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845:"Kabaka Faults Government On Delayed Masaka City Status"
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872:Kungu Al-Mahadi Adam (5 November 2019).
792:"Masaka Town Expands To Get City Status"
738:"Location of Masaka City At Google Maps"
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594:List of cities and towns in Uganda
219:. The city is the headquarters of
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498:Masaka Regional Referral Hospital
280:invasion of northwestern Tanzania
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683:Fields, Megan (December 2009).
291:Uganda National Liberation Army
272:Tanzania People's Defence Force
262:(1978–79), and was accordingly
34:Place in Buganda Region, Uganda
1020:. Kampala: Campus Times Uganda
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766:"Elevation of Masaka, Uganda"
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463:Uganda People's Defense Force
196:A street view in Masaka town
1570:Kako Senior Secondary School
970:. Kampala: Citypopulation.de
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204:A street view in Masaka town
173:1,288 m (4,226 ft)
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876:. Kampala: SoftPower Uganda
239:. The city is close to the
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