Uganda Country Info - Africa

Description and Basic Information

Uganda with its capital Kampala is located in Africa (Eastern Africa, west of Kenya). It covers some 236,041 square kilometres (slightly smaller than Oregon) with 31,367,000 citizens. English, Ganda, Swahili (generic) and Arabic are the official languages spoken in Uganda (consider regional differences). Tanzania, Kenya, Sudan, Democratic Republic of the Congo and Rwanda are bordering countries.

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. Most travellers come for the gorilla Safari, but other major draws are the chimpanzees, ornithology, trekking the Rwenzoris and visiting the source of The Nile river. Uganda has a variety of landscapes which most tourists find interesting. The North is relatively flat and dry savanna while the East is mountainous and lush and the centre of Uganda hosts larges forests. The national parks are beautiful and, on the whole, uncrowded. See the Uganda Wildlife Authority (UWA) website [3] or for details of gorilla tracking, safaris, chimpanzee tracking and more. Prices in several parks seem to be set at 20 (1 day), 35 (2 days). An ISIC student card cuts you a 25% off the entrance fees these days.

Pictures from Capital (Kampala)

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About Uganda

The topography features mostly plateau with rim of mountains. The average density of population is about 132 per km². The climate in Uganda can be described as tropical with generally rainy with two dry seasons (December to February, June to August), semiarid in northeast. Potential natural disasters are NA.

To reach someone in Uganda dial +256 prior to a number. There are 233,500 installed telephones. And there are 9,384,000 registered mobile phones. The cellular networks operate on frequencies of 900 Mhz. Websites typically end with the top level domain ".ug". If you want to bring electric appliances (e.g. battery charger), keep in mind the local 240V - 50Hz. The following list are the 80 regions/states in Uganda we know off.

Demographic Statistics

In the year 2010, the total Ugandan population grew at a rate of 3.56% (or by 1,189,995 citizens). With 397,444 deaths and 1,588,107 babies born, the natural increase rate lies at 3.57%. -668 persons more in total emmigrated from the country than immigrated.

An overview of age distribution in Uganda: Each pair of bars represents a single age group (male/female). Each group is spanning 5 years. E.g. 0 to 5 years, 5 to 10 etc. and group "0 to 5" being at the left end and "100 +" at the right end of the chart.

Based on content from wikitravel.org. The original article can be found here based on the work of these users.
Geographic information is based on the data provided by geonames.org, CIA factsbook and Unesco.