Tributary network · approximate1300 – 1894 · 594 years

Bunyoro-Kitara Kingdom

Name: War Atlas: Named Conflicts and Empire Borders, 3000 BCE – Present
Creator: War Atlas
Keywords: wars, military history, conflicts, empires, historical atlas, casualties

Overview

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.

Wikipedia: Bunyoro·CC BY-SA 4.0

Borders & accuracy

Tributary network

A paramount-chiefdom-style polity with tributary peripheries; exact extent is contested.

SOURCEaourednik / historical-basemaps
DETAILhistorical-basemaps
SNAPSHOT1860
POLITY TYPEtributary

Wars of this empire2

Conflicts whose belligerents name this polity, best-documented first.

Battle of Masindi1872
Regional
Acholi-Buganda war (1893–94)1893–94
Regional

Open in the atlas →Seeks the timeline to 1300 and fits the map to these borders.

Cite as: Bunyoro-Kitara Kingdom (1300 – 1894). War Atlas. https://waratlas.org/e/africa-bunyoro-kitara · Sources & methodology