Bunyoro
Bunyoro-Kitara Kingdom Obukama bwa Bunyoro-Kitara (Nyoro) | |||||||
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| Motto: Habwa Ruhanga n'Ihanga Lyange "For God and My Country" | |||||||
| Anthem: "Bunyoro-Kitara Anthem" | |||||||
Location of Bunyoro (red) in Uganda (pink). | |||||||
| Status | State from 16th century-1894 Currently a non-sovereign monarchy within Uganda | ||||||
| Capital | Masindi | ||||||
| Official languages | Runyoro, English | ||||||
| Ethnic groups | Banyoro, Bagungu | ||||||
| Demonym | Banyoro | ||||||
| Government | Constitutional monarchy | ||||||
• Omukama | Solomon Iguru I | ||||||
• Prime Minister | Andrew Kirungi Byakutaga Ateenyi | ||||||
| History | |||||||
• Established by Rukidi | 16th century | ||||||
• Establishment of Protectorate of Uganda | 1894 | ||||||
• Obote abolishes Uganda's traditional kingdoms | 1967 | ||||||
• Bunyoro re-established | 1993 | ||||||
| Area | |||||||
| 17th century | 80,000 km2 (31,000 sq mi) | ||||||
| Now | 16,114.6 km2 (6,221.9 sq mi) | ||||||
| Population | |||||||
• Estimate | 1.4 million | ||||||
| Time zone | UTC+3 | ||||||
| Calling code | 256 | ||||||
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| Person | MuNyoro |
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| People | BaNyoro |
| Language | RuNyoro |
| Country | BuNyoro |
Bunyoro, also called Bunyoro-Kitara, is a traditional Bantu kingdom in Western Uganda. It was one of the most powerful kingdoms in Central and East Africa from the 16th century to the 19th century. It is ruled by the King (Omukama) of Bunyoro-Kitara. The current ruler is Solomon Iguru I, the 27th Omukama.