Uganda
Currency code:
Currency name:
Ugandan shilling
Country name:
Uganda
Capital:
Kampala
Country code:
Continent:
Independence:
October 9, 1962
Independent from:
from the UK
Total area:
241,038
Land area:
197,100
Water area:
43,938
Population:
34,758,809
Population note:
34,758,809 (July 2013 est.)
Official language:
Swahili English
All languages:
English (official national language, taught in grade schools, used in courts of law and by most newspapers and some radio broadcasts), Ganda or Luganda (most widely used of the Niger-Congo languages, preferred for native language publications in the capital and may be taught in school), other Niger-Congo languages, Nilo-Saharan languages, Swahili, Arabic
Time zone:
EAT (UTC+3) - Summer (DST) not observed (UTC+3)
Drive on:
Left
Calling code:
+256
Domain:
.ug