Editing Kampala (section)

=== Topography ===
[[File:Apartment block in kololo Kampala.jpg|thumb|left|Apartment block in Kololo]]
The City of Kampala covers a total area of {{convert|189|km2|sqmi|abbr=in}}, comprising {{convert|176|km2|sqmi|abbr=in}} of land and {{convert|13|km2|sqmi|abbr=in}} of water.

Kampala is a hilly place with its valleys filled with sluggish rivers/ swamps. The highest point in the city proper is the summit of [[Kololo]] hill at {{convert|1311|m|ft}}, located in the center of the city and the lowest point at the shores of [[Lake Victoria]] south of the city center at altitude of {{convert|1135|m|ft}}.

==== Hills ====
[[File:Kampala Kasubi Tombs.jpg|thumb|left|The [[Kasubi Tombs]]]]
Kampala was originally [[List of cities claimed to be built on seven hills|built on seven hills]], but it has expanded to cover more than the original seven hills.

The original seven hills are:

* [[Old Kampala]] Hill on which Fort Lugard was located, the first seat of the British colonial authorities in colonial Uganda.
* The second is [[Mengo, Uganda|Mengo Hill]] which was the then Kibuga (capital) of Buganda kingdom at the start of British colonial rule.
* The third is [[Kibuli]] Hill, that is home to the [[Kibuli Mosque]].
* The fourth is [[Namirembe]] Hill, that was home to the Anglican (Wangeleza) faction of the Buganda religious wars of 1888 to 1892 and site of Namirembe [[Anglican]] [[Cathedral]].
* The fifth is [[Lubaga]] Hill, that was home to the White Fathers Catholic (Wafaransa) faction of the above-mentioned Buganda religious wars and also site of the Rubaga Catholic Cathedral.
* The sixth is [[Nsambya]] Hill, site of the former Cathedral of St Peter's Nsambya and allocated to the [[Catholic Church in England and Wales|British Catholic]] Mill Hill Mission during the signing of the Uganda Agreement (1900).
* The seventh is [[Nakasero]] Hill on whose summit was Fort Nakasero, a British military installation built after relocating from Fort Lugard in Old Kampala. The hill was also the site of the European Hospital (the current government analytical laboratory opposite Ministry of Public Service headquarters).

==== Swamps and slow rivers ====
Due to Kampala's hilly nature and tropical climate, the valleys have slow rivers/swamps that tend to flow southwards towards [[Lake Victoria]] or northwards. These seasonal and or permanent swamps cover 15% of Kampala's land area. They include:
* Kinawataka swamp river covering an area of {{convert|1.5|km2|sqmi|abbr=in}}  flowing southwards into [[Lake Victoria]] and is located in [[Nakawa Division]].<ref name="Gumm">{{Cite journal|last=Gumm|first=Emily|date=2011-04-01|title=The Use and Misuse of Wetlands in Kampala|url=https://digitalcollections.sit.edu/isp_collection/1022|journal=Independent Study Project (ISP) Collection}}</ref>
* Nakivubo swamp river covering an area of {{convert|5.29|km2|sqmi|abbr=in}} flowing southwards to Lake Victoria from the foothills of [[Makerere]] and of length {{convert|9|km|mi}}.<ref name="Gumm"/><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.monitor.co.ug/artsculture/Reviews/Nakivubo-Channel--where-good-and-bad-meet/691232-1737368-p4nbyc/index.html|title=Nakivubo Channel, where good and bad meet|website=Daily Monitor|access-date=2019-11-01}}</ref>
*[[Lubigi]] swamp covering an area of {{convert|2.85|km2|sqmi|abbr=in}} flowing westwards from the foothills of [[Kisaasi]] into the [[Mayanja River]].<ref name="Gumm"/>
* Kansanga swamp<ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-07-19 |title=Wetlands on verge of extinction |url=https://www.monitor.co.ug/uganda/lifestyle/reviews-profiles/wetlands-on-verge-of-extinction-1652336 |access-date=2023-05-13 |website=Monitor }}</ref>
* Kyetinda swamp