Editing Kampala (section)

== Etymology ==

Kampala originally referred to only the present-day [[Old Kampala]] hill, on whose summit Fort Lugard was located, and the initial headquarters of the British colonial authorities in the soon to be [[Uganda Protectorate]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Visit Kampala, Uganda |url=https://visitafrica.site/kampala.html |website=Visit Africa |access-date=January 9, 2024 |archive-date=9 January 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240109172605/https://visitafrica.site/kampala.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>

Before the British construction of Fort Lugard, the hill was a hunting reserve of the [[Kabaka of Buganda|Kabaka]] (King) of [[Buganda Kingdom|Buganda]] and had several species of antelope, especially the [[impala]]. As a result, when the British colonial officials were allocated this hill by the then Kabaka of Buganda, they referred to it as "The Hill of the Impala".{{citation needed|date=July 2022}}

The natives, in whose territory this British settlement was located, then translated "Hill of the Impala" as Akasozi ke'Empala. This was then shortened to K'empala and finally Kampala. ''Kasozi'' means "hill", ''ke'' "of", and ''empala'' the plural of "impala". Hence the name "Kampala" came to refer to this initial British colonial settlement that would later on spread out from the occupied [[Old Kampala]] hill near the pre-existing [[Kibuga]] (capital) of the Buganda Kingdom.<ref>{{cite web
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| title=Kampala: Origin of The Name
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