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Uganda

UG / UGA   1.3°, 32.4°

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People are called
Ugandan
Driving side
Left
Calling code
+256
Capital
Kampala
Population
47,123,531
Area
241,038 km2
Climate
Tropical
Government
Presidential republic
Currency
Ugandan shilling
Languages
English 2.5M, Luganda, Nilo-Saharan languages
Sells
gold, coffee, fish, refined petroleum
Sells to
India 21%, UAE 16%, Hong Kong 10%
Land borders
5: Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, Rwanda, South Sudan ...
Drives on the
left
Calling code
+256
Founded
1962
Hemisphere
Northern

WHAT PEOPLE ARE CALLED

Ugandan

These are English demonyms for people from Uganda. A demonym describes a connection to a place; it does not mean everyone shares an ethnicity, language or religion.

Demonym source: mledoze/countries · Download the attributed dataset (ODbL)

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SAME LAND, DIFFERENT WORLDS

Civilizations, flags & standards

Modern borders are a starting point for exploring the past. These cultures and states occupied some of the same land; they were not the same country. Dates describe each civilization or state as a whole, not continuous rule over every place listed.

A sourced civilization and flag trail has not been added for Uganda yet. No ancient flag is inferred from the modern one.

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Turning points

A curated timeline is not available yet. Explore the country's history and the historical figures below.

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Religion: state & society

An official religion is a legal status. The largest religious group is a population measure. Neither describes every person's beliefs.

Official status and a dated affiliation breakdown have not been checked for this country. The atlas's religion tags are not a population ranking.

BEYOND THE MAP

Uganda in the study desk

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Where it is

Languages

Share of the population that speaks each. Click one to see every country that speaks it.

Englishofficial
2.5M speakers
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Swahiliofficial
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Largest cities

Kampala  capital 1,680,600
Nansana 532,800
Kira 462,900
Bunamwaya 413,400
Kyengera 285,400

Wars and conflicts

Conflicts this country is attached to. Click one to see the others. Each says what kind of claim it is: a principal belligerent is hand-checked against the modern state that succeeded the power that fought, while a recorded participant comes from the bulk import, which does not separate combat from funding, basing, occupation or reconstruction. Neither list is complete, so a country missing from a war may still have taken part — which is why the quiz no longer asks who fought in what.

Form of government

Presidential republic.

Climate and geography

tropical; generally rainy with two dry seasons (December to February, June to August); semiarid in northeast

Climate zone

Highest point

Landlocked. Northern hemisphere.

Figures from its history

Idi Amin
Idi Amin Dictator, 1971-1979 Awon'go Idi Amin Dada Oumee was a Ugandan military officer and dictator who served as the third president of Uganda from 1971 until his overthrow in 1979.
Yoweri Museveni
Yoweri Museveni President since 1986 Yoweri Kaguta Museveni Tibuhaburwa is a Ugandan politician, dictator, and former rebel leader who has served as the president of Uganda since 1986.
Milton Obote
Milton Obote Prime minister and president Apollo Milton Obote was a Ugandan politician who served as the Prime Minister of Uganda from 1962 to 1966 and the president of Uganda from 1966 to 1971 and later from 1980 to 1985.

Corrected in an AI-assisted review of the imported data (2026-09-22), not yet checked against a named source: languages.