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Uganda
Last update: Saturday 31st of July 2010
| Republic of Uganda Jamhuri ya Uganda | |||||
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| Motto: "For God and My Country" | |||||
| Anthem: Oh Uganda, Land of Beauty | |||||
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| Capital | Kampala | ||||
| Largest city | Kampala | ||||
| Official languages | English,Swahili | ||||
| Government | Democratic republic | ||||
| - President | Yoweri Museveni | ||||
| - Prime Minister | Apolo Nsibambi | ||||
| Independence | from the United Kingdom | ||||
| - Republic | October 9, 1962 | ||||
| Area | |||||
| - Total | 236,040 km² (81st) 91,136 sq mi | ||||
| - Water (%) | 15.39 | ||||
| Population | |||||
| - July 2005 estimate | 27,616,0001 (39th) | ||||
| - 2002 census | 24,442,084 | ||||
| - Density | 119 /km² (82nd2) 308 /sq mi | ||||
| GDP (PPP) | 2005 estimate | ||||
| - Total | $45.97 billion (83rd) | ||||
| - Per capita | $1,700 (153rd) | ||||
| HDI (2004) | 0.502 (medium) (145th) | ||||
| Currency | Ugandan shilling (UGX) | ||||
| Time zone | EAT (UTC+3) | ||||
| - Summer (DST) | not observed (UTC+3) | ||||
| Internet TLD | .ug | ||||
| Calling code | +2563 | ||||
| 1 Estimates for this country explicitly take into account the effects of excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in lower life expectancy, higher infant mortality and death rates, lower population and growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected. 2Rank based on 2005 figures. 3 006 from Kenya and Tanzania. | |||||
Uganda, officially the Republic of Uganda, is a country in East Africa, bordered on the east by Kenya, the north by Sudan, on the west by the Democratic Republic of Congo, on the southwest by Rwanda, and on the south by Tanzania. The southern part of the country includes a substantial portion of Lake Victoria, within which it shares borders with Kenya and Tanzania. Uganda takes its name from the Buganda kingdom, which encompasses a portion of the south of the country including the capital Kampala.
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