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.
- »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.
Uganda straddles the equator.
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.
Kampala was built across a set of hills, and the site was originally a hunting reserve of the Buganda kings.
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 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.