Uganda

Basic facts about Uganda

Country name: Uganda
Capital: Kampala
Country code: 419
Continent: Africa
Currency name: Ugandan shilling
Independence: 1962-10-09 00:00:00
Independent from: from the UK
Total area (km2): 241,038
Land area (km2): 197,100
Water area (km2): 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 capit
Time zone: EAT (UTC+3) - Summer (DST) not observed (UTC+3)
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Drive on: left
Calling code: +256
Domain: .ug