Republic of Uganda |
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Motto: "For God and My Country"
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Location of Uganda (dark green)
– in Africa (light blue & dark grey) |
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Capital and largest city |
Kampala |
Official languages | English ("the official language"), Swahili ("the second official language") |
Vernacular languages |
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Demonym | Ugandan |
Government | Dominant-party semi-presidential republic |
Yoweri Museveni | |
Edward Kiwanuka Ssekandi | |
Ruhakana Rugunda | |
Legislature | Parliament |
Independence | |
• from the United Kingdom
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9 October 1962 |
• Current constitution
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8 October 1995 |
Area | |
• Total
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241,038 km2 (93,065 sq mi) (81st) |
• Water (%)
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15.39 |
Population | |
• Estimate
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37,873,253 (35th) |
• 2014 census
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34,634,650 |
• Density
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157.1/km2 (406.9/sq mi) |
GDP (PPP) | 2017 estimate |
• Total
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$91.212 billion |
• Per capita
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$2,155 |
GDP (nominal) | 2017 estimate |
• Total
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$27.174 billion |
• Per capita
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$642 |
Gini (2012) |
41.01 medium |
HDI (2015) |
0.493 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 |
Coordinates: 1°N 32°E / 1°N 32°E
– 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. 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.