Wadelai

Wadelai is a village of northern Uganda on the Albert Nile and was the final chief station of Emin Pasha when Governor of Equatoria.

It lies at 2 50' North, 31 35' East, about 320 km (200 miles) in a direct line North-Northwest of Entebbe on Lake Victoria, and about 116 km (72 miles) by river below Butiaba on Lake Albert. The British built a government station there on a hill 50 to 60 metres (160 to 200 feet) above the Nile at a spot where the river narrows to 147 metres (482 feet) and attains a depth of 9 metres (30 feet). At this place was a gauge for measuring the discharge of the river.

Wadelai was first visited by a European, Lieutenant H. Chippendall in 1875, and was named after a chieftain who, when visited by Gessi Pasha (on the occasion of that officer's circumnavigation of Lake Albert), ruled the surrounding district as a vassal of Kabarega, king of Bunyoro. The region was annexed to the Egyptian Sudan and Wadelai's village chosen as a government post. This post was on the western bank of the Nile, below the existing station.