Bunyamwera
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Bunyamwera | |
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  Bunyamwera Location in Uganda | |
| Coordinates: 0°35′45″N 29°59′54″E / 0.59584°N 29.99841°E[1] | |
| Country |  Uganda |
| Region | Western Uganda |
| Subregion |  Rwenzururu |
| District | Bundibugyo District |
| County | Bughendera |
| Subcounty | Sindila |
| Parish | Bunyamwera |
| Elevation | 4,216 ft (1,285 m) |
| Population (2002)[2] | |
• Total | 3,740 |
| 5,022 | |
Bunyamwera is a town in Bundibugyo District, Uganda.[2] It lies just outside of Rwenzori Mountains National Park, which is to the south. The town is north of Kagugu, southeast of Bunyana, and southwest of Butama.[1] Other nearby settlements include Bundimbuga, 1½ km north, and Bundikahondo, 2 km northwest.[1] The peak of Busunga is 6 km northwest, Kyabwageya's peak is 10 km east, and Kinera's peak is 10 km east.[1] The nearest hospital, Kasulenge Health Center II, is 9 km northeast.[1]
In the 1950s, Bunyamwera was considered a Konzo spur village, and children there went to primary school in the parish of Mutunda.[3]
Bunyamwera parish includes two hydropower plants, Ndugutu and Sindila.[4]
Bunyamwera is where Bunyamwera orthobunyavirus was first isolated,[5] and it also lends its name to that virus' genus Orthobunyavirus, its family Peribunyaviridae, and its order Bunyavirales.[6]
