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Bunyoro

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Bunyoro, also known as Bunyoro-Kitara, is a traditional Bantu kingdom in western Uganda that ranked among the most powerful states in Central and East Africa between the sixteenth and nineteenth centuries. It is ruled by a monarch bearing the title of Omukama, a line of succession that continues into the present day under Solomon Iguru I, the twenty-seventh Omukama of Bunyoro-Kitara.

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Extant 1
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Monarchy 1
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1. Wikipedia: Bunyoro
  • Contemporary Society section
    Bunyoro remains as one of the five constituent kingdoms of Uganda, along with Buganda, Busoga, Rwenzururu, and Tooro.
  • Infobox, Government field
    Constitutional monarchy
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