Lake Bunyonyi

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Lake Bunyonyi ("Place of many little birds") is in south-western Uganda between Kisoro and Kabale, and it is close to the border with Rwanda. The lake appears on the 5,000 Ugandan shilling note under the title "Lake Bunyonyi and terraces". It is known as the second deepest lake in Africa after Lake Tanganyika. Lake Bunyonyi has a maximum depth of 900 meters making it the fourth deepest lake in the world or the third deepest in the world considering Caspian Sea as closed sea instead of a lake. Towns on its shores include Kyevu and Muko, while its 29 islands include Punishment Island and Bushara Island. == Geography == Lake Bunyonyi is a body of water 7 kilometres (4.3 mi) west of Kabale town. == Main islands == === Akampene (Punishment Island) === The Bakiga used to leave unmarried pregnant girls on this small island with - to die of hunger or while trying to swim to the mainland (swimming skills were rare). This was to intimidate the rest, to show them not to do the same. A man without cows to pay the bride price could go to the island and pick up a girl. The practice got abandoned in the first half of the 20th century. SOURCESWikipedia

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