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Definition: Uganda from Collins English Dictionary

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1 a republic in E Africa: British protectorate established in 1894–96; gained independence in 1962 and became a republic in 1963; a member of the Commonwealth. It consists mostly of a savanna plateau with part of Lake Victoria in the southeast and mountains in the southwest, reaching 5109 m (16 763 ft) in the Ruwenzori Range. Official language: English; Swahili, Luganda, and Luo are also widely spoken. Religion: Christian majority. Currency: Ugandan shilling. Capital: Kampala. Pop: 34 758 809 (2013 est). Area: 235 886 sq km (91 076 sq miles)


Uganda

From The Columbia Encyclopedia
(yōgän'dӘ, ōgän'dä), officially Republic of Uganda, republic (2015 est. pop. 37,102,000), 91,133 sq mi (236,036 sq km), E central Africa. It borders on Tanzania and Rwanda in the south, on Congo (Kinshasa) in the west, on South Sudan in the north, and on Kenya in the east. Kampala is Uganda's capital and its largest city. Lying astride the equator, most of Uganda consists of a fertile plateau (average elevation 4,000 ft/1,220 m), in the center of which is Lake Kyoga. The plateau is bounded (W) by the western branch of the Great Rift Valley , including lakes Albert and Edward (in each case about half of the lake is in Uganda) and the Albert Nile River; by the Ruwenzori Range (SW), including Margherita Peak (16,794 ft/5,119 m), Uganda's loftiest point, and the Virunga Mts.; by Lake Victoria (S), about half of which is in Uganda; and by several mountain ranges (E and N). The eastern mountains include Mt. Elgon (14,178 ft/4,321 m), part of which is in Kenya, and Mt. Moroto (10,114 ft/3,083…
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Uganda
The Republic of Uganda is landlocked on the East African Plateau. It contains part of Lake Victoria, which occupies a shallow depression in the plateau. The plateau varies in height from c .1,500m [4,921ft] in the S to 900m [2,953ft] in the N. The highest mountain is Margherita Peak, at 5,109m…
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Before independence, Uganda was a prosperous country, which Winston Churchill called the “Pearl of Africa”. But by 1986, the country lay shattered and bankrupt. From 1971–79, President Idi Amin ruled Uganda as a dictator. During this period, thousands of people were persecuted or murdered, Europeans…
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From The Columbia Encyclopedia
(yōgän'dӘ, ōgän'dä), officially Republic of Uganda, republic (2015 est. pop. 37,102,000), 91,133 sq mi (236,036 sq km), E central Africa. It borders on Tanzania and Rwanda in the south, on Congo (Kinshasa) in the west, on South Sudan in the north, and on Kenya in the east. Kampala is Uganda's…
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Also known as: Republic of Uganda 1950–present The area known today as Uganda was part of the charter of the British East Africa Company in 1888, and it was ruled as a protectorate beginning in 1894. As more territory was added to the British claims, the boundaries of what now form Uganda took shape…
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In 2002, Uganda’s population stood at 24.4 million and had grown at a rate of 3.3 percent per year since 1991 (UBOS 2005). Children below eighteen years of age constitute 56 percent of the population. Those between the ages of five and seventeen account for more than 36 percent of the population. …
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From Political Handbook of the World 2018-2019
Uganda
Republic of Uganda Political Status: Independent member of the Commonwealth since October 9, 1962; republican constitution adopted on September 8, 1967; personal military rule (instituted on January 25, 1971) overthrown with establishment of provisional government on April 11, 1979; military regime…
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From Worldmark Encyclopedia of Religious Practices
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POPULATION 35.9 million CHRISTIAN 85 percent MUSLIM 12 percent OTHER (INCLUDING HINDU, JEWISH, BAHÁ’Í, AND AFRICAN INDIGENOUS RELIGIONS) 1 percent Introduction A primarily Christian nation, the Republic of Uganda is located in East Africa, with Tanzania and Rwanda bordering the country to the south, …
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From Political Handbook of the World 2016-2017
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Republic of Uganda Political Status: Independent member of the Commonwealth since October 9, 1962; republican constitution adopted on September 8, 1967; personal military rule (instituted on January 25, 1971) overthrown with establishment of provisional government on April 11, 1979; military regime…
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From Global Encyclopedia of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer (LGBTQ) History
A historical and contemporary look at the LGBTQ community in this East African nation . Uganda is a diverse community with forty-three living languages, forty-one of which are indigenous and two nonindigenous ( Ethnologue 2017). There are sixty-five ethnic groups recognized in Article 10(a) and the…
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From The Hutchinson Unabridged Encyclopedia with Atlas and Weather Guide
Uganda is a landlocked East African country a littler smaller than the United Kingdom; it is situated between 4°N and 1°S. It includes within its borders about half of Lake Victoria, the largest lake in Africa, about half of Lake Albert, and the whole of the smaller Lake Kioga. These lakes form part…
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