Katuna

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Katuna is a small border town in southwestern Uganda that serves as a key crossing point and trade route between Uganda and Rwanda.

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Label Occurrences
Katuna canonical 5

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Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf border town
town
borderPostName Katuna border post
borderType land border
borderWith Rwanda
connectedToCity Kampala
connectedToCountry Rwanda
connectedToTown Kabale
country Uganda
function gateway for trade between Uganda and Rwanda
key crossing point between Uganda and Rwanda
governingCountryCapital Kampala
hasBorderPostWith Gatuna (Rwanda)
hasCustomsPost Uganda customs
hasEconomicActivity customs and border services
trade
transport services
hasImmigrationPost Uganda immigration
hasInfrastructure border checkpoint
customs offices
immigration offices
truck parking areas
importance major transit point for goods between Uganda and Rwanda
part of regional trade corridor in East Africa
languageSpoken English
Runyankore-Rukiga
linked to: Runyankole
locatedIn Uganda
locatedInDistrict Kabale District
locatedInPartOfCountry southwestern Uganda
linked to: Southwestern Uganda
locatedInRegion Southwestern Uganda
locatedInSubregion Kigezi sub-region
nearBorderWith Rwanda
nearbyCountryCapital Kigali
oppositeBorderTown Gatuna
partOf Uganda–Rwanda border
region East Africa
regionType rural-urban border town
roadConnection Kampala–Kabale–Katuna Road
roadNetworkRole link between Uganda and Kigali via Rwanda
role border crossing
trade route
timeZone East Africa Time
transportMode road transport
usedFor cross-border trade
passenger movement between Uganda and Rwanda
utcOffset +3

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Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Kabale near Katuna
Kabale District hasTown Katuna