Uganda
Appearance
Coordinates: 1°N 32°E / 1°N 32°E
Republic o Uganda[1] | |
---|---|
Motto: "For God and My Country" | |
Location o Uganda (daurk green) – in Africae (licht blue & daurk grey) | |
Caipital and largest city | Kampala |
Offeecial leids | Inglis ("the offeecial leid"), Swahili ("the seicont offeecial leid")[2] |
Vernacular leids |
|
Demonym(s) | Ugandan[3] |
Govrenment | Dominant-pairty semi-presidential republic[3] |
• Preses | Yoweri Museveni |
Jessica Alupo | |
Robinah Nabbanja | |
Legislatur | Pairlament |
Unthirldom | |
• frae the Unitit Kinrick | 9 October 1962 |
• Current constitution | 8 October 1995 |
Aurie | |
• Total | 241,038 km2 (93,065 sq mi) (81st) |
• Water (%) | 15.39 |
Population | |
• Estimate | 37,873,253[3] (35t) |
• 2014 census | 34,634,650[4] |
• Density | 157.1/km2 (406.9/sq mi) |
GDP (PPP) | 2017 estimate |
• Total | $91.212 billion[5] |
• Per capita | $2,155[5] |
GDP (nominal) | 2017 estimate |
• Tot | $27.174 billion[5] |
• Per capita | $642[5] |
Gini (2012) | 41.01[6] medium |
HDI (2015) | 0.493[7] law · 163rd |
Currency | Ugandan shillin (UGX) |
Time zone | UTC+3 (EAT) |
Drivin side | caur |
Cawin code | +256a |
ISO 3166 code | UG |
Internet TLD | .ug |
The Republic o Uganda (/[unsupported input]juːˈɡændə/ yew-GAN-də or /juːˈɡɑːndə/ yew-GAHN-də) is a landlockit kintra in East Africae. It is bordered on the east bi Kenyae, on the north bi Sudan, on the wast bi the Democratic Republic o the Congo, on the soothwast bi Rwanda, an on the sooth bi Tanzanie. The soothren pairt o the kintra includes a substantial portion o Lake Victoria, which is an aa bordered bi Kenyae an Tanzanie.
Uganda takes its name frae the Buganda kinrick, which encompassed a portion o the sooth o the kintra includin the caipital Kampala.
References
[eedit | eedit soorce]- ↑ Article 5, Chapter 2, Constitution of Uganda, 1995, accessed 17 January 2017
- ↑ "The Constitution (Amendment) Act 2005" (PDF). Retrieved 17 Januar 2017.[deid airtin]
- ↑ a b c Central Intelligence Agency (2009). "Uganda". The World Factbook. Archived frae the original on 18 October 2015. Retrieved 23 Januar 2010.
- ↑ Republic of Uganda - Census 2014 - Final Report - Table 2.1 page 8
- ↑ a b c d "Uganda". International Monetary Fund. Retrieved 17 Januar 2017.
- ↑ "Gini index (World Bank estimate)". World Bank. Retrieved 17 Januar 2017.
- ↑ "2016 Human Development Report" (PDF). United Nations Development Programme. 2016. Retrieved 21 Mairch 2017.
Wikimedia Commons haes media relatit tae Uganda. |
Categeries:
- Airticles wi deid fremmit airtins frae January 2021
- Ill-formattit IPAc-en transclusions
- Uganda
- Kintras in Africae
- East Africae
- African Union member states
- Members o the Commonweel o Naitions
- Landlocked kintras
- Inglis-speakin kintras an territories
- Swauheely-speakin kintras an territories
- Bantu kintras an territories
- Least Developed Kintras
- Member states o the Organisation o Islamic Cooperation
- States an territories established in 1962
- Member states o the Unitit Naitions