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Fort Portal

Fort Portal is a city in western Uganda at the foot of the Rwenzori Mountains. It grew around a British fort of 1893 named after the diplomat Sir Gerald Portal, and became the capital of the Toro kingdom, with the royal palace on a hill above the town. It is a centre of a tea-growing region.

Fort Portal
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Kingdom of Toro

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The Epoch Institute. (2026). Fort Portal. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/fort-portal
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