Uganda
Uganda (officially Republic of Uganda) is a country in Eastern Africa, with its capital at Kampala, and is home to roughly 50.0M people.
Its official languages are English, Swahili; the currency in circulation is Ugandan shilling (Sh); people from here are called Ugandan.
> INTEL_
> NOTABLE_
- »Uganda contains a large share of Lake Victoria, Africa's largest lake.
- »The Rwenzori range, the Mountains of the Moon, carries glaciers on the equator.
> THE OUTLINE_
Uganda straddles the equator.
> BORDERS_
Uganda touches five neighbours: DR Congo to the southwest, Kenya to the east, Rwanda to the southwest, South Sudan to the north and Tanzania to the south. Directions run from one centre to the other.
> THE CAPITAL_
Kampala was built across a set of hills, and the site was originally a hunting reserve of the Buganda kings.
> SCALE_
242,593 km² (93,666 sq mi), 78th largest of 198 countries and territories on file, almost exactly the size of Guinea.
Population 50,015,092, 31st of 198 on file. That averages 206 per km² (534 per sq mi).
> THE FLAG_
The grey crowned crane at the centre is the national bird, shown standing on one leg to suggest a nation moving forward. The six bands stand for the people, sunlight and brotherhood.