Uganda

Guide to UGANDA

UGANDA which official name is Republic of Uganda or Uganda, is a country from Africa located at the Eastern Africa, west of Kenya. UGANDA with 2,698 km sq km, limits with: Democratic Republic of the Congo 765 km, Kenya 933 km, Rwanda 169 km, Sudan 435 km, Tanzania 396 km; and is divided in 56 district . UGANDA's capital is Kampala which is the most populated city with about 1,353,236 inhabitants.

History of UGANDA

UGANDA's government is republic; a Republic with a Executive government type, with President Yoweri Museveni as head of state.

Other symbols of UGANDA are Ugandan motto " For God and My Country Ugandan anthem "Oh Uganda, Land of Beauty Ugandan flag.Ugandan flag is composed by six equal horizontal bands of black (top), yellow, red, black, yellow, and red; a white disk is superimposed at the center and depicts a red-crested crane (the national symbol) facing the hoist side .

UGANDA's history is quite long: The colonial boundaries created by Britain to delimit Uganda grouped together a wide range of ethnic groups with different political systems and cultures. These differences prevented the establishment of a working political community after independence was achieved in 1962. The dictatorial regime of Idi AMIN (1971-79) was responsible for the deaths of some 300,000 opponents; guerrilla war and human rights abuses under Milton OBOTE (1980-85) claimed at least another 100,000 lives. The rule of Yoweri MUSEVENI since 1986 has brought relative stability and economic growth to Uganda. During the 1990s, the government promulgated non-party presidential and legislative elections.

UGANDAs geography

Guide to travel to UGANDA

If you are thinking on traveling to UGANDA, you will have to take in consideration some points like UGANDA's currency, UGANDA's weather, UGANDA's national holiday and UGANDA's transports.

The first thing you need to know for your travels abroad is country's currency. UGANDA`s currency is called shilling ( USh), which is divided in 100 cents

UGANDA's weather is characterized to be tropical; generally rainy with two dry seasons (December to February, June to August); semiarid in northeast. So be sure of choosing the proper date to travel to UGANDA.

You can also consider to visit UGANDA on it's national holiday to get in UGANDA's culture. If you do so, UGANDA's national holiday is called Independence Day, 9 October.

Also, if you like natural wonders, don't forget to visit the highest point of UGANDA: Margherita Peak on Mount Stanley 5,110 m. And try also to get to UGANDA's lowest point: Lake Albert 621 mBut if you prefer the city, you must visit UGANDA's tallest structure: ( ).

Don't be afraid to take a flight to UGANDA, with more than 31 airports and 0 airlines, you will get to UGANDA without problems. Once there, you can choose the transport type that better fits your needs. UGANDA has about1,244 of railways, and also0 of roadways, so is a good place for a car trip.

Ugandan Culture

UGANDA is known by Ugandans as UGANDA in the shortened way. Ugandan, about 30,262,610 people, are composed by different ethnics: Baganda 16.9%, Banyakole 9.5%, Basoga 8.4%, Bakiga 6.9%, Iteso 6.4%, Langi 6.1%, Acholi 4.7%, Bagisu 4.6%, Lugbara 4.2%, Bunyoro 2.7%, other 29.6% (2002 census). And they also have different languages: Swahili, English.

Another relevant point nowadays it's UGANDA's religion. Ugandans are divided in Roman Catholic 41.9%, Protestant 42% (Anglican 35.9%, Pentecostal 4.6%, Seventh Day Adventist 1.5%), Muslim 12.1%, other 3.1%, none 0.9% (2002 census).

But if want to know more about UGANDA's culture, the best way is by reading the most famous Ugandan novelists' books like Moses Isegawa, China Keitetsi .

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