Bunyamwera

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]

Bunyamwera
Bunyamwera
Location in Uganda
Coordinates: 0.59584°N 29.99841°E / 0.59584; 29.99841[1]
Country Uganda
RegionWestern Uganda
Subregion Rwenzururu
DistrictBundibugyo District
CountyBughendera
SubcountySindila
ParishBunyamwera
Elevation4,216 ft (1,285 m)
Population
 (2002)[2]
 • Total3,740
 • Estimate 
(2008)[2]
5,022

Bunyamwera is where Bunyamwera orthobunyavirus was first isolated,[3] and it also lends its name to that virus' genus Orthobunyavirus, its family Peribunyaviridae, and its order Bunyavirales.[4]

References
  1. "Bunyamwera". Mapcarta. Archived from the original on 1 February 2019. Retrieved 31 January 2019.
  2. Tibemanya, Jolly; Okolli, Richard (June 2012). "Bundibugyo Local Government Statistical Abstract" (PDF). Uganda Bureau of Statistics. Bundibugyo, Uganda. p. 52. Archived (PDF) from the original on 1 February 2019. Retrieved 31 January 2019.
  3. Smithburn, K. C.; Haddow, A. J.; Mahaffy, A. F. (March 1946). "A Neurotropic Virus Isolated from Aedes Mosquitoes Caught in the Semliki Forest". The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. s1-26 (2): 189–208. doi:10.4269/ajtmh.1946.s1-26.189. ISSN 1476-1645. OCLC 677158400. PMID 21020339.
  4. "ICTV 9th Report (2011) Bunyaviridae". International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (ICTV). Archived from the original on 11 December 2018. Retrieved 31 January 2019. Bunya: from Bunyamwera, place in Uganda, where type virus was isolated.
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