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Uganda
sovereign state, republic, landlocked country, country
Part ofEast Africa Edit
Year dem found am1962 Edit
Official nameUganda, Uganda, Ouganda Edit
Native labelJamhuri ya Uganda, Republic of Uganda Edit
Short name🇺🇬 Edit
Participant insydUganda–Tanzania War Edit
Official languageEnglish, Swahili Edit
AnthemOh Uganda, Land of Beauty Edit
Cultureculture of Uganda Edit
Motto textFor God and My Country, kwa mungu na nchi yangu, За Бог и страната ми, Tros Dduw a Fy Ngwlad Edit
ContinentAfrica Edit
CountryUganda Edit
CapitalKampala Edit
Located in time zoneUTC+03:00, Africa/Kampala Edit
Located in/on physical featureEast Africa Edit
Coordinate location1°16′48″N 32°23′24″E Edit
Coordinates of northernmost point4°13′12″N 34°0′0″E Edit
Highest pointMount Stanley Edit
Lowest pointLake Albert Edit
Government ein basic formpresidential system Edit
Office held by head of statePresident of Uganda Edit
State ein headYoweri Museveni Edit
Office head of government holdPrime Minister of Uganda Edit
Government ein headRobinah Nabbanja Edit
Executive bodyGovernment of Uganda Edit
Legislative bodyParliament of Uganda Edit
Central bankBank of Uganda Edit
CurrencyUgandan shilling Edit
Driving sideleft Edit
Electrical plug typeBS 1363 Edit
Dey replaceCommonwealth realm of Uganda Edit
Dema official websitehttp://www.statehouse.go.ug/ Edit
Described at URLhttps://www.exploreuganda.com/ Edit
HashtagUganda Edit
Top-level Internet domain.ug Edit
Flagflag of Uganda Edit
Coat of armsCoat of arms of Uganda Edit
Geography of topicgeography of Uganda Edit
Get characteristicnot-free country Edit
History of topichistory of Uganda Edit
Economy of topiceconomy of Uganda Edit
Demographics of topicdemographics of Uganda Edit
Mobile country code641 Edit
Country calling code+256 Edit
Emergency phone number911, 112, 999 Edit
Licence plate codeEAU Edit
Maritime identification digits675 Edit
Unicode character🇺🇬 Edit
Category for maps or plansCategory:Maps of Uganda Edit
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Uganda, officially de Republic of Uganda, be a landlocked country insyd East Africa. Ebe bordered to de east by Kenya, to de north by South Sudan, to de west by de Democratic Republic of the Congo, to de south-west by Rwanda, den to de south by Tanzania. De southern part dey include a substantial portion of Lake Victoria, dem share plus Kenya den Tanzania. Uganda dey insyd de African Great Lakes region, wey dey lie within de Nile basin, wey e get a varied equatorial climate. As of 2024, e get a population of nearly 46 million, of wich 8.5 million dey live insyd de capital den largest city, Kampala.

Geographically, Uganda be diverse, plus volcanic hills, mountains, den lakes, wey dey include Lake Victoria, de world ein second-largest freshwater lake. De country get significant natural resources, wey dey include fertile agricultural land den untapped oil reserves, wey dey contribute to ein economic development. De service sector dey dominate de economy, wey surpass agriculture. Uganda ein rich biodiversity, plus national parks den wildlife reserves, wey dey attract tourism, a vital sector for de economy. Uganda be a member of de United Nations, de African Union, G77, de East African Community, den de Organisation of Islamic Cooperation.

Geography

Biodiversity den conservation

Uganda map of Köppen climate classification

Uganda get 60 protected areas, wey dey include ten national parks: Bwindi Impenetrable National Park den Rwenzori Mountains National Park (both UNESCO World Heritage Sites[1]), Kibale National Park, Kidepo Valley National Park, Lake Mburo National Park, Mgahinga Gorilla National Park, Mount Elgon National Park, Murchison Falls National Park, Queen Elizabeth National Park, den Semuliki National Park.

Uganda be home to a vast number of species, wey dey include a population of mountain gorillas insyd de Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, gorillas den golden monkeys insyd de Mgahinga Gorilla National Park, den hippos insyd de Murchison Falls National Park.[2] Dem sanso fi find Jackfruit thru out de country.[3]

Male Ugandan kob dey try make e seduce a female for Queen Elizabeth National Park Photo

De country get a 2019 Forest Landscape Integrity Index mean score of 4.36/10, wey dey rank am 128th globally out of 172 countries.[4]

Demographics

Largest cities den towns

Largest urban centres insyd Uganda

Uganda Bureau of Statistics 2016, National Population and Housing Census 2014 – Main Report, p. 11

Rank Name District Pop.
1 Kampala Kampala 1,507,114
2 Nansana Wakiso 365,857
3 Kira Wakiso 317,428
4 Makindye Ssabagabo Wakiso 282,664
5 Mbarara Mbarara 195,160
6 Mukono Mukono 162,744
7 Gulu Gulu 149,802
8 Lugazi Buikwe 114,163
9 Kasese Kasese 103,293
10 Masaka Masaka 101,557

Culture

Cultural celebrations insyd Northern Uganda
Woman insyd Rwenzori – Western Uganda

Owing to de large number of communities, culture within Uganda be diverse. Chaw Asians (mostly from India) wey na dem expel during de regime of Idi Amin return to Uganda.[5]

Media

Uganda get a number of media outlets wey dey broadcast domestically den globally. Dem dey cover news, magazines, sports, business den entertainment.

Popular Ugandan newspapers dey include:

  • New Vision
  • Daily Monitor
  • Bukedde
  • The Observer
  • East African Business Week
  • Red Pepper

De most popular television stations insyd Uganda dey include:

  • Uganda Broadcasting Corporation (UBC)
  • NTV
  • NBS Television
  • Sanyuka TV
  • Baba TV
  • Top TV
  • Spark TV

De Uganda Communications Commission (UCC) wey dey control den dey regulate all of de media.[6][7]

References

  1. ↑ "World Heritage List". Archived from the original on 14 March 2021. Retrieved 4 June 2013.
  2. ↑ Watching Wildlife: East Africa, Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Rwanda. Lonely Planet. 2009.
  3. ↑ Nakintu, Justine; Albrecht, Christian; Müller, Christina M.; Kagoro-Rugunda, Grace; Andama, Morgan; Olet, Eunice A.; Lejju, Julius B.; Gemeinholzer, Birgit (2020). "Exploring the genetic diversity of jackfruit (Artocarpus heterophyllus Lam.) grown in Uganda based on SSR markers". Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution. 67 (3): 605–619. doi:10.1007/s10722-019-00830-5. S2CID 201983253. Archived from the original on 13 January 2023. Retrieved 13 January 2023.
  4. ↑ Grantham, H. S.; et al. (2020). "Anthropogenic modification of forests means only 40% of remaining forests have high ecosystem integrity - Supplementary Material". Nature Communications. 11 (1): 5978. Bibcode:2020NatCo..11.5978G. doi:10.1038/s41467-020-19493-3. ISSN 2041-1723. PMC 7723057. PMID 33293507.
  5. ↑ Lorch, Donatella (22 March 1993). "Kampala Journal; Cast Out Once, Asians Return: Uganda Is Home". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 11 June 2022. Retrieved 29 September 2011.
  6. ↑ "About UCC – UCC: Uganda Communications Commission" (in American English). Archived from the original on 18 August 2022. Retrieved 2 July 2022.
  7. ↑ "Uganda Communications Commission – Ministry of ICT & National Guidance" (in American English). Archived from the original on 2 July 2022. Retrieved 2 July 2022.

Read further

  • Appiah, Anthony and Henry Louis Gates (ed.) (2010). Encyclopaedia of Africa. Oxford University Press.
  • Middleton, John (ed.) (2008). New encyclopaedia of Africa. Detroit: Thompson-Gale.
  • Shillington, Kevin (ed.) (2005). Encyclopedia of African history. CRC Press.
  • BakamaNume, Bakama B. (2011). A Contemporary Geography of Uganda. African Books Collective.
  • Robert Barlas (2000). Uganda (Cultures of the World). Marshall Cavendish. ISBN 9780761409816. OCLC 41299243. overview written for younger readers.
  • Carney, J. J. For God and My Country: Catholic Leadership in Modern Uganda (Wipf and Stock Publishers, 2020).
  • Chrétien, Jean-Pierre (2003). The great lakes of Africa: two thousand years of history. New York: Zone Books.
  • Clarke, Ian, ed. Uganda - Culture Smart!: The Essential Guide to Customs & Culture (2014) excerpt Archived 14 July 2022 at the Wayback Machine
  • Datzberger, Simone, and Marielle L.J. Le Mat. "Just add women and stir?: Education, gender and peacebuilding in Uganda." International Journal of Educational Development 59 (2018): 61-69 online Archived 17 April 2021 at the Wayback Machine.
  • Griffin, Brett, Robert Barlas, and Jui Lin Yong. Uganda. (Cavendish Square Publishing, 2019).
  • Hepner, Tricia Redeker. "At the Boundaries of Life and Death: Notes on Eritrea and Northern Uganda." African Conflict and Peacebuilding Review 10.1 (2020): 127-142 online Archived 25 April 2021 at the Wayback Machine.
  • Hodd, Michael and Angela Roche Uganda handbook. (Bath: Footprint, 2011).
  • Izama, Angelo. "Uganda." Africa Yearbook Volume 16. Brill, 2020 pp. 413–422.
  • Jagielski, Wojciech and Antonia Lloyd-Jones (2012). The night wanderers: Uganda's children and the Lord's Resistance Army. New York: Seven Stories Press. ISBN 9781609803506
  • Jørgensen, Jan Jelmert, Uganda: a modern history (1981) online
  • Langole, Stephen, and David Monk. "Background to peace and conflict in northern Uganda." in Youth, education and work in (post-) conflict areas (2019): 16+ online Archived 19 January 2021 at the Wayback Machine.
  • Otiso, Kefa M. (2006). Culture and Customs of Uganda. Greenwood Publishing Group.
  • Reid, Richard J. A history of modern Uganda (Cambridge University Press, 2017), the standard scholarly history. Buy from Amazon - online review Archived 27 January 2021 at the Wayback Machine
  • Sobel, Meghan, and Karen McIntyre. "The State of Press Freedom in Uganda". International Journal of Communication 14 (2020): 20+. online Archived 15 April 2021 at the Wayback Machine
  • Steinhart, Edward I. Conflict and collaboration: The kingdoms of western Uganda, 1890-1907. Princeton University Press, 2019.

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