Rukungiri District - Kisizi, Rukungiri, Queen Elizabeth National Park, Kisiizi Power Station, Kisiizi Hospital, Ishasha, Uganda, Ishasha Airport (Paperback)

Chapters: Kisizi, Rukungiri, Queen Elizabeth National Park, Kisiizi Power Station, Kisiizi Hospital, Ishasha, Uganda, Ishasha Airport. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 30. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Kisizi - The town of Kisiizi is located in Rukungiri District, in southwestern Uganda, approximately 22 kilometres (14 mi), by road, south of the district headquarters at Rukungiri. This location is approximately 46 kilometres (29 mi), by road, north of Kabale, the largest city in the sub-region. The coordinates of Kisiizi are:00 59 45S, 29 57 44E (Latitude: -0.9956; Longitude:29.9625). Kisiizi owes its existence to the presence of Kisiizi Hospital. Kisiizi Hospital also has a primary school, which has close links with a secondary school named Rubirizi Secondary School. The town is split into upper and lower Kisiizi, separated by a distance of about a five (5) minutes journey by car. Both the primary school and hospital are located in lower Kisiizi, along with a small market, an internet cafe, and various residential buildings. The Internet Cafe (run by MicroCare Limited, in co-operation with Project Trust volunteers) also offers daily IT tuition to local school and hospital staff. Upper Kisiizi consists mainly of shops and housing with a number of small bars. Kisiizi Waterfall is the site of a hydroelectric dam project, completed in 2008. The Hospital's water engineer, Charles Swainson, is the head of the project. The current turbine produces 300kW (0.3MW) of power. It replaced a much smaller turbine that could only produce 60kW (0.06MW). The new power station was inaugurated at Kisiizi Hospital's Golden Jubilee weekend 14-16 November 2008 when there was a time of celebration and thanksgiving for the work and ministry of the Hospital in its first 50 years. The surplus power gene...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=302875