Kalangala District - Overview

Overview

Kalangala District covers an area of 9,066.8 square kilometres (3,500.7 sq mi), of which only 432.1 square kilometres (166.8 sq mi) (4.8%) is land and the rest is open water. The district is made up of eighty four (84) widely scattered islands in the northwestern part of Lake Victoria of which only forty three (43) are inhabited. The biggest island is Bugala Island which covers 296 square kilometres (114 sq mi) or 68.5% of the district land mass.