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" (html). 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" (html). 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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