Empire of Kitara

Empire of Kitara
*Kitara kya Nyamenge* (Nyoro)
Empire of Kitara Kitara kya Nyamenge (Nyoro)
	Approximate location of Kitara per J. W. Nyakatura
Capital	Per legends: Somewhere near Bukuumi Mission, Kibaale District (during Isaza's reign); Kisengwe, Kibaale District (during Bukuku's reign); Mubende (during Ndahura's reign); Bwera, Sembabule District (during the early part of Wamara's reign); Bigo bya Mugenyi (during the late part of Wamara's reign);
Common languages	Proto-Rutara
Religion	Belief in Ruhanga; Other traditional African religions;
Demonym(s)	Munyakitara (pl. Banyakitara); Mukitara (pl. Bakitara); (Kitaran);
Establishment
• Tembuzi dynasty	c. 1000 – c. 1200 (according to C. A. Buchanan); c. 1000/1100 – c. 1300 (according to J. P. Gorju);
• Chwezi dynasty	c. 1200 – c. 1400 (according to C. A. Buchanan); c. 1350 – c. 1400 (according to E. I. Steinhart); c. 1300 – c. 1500 (according to D. K. Jordan); c. 1300 – c. mid/late 1600s (according to J. P. Gorju); c. 1300 – c. 1400 (according to K.W.);
	Succeeded by
Bunyoro
Buganda
Busoga
Ankole
Kingdom of Rwanda
Today part of	Uganda; Tanzania; Rwanda; Democratic Republic of the Congo; Kenya;

Kitara (sometimes spelt Kittara or Kitwara, also known as the Chwezi Empire) was a legendary empire regularly mentioned in the oral traditions of the African Great Lakes.

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