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Bunyoro-Kitara polity
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294902864
APP
2002-02-12
INP
2002-02-12
STA
Approved
UPD
2012-07-20
DUT
Bunyoro-Kitara rijk
IND
1
MIS
BR. ASAR. The Kingdom of Bunyoro Kitara is one of the 4 kingdoms constituting the Republic of Uganda. The kingship was briefly suspended in 1966 by Prime Minister Dr A. Milton Obote and restored in 1993 by President Yoweri K. Museveni, but only as a ceremonial institution (Almanach). Reputedly founded by the mythical Abatembuzi people, who were succeeded by the Bachwezi (or Chwezi/Cwezi) dynasty (c. 1350-c. 1500) (Encyclopedia of African Nations and Civilizations, Diagram Group, 2002). Kings and rulers: Solomon Gafabusa Iguru I, King (Omukama) of Bunyoro Kitara (1994- )
PPN
294902864
UDC
340.141.1Bunyoro 340.141.1Kitara
SN
ca. 1400-1967, 1993- . Location: between Lake Uganda and Lake Albert, Uganda.
MRF
321Bunyoro
BT1
Ugandan polities
UF
Bunyoro-Kitara Kingdom
Bunyoro Empire
Kitara Empire
Nyoro Kingdom
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