NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE SURVEY GAZETTEER FOR UGANDA

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NIS GAZETTEER
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~ This NIS G~rzetteer on Uganda is issued under the NIS maintenance

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on Briti:h East Africa, dated M~y 1955.
FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY
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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AG~cNCY
Vllashington, D.C.
September 1964
This ~~azetteer is issued as a standard component oE ~hie National Intelligence $urvey For
Uganaa ond lists official standard names approved by the ilnited States Board on Geographic
Names. These names supersede all previous decisions on ga:ographic names in this area. Th~s
Gazetteer also lists the variants of o~ficial standard names for reference purposes. These variants
are not approv�d as stand~~rd names. ~
This Gazetteer will be adequately maintained by published revision.
Distribution of this publication is made by the Central Int�I~igence Agpncy and is For
official use on~y.
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NIS GAZETTEER
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Official Standard Names Approved by the
U.S. Bc~ard on Geo9raphie Nam~
� Prepared in the OfFice of Geography, Department of the Interior
Coordinated by the C~ntral Intelligance Agsney
Wa:hington, D.C. September 1964
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- FOREWORD
~ This gazetteer contains about 11,900 entries for places Since practically all geographic terms have varied mean-
and features in Uganda. T'ie entries include standard ings, the senses in which the designator terms are used
- names ap~roved by the Board on Geographic Names and and the range of features to which they are applied in
unapgroved variant names, the latter cross-referenced to this gazetteer are stated in the list t~o reduce ambiguity.
the standard names. Use;: of the gazetteer should always The distinctions that can be made in a given gazetteer
refer to main entries for aaproved names. will vary with the quality of the ma~s of the area and with
The basic name coverage corresponds approximately to the nature of the entities that axe named.
that on maps at the scale of 1:250,000. Entries include ~st-order administrative division (district, king-
the names af first- an~1 second-order administrative divi- dom, territory) ; second-order administrative
sions, populated placf:s of all sizes, numerous minor cul- division (county)
tural entities, and a variety of physical features. AREA area (tract of country identified by a name, but
Interpretation of ~~ntrie~ without recognizable boundaries and not con-

- - sidered to be a tribal area; see also TRB)
It has been ne~essary to expiess in code numbers and BAy bay
letters some of Lhe information in the gazetteer in order g~ bridge
to accommodate it to the machine method of tabulation. gG~ bight (open body of water forming a slight
Name. - AF,proved standard names and unapproved recession in ~a coastline)
variant nam~~s appear in the first column. The variant CHNL lake channel (channel between islands in Lake
names are al ~vays cross-referenced to the star.dard names Victoria or between i~�lands and the mainland)
bS= use of thf. word "see." Where part of a name is under- CMPR restcamp
lined, the ~ise of the part not underlined is optional. CONE volcanic cone (cone-shaped elevation formed by
Where two ~r rnore names are approved for a feature, each volcanic eruption, usually with a crater or
is identifie3 in parentheses and any or all may be used. breached crater at the top)
Names co~atainin eneric or other elements COVE cove
g g preceding CRTR crater (generally circular central depression in
the specific term (except ~ames of populated places) are a volcanic cone; includes breached craters)
transposed and alphabetized by the specific part; thus DAM dam (structure for impounding water)
Iiingdor.n of tinkole is listed as Ankole, Kingdom of. DTCH ditch (artificial watercourse used to improve
Diac ritical marks are not used in the approved names drainage)
of Ug