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Uganda

Land Area 197100km²
Land Area + Seaarea
Population 34509205
Population density 175.1 / km²

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Uganda, officially the Republic of Uganda (Swahili: Jamhuri ya Uganda; is a landlocked nation in East-Central Africa. It's bordered to the east by Kenya, to the west by the Democratic Republic of the Congo, to the south-west by Rwanda, and to the south by Tanzania, to the north by South Sudan. The southern part of the country includes a substantial portion of Lake Victoria, shared with Kenya and Tanzania. Uganda is in the Great Lakes region. Uganda has a diverse but generally a modified equatorial climate, and also lies within the Nile basin. Uganda takes its name from the Buganda kingdom, which encompasses a portion of the country's south . The people of Uganda were hunter-gatherers before 1,700 to 2,300 years ago, when inhabitants migrated to the southern areas of the country. Beginning in 1894, the united kingdom, who established administrative law ruled as a protectorate the area. Uganda gained independence from the UK on 9. Violent conflicts have marked the period since then, including an far right military dictatorship led by Idi Amin. Additionally, a lengthy civil war against the Lord's Resistance Army in the Northern Area led by Joseph Kony, has caused hundreds of thousands of casualties.The official languages are English and Swahili, although"any other language could be utilised as a medium of instruction in schools or other educational institutions or for legislative, administrative or judicial functions as may be prescribed by law." Luganda, a language that was fundamental, is spoken throughout the nation, and other languages are also spoken, including Acholi, Runyoro, Runyankole, Rukiga, Luo and Lusoga. The president of Uganda is Yoweri Kaguta Museveni, who came to power in January 1986 after a guerrilla war that is six-year that is protracted. Following amendments that eliminated term limits for the president, he managed to stand and was elected president of Uganda from the 2016 general elections and from the 2011.

Source: Wikipedia