ugandan model

Josephine Nambooze

Ugandan physician, public health specialist, academic and medical researcher

S

Sikander Lalani

Ugandan Businessman and Industrialist

B

Brian Kasirye

badminton player

Zohran Mamdani

mayor of New York City since 2026

P

Patricia Akello

Ugandan professional model (born 1993)

Shafiq Kagimu

association football player

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

Nearby places in Central

• Bunamwaya
  7.1 mi away
• Gayaza Town
  8.1 mi away
• Semuto
  22.3 mi away
• Mityana
  33.5 mi away
• Kanoni
  45.1 mi away
• Lukaya
  57.5 mi away
• Masaka
  72.8 mi away · pop. 103,829
• Ndagwe
  100.7 mi away
• Chimzinga
  884.3 mi away
• Chimenya
  887 mi away
• Kakware
  892 mi away
• Kamdidi
  892.2 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.

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).