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Capital | Kampala |
Government | Republic |
Currency | Ugandan shilling (UGX) |
Area | total: 236,040 km2 water: 36,330 km2 land: 199,710 km2 |
Population | 33,398,682 (July 2010 est.) |
Language | English (official language), Luganda (most widely used of the Niger-Congo languages), Swahili, other Niger-Congo languages, Nilo-Saharan languages |
Religion | Roman Catholic 33%, Protestant 33%, Muslim 16%, indigenous beliefs 18% |
Electricity | 240V 50HZ (UK plug type) |
Calling Code | 256 |
Internet TLD | .ug |
Time Zone | UTC +3 |
Uganda is a 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 southwest by Rwanda, and to the south by Tanzania. Famously called the Pearl of Africa by Winston Churchill, it is home to one of the most diverse and concentrated ranges of African fauna including the highly endangered mountain gorilla and the endangered common chimpanzee.