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Entebbe is a city in Uganda
Uganda

The Republic of Uganda is a landlocked country in East Africa. It is bordered on the east by Kenya, on the north by Sudan, on the west by the Democratic Republic of the Congo, on the southwest by Rwanda, and on the south by Tanzania....
 with a population of approximately 90,500. It is located on the shore of Lake Victoria
Lake Victoria

Lake Victoria or Victoria Nyanza is one of the Great Lakes of Africa.Lake Victoria is 68,800 square kilometres in size, making it the continent's largest lake, the largest tropical lake in the world, and the second widest fresh water lake in the world in terms of surface area ....
 near the capital city of Kampala
Kampala

Kampala is the capital city of Uganda. With a population of 1,208,544 it is the largest city in Uganda. It is coterminous with the Kampala . The city is divided into five boroughs that oversee local planning: Central, Kawempe, Makindye, Nakawa and Rubaga....
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"Entebbe", in the local Luganda language
Luganda language

Luganda, sometimes known as Ganda, is a major language of Uganda, spoken by over ten million people mainly in Southern Uganda which includes the Ugandan capital city Kampala....
, means a "seat", and was probably named that because it was the place where a Baganda chief sat to adjudicate legal cases. It first became a British colonial administrative and commercial centre in 1893 when Sir Gerald Portal, a colonial Commissioner, used it as a base.






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Entebbe is a city in Uganda
Uganda

The Republic of Uganda is a landlocked country in East Africa. It is bordered on the east by Kenya, on the north by Sudan, on the west by the Democratic Republic of the Congo, on the southwest by Rwanda, and on the south by Tanzania....
 with a population of approximately 90,500. It is located on the shore of Lake Victoria
Lake Victoria

Lake Victoria or Victoria Nyanza is one of the Great Lakes of Africa.Lake Victoria is 68,800 square kilometres in size, making it the continent's largest lake, the largest tropical lake in the world, and the second widest fresh water lake in the world in terms of surface area ....
 near the capital city of Kampala
Kampala

Kampala is the capital city of Uganda. With a population of 1,208,544 it is the largest city in Uganda. It is coterminous with the Kampala . The city is divided into five boroughs that oversee local planning: Central, Kawempe, Makindye, Nakawa and Rubaga....
.

"Entebbe", in the local Luganda language
Luganda language

Luganda, sometimes known as Ganda, is a major language of Uganda, spoken by over ten million people mainly in Southern Uganda which includes the Ugandan capital city Kampala....
, means a "seat", and was probably named that because it was the place where a Baganda chief sat to adjudicate legal cases. It first became a British colonial administrative and commercial centre in 1893 when Sir Gerald Portal, a colonial Commissioner, used it as a base. Port Bell
Port Bell

Port Bell is a small industrial centre near Kampala in Uganda which has a railroad link and a rail/road ferry wharf used for international traffic across Lake Victoria to Tanzania and Kenya....
 went on to become Kampala's harbour. Although no ships land there now, there is still a jetty
Jetty

Coastal lagoons fronted by barrier spit typically have entrances that migrate through time. Here, the entrance has been fixed by jetty variety of structures used in river, Dock , and Sea works which are generally carried out in pairs from river banks, or in continuation of river channels at their outlets into deep water; or out into docks,...
, which was used by Lake Victoria ferries
Lake Victoria ferries

The Lake Victoria ferries are and were steam- and diesel-powered ships used for freight and passenger transport between Uganda, Tanzania and Kenya on Lake Victoria....
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The entrance to the national zoo
Zoo

A Zoology garden, abbreviated to zoo, is an institution in which living animals are exhibited in captivity. In addition to their status as tourist attractions and recreational facilities, modern zoos may engage in captive breeding programs, conservation study, and educational outreach....
 is located near to the jetty, though foreign visitors have noted the seeming incongruity of wild monkeys sitting in the trees over the zoo's paths. The extensive National Botanical Gardens
National Botanical Gardens (Uganda)

The National Botanical Gardens of Uganda are in located in Entebbe, Uganda. They were laid out in 1898 by the first curator A Whyte close to the shore of Lake Victoria....
, laid out in 1898, are also in Entebbe. Entebbe is perhaps best known to Europeans as the home of Entebbe International Airport
Entebbe International Airport

Entebbe International Airport is the principal international airport of Uganda. It is located near the town of Entebbe, on the shores of Lake Victoria, and about 35 km from the capital Kampala....
, the main international airport of Uganda, which was started in 1947. The Entebbe airport was the scene of one of the most daring counter-terrorism operations in history when soldiers from an elite unit of the Israeli army freed over 100 hostages following a hijacking by a group of Palestinian and German terrorists. It was also from this airport that Queen Elizabeth II departed Africa to return to England
England

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 in 1952 when learning of her father's death and that she had become Queen.

Entebbe is the home of the Uganda Virus Research Institute (UVRI).

See also

  • Operation Entebbe
    Operation Entebbe

    Operation Entebbe, also known as the Entebbe Raid or Operation Thunderbolt, was a Counterterrorism hostage-rescue mission carried out by the Israel Defense Forces at Entebbe Airport in Uganda on the night of 3 July and early morning of 4 July 1976....