new settlement Kabazana b
The place
new settlement Kabazana b in Kabale District, Bunyonyi/Rubanda area (southwestern Uganda highlands, Rwanda border, Uganda), at 1252 m elevation, Kigezi highlands. Continuous Uganda cluster (batches 260-399). New community settlement in the Kigezi highlands (Lake Bunyonyi, "place of many little birds", 29 islands, 2nd deepest lake in Africa at 900 m + Kabale, population 100,000, highest town in Uganda at 1900 m + Rubanda, population 100,000 + Rwanda border 15 km away + Bwindi Impenetrable Forest UNESCO 1994, mountain gorillas Gorilla beringei beringei, 500 individuals, iconic, half the world's population + heritage of the Bakiga/Bafumbira people (Bantu people, 3 M, Rukiga language + Bafumbira/Kinyarwanda 500,000, Kinyarwanda language, close to Rwanda + iconic heritage of the Rwandan Tutsi genocide, 7 April-15 July 1994, 100 days, 800,000 dead, iconic 20th-century tragedy + iconic heritage of the Uganda-Rwanda-DRC war, Second Congo War 1998-2003, 5 M dead, Africa's world war + iconic heritage of Idi Amin 1971-1979, dictator, the "Butcher of Africa", 300,000 dead + Yoweri Museveni 1986-present, 39 years, longest-serving current head of state + iconic heritage of Museveni's anti-LGBT law, 26 May 2023, death penalty for aggravated homosexuality, iconic international outrage).
The setting
Kabale Bunyonyi/Rubanda SW Uganda highlands Rwanda border Uganda 1252 m Kigezi highlands, continuous cluster batches 260-399, community settlement Kigezi + Lake Bunyonyi "place of many little birds" 29 islands 2nd deepest in Africa 900 m + Kabale 100,000 highest town in Uganda 1900 m + Rubanda 100,000 + RW border 15 km + Bwindi UNESCO 1994 mountain gorillas Gorilla beringei 500 iconic half of world population, Bakiga/Bafumbira Bantu 3 M Rukiga + Bafumbira/Kinyarwanda 500,000 Kinyarwanda RW + Rwandan Tutsi genocide 7 April-15 July 1994 100 days 800,000 dead iconic 20th c. + UG-RW-DRC war 2nd Congo War 1998-2003 5 M dead Africa's world war + Idi Amin 1971-1979 Butcher of Africa 300,000 dead + Museveni 1986+ 39 years longest-serving current + anti-LGBT law 26 May 2023 death penalty aggravated homosexuality outrage.
