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Republic of Uganda

Republic of Uganda
Jamhuri ya Uganda (Swahili)
Flag of Uganda
Coat of arms of Uganda
Flag Coat of arms
Motto: "For God and My Country"
Location of  Uganda  (dark green)– in Africa  (light blue & dark grey)– in the African Union  (light blue)
Location of  Uganda  (dark green)

– in Africa  (light blue & dark grey)
– in the African Union  (light blue)

Capital
and largest city
Kampala
Official languages English ("the official language"), Swahili ("the second official language")
Vernacular languages
Demonym Ugandan
Government Dominant-party semi-presidential republic
• President
Yoweri Museveni
Edward Ssekandi
Ruhakana Rugunda
Legislature Parliament
Independence
• from the United Kingdom
9 October 1962
• Current constitution
8 October 1995
Area
• Total
241,038 km2 (93,065 sq mi) (81st)
• Water (%)
15.39
Population
• Estimate
37,873,253 (35th)
• 2014 census
34,634,650
• Density
157.1/km2 (406.9/sq mi)
GDP (PPP) 2017 estimate
• Total
$91.615 billion
• Per capita
$2,165
GDP (nominal) 2017 estimate
• Total
$29.258 billion
• Per capita
$691
Gini (2012)  41.01
medium
HDI (2014) Increase 0.483
low · 163rd
Currency Ugandan shilling (UGX)
Time zone EAT (UTC+3)
Drives on the left
Calling code +256a
ISO 3166 code UG
Internet TLD .ug
  1. +006 from Kenya and Tanzania.

Coordinates: 1°N 32°E / 1°N 32°E / 1; 32

– in Africa  (light blue & dark grey)
– in the African Union  (light blue)

Uganda (/juːˈɡændə/ yew-GAN-də or /juːˈɡɑːndə/ yew-GAHN-də), officially the Republic of Uganda, is a landlocked country in East Africa. It is bordered to the east by Kenya, to the north by South Sudan, to the west by the Democratic Republic of the Congo, to the south-west by Rwanda, and to the south by Tanzania. Uganda is the world's second most populous landlocked country after Ethiopia. The southern part of the country includes a substantial portion of Lake Victoria, shared with Kenya and Tanzania. Uganda is in the African Great Lakes region. Uganda also lies within the Nile basin, and has a varied but generally a modified equatorial climate.


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