Place:Uganda

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NameUganda
Alt namesJamhuri ya Ugandasource: Encyclopædia Britannica (1988) XII, 104 ff.
Ougandasource: UN Terminology Bulletin (1993) p 86
Republic of Ugandasource: Wikipedia
TypeNation
Coordinates2°N 33°E
Contained Places
District
Kotido
Moroto
Former province
Karamoja
Nile
North Buganda
South Buganda
Southern
Inhabited place
Adjumani
Amudat
Apac
Arua
Bombo
Budaka town
Bukuya
Bundibugyo
Bushenyi
Butemba
Ibanda
Kaabong
Kabale
Kalangala
Kibanga Port
Kiboga
Kikagati
Kinoni
Kisizi
Kisoro
Koboko town
Kyotera
Lyantonde
Masaka
Mbarara
Mbirizi
Mityana
Moyo
Mubende
Mwerasandu
Nabiswera
Nakasongola
Namasagali
Ntusi
Okollo
Pakwach
Rhino Camp
Rukungiri
Rwakitura
Rwashamaire
Sanje
Sembabule
Kingdom
Busoga
Toro
Region
Central
Eastern
Northern
Western
Unknown
Teso
source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
source: Family History Library Catalog


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Uganda ( or ), officially the Republic of Uganda, is a landlocked country in East Africa. Uganda is bordered on the east by Kenya, on the north by South Sudan, on the west by the Democratic Republic of the 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, shared with Kenya and Tanzania.

Uganda takes its name from the Buganda kingdom, which encompasses a large portion of the south of the country including the capital Kampala. The people of Uganda were hunter-gatherers until 1,700 to 2,300 years ago, when Bantu-speaking populations migrated to the southern parts of the country.[1] The area was ruled by the British beginning in the late 1800s. Uganda gained independence from Britain on 9 October 1962. The period since then has been marked by intermittent conflicts, most recently a civil war against the Lord's Resistance Army.

The official languages are English and Swahili. Luganda, a southern language, is widely spoken across the country, although multiple other languages are spoken in the country. The current President of Uganda is Yoweri Kaguta Museveni.

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