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Uganda

Africa

Republic of Uganda

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🗺️ Kampala, Uganda

Capital city

📍 0.3476°, 32.5825°View larger map →

📍 Essential Info

CapitalKampala

TimezoneUTC+3 (8 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time)

Population50.9M

LanguagesEnglish (official), Ganda or Luganda (most widely used of the Niger-Congo languages and the language used most often in the capital), other Niger-Cong...

Governmentpresidential republic

🔌 Practical Info

Driving SideRight

Electrical PlugsVaries

Internet Code.ug

Internet Users15%

GDP per Capita$2,900

🌍 Geography

LocationEast-Central Africa, west of Kenya, east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Size Comparisonslightly more than two times the size of Pennsylvania; slightly smaller than Oregon

Climatetropical; generally rainy with two dry seasons (December to February, June to August); semiarid in northeast

Terrainmostly plateau with rim of mountains

👥 People & Culture

Ethnic GroupsBaganda 16.5%, Banyankole 9.6%, Basoga 8.8%, Bakiga 7.1%, Iteso 7%, Langi 6.3%, Bagisu 4.9%, Acholi 4.4%, Lugbara 3.3%, other 32.1% (2014 est.)

ReligionsProtestant 45.1% (Anglican 32.0%, Pentecostal/Born Again/Evangelical 11.1%, Seventh Day Adventist 1.7%, Baptist .3%), Roman Catholic 39.3%, Muslim 13....

Median Age16.4 years

Life Expectancy69.7 years

National HolidayIndependence Day, 9 October (1962)

Cultural Information

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Data sourced from the CIA World Factbook