UgandaUganda is located in east-central Africa, situated north and northwest of Lake Victoria. It is a landlocked country bordered by Sudan on the North, Kenya on the east, Tanzania on the South, Rwanda on the southwest and Zaire on the northwest. The greater part of Uganda consists of a plateau about 4,000 ft in height. Along the western border of the Ruwenzori Mountains reaching heights of over 16,000 ft, while on the eastern frontier Mount Elgon rises to 14,178 ft...More Information on Uganda. Full country name: Republic of Uganda Also Read: A Short Background of Uganda History of UgandaHead of State: President Yoweri Museveni, January 1986– (first elected 1996, re-elected 2001) Uganda gained independence from Britain 1962 and experienced nearly ten years of multiparty democracy albeit under increasingly authoritarian President Milton Obote. Obote ousted 1971 by non-commissioned army officer Idi Amin to initial widespread enthusiasm. Amin, who expelled Uganda’s South Asian mercantile class to create economic opportunity for Ugandan Africans, grew increasingly brutal and erratic...More on Uganda's History. Overview of Uganda's EconomyGDP: $39.39 billion Also Read: A short note on Economy of Uganda Political System of Uganda- Government of Uganda Climate, Vegetation and FaunaEnvoirnment: Uganda occupies a chunk of eastern Africa about the size of the United Kingdom...more. Languages: The official language in Uganda is English. Swahili and Luganda are the other commonly spoken languages. 56 tribal dialects are spoken in the multi-tribal society. Education: Mission schools were established in Uganda in the 1890s, and in 1924 the government...more. Culture: Uganda’s population is made up of a
complex and diverse range of tribes. Lake Kyoga...more. Facts for the TravelerVisas: Citizens of most countries
do require visas. All nationalities require an International Health
Certificate showing proof of a yellow fever vaccination within the past
10 years.
Health risks: Bilharzia, HIV/AIDS, trypanosomiasis (sleeping sickness), malaria, yellow fever Time: GMT/UTC plus three hours Electricity: 220V, 50Hz Weights & measures: Metric Also Read: Money & Costs | Public holidays in Uganda | Events Of Uganda When to GoThe best time to visit Uganda is late December to late February, as the weather at this time of year is generally dry (though hot). A close second is the mid-June to mid-August period. Don’t even think about trekking outside of these dry months. Also Read: Getting Around in Uganda | Getting There & Away What to See in UgandaOther Tourist Attractions in Uganda more...Uganda National Parks What to do in UgandaGorilla safaris in the Bwindi National Park and Mgahinga Gorilla National Park are Uganda’s highlights. Lately, these have been unsafe with reports of attacks from insurgent groups. Trekking adventures along the lush hills and high mountains of arid hills and wetlands or along the Sesa river trail are popular. Water rafting along the White Nile is another activity worth a shot. Driving around Uganda is a fascinating experience with unforgettable landscape and foliage at every turn. The earliest inhabitants of the area were Khoisan hunter-gatherers. They were largely replaced by Bantu tribes during a series of migrations. The southern part of the country was named Matabeleland after the Ndebele tribe who occupied the area in the early 1800’s under a loose confederation of Ndebele-speaking tribes headed by the Khumalo tribe under [...]
Countries in Africa
Algeria
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Burkina Faso
Burundi
Cameroon
Cape Verde
Central African Republic
Chad
Cote d’Ivoire
Democratic Republic of the Congo
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Guinea
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Liberia
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Mauritania
Mauritius
Morocco
Mozambique
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Niger
Nigeria
Republic of the Congo
Rwanda
Senegal
Seychelles
Sierra Leone
Somalia
South Africa
Sudan
Swaziland
Tanzania
Togo
Tunisia
Uganda
Zambia
Zimbabwe
Religion in Africa
Africans profess a wide variety of religious beliefs, with Christianity and Islam being the most widespread. Approximately 40% of all Africans are Christians and another 40% Muslims. Roughly 20% of Africans primarily follow indigenous African religions. A small number of Africans also have beliefs from the Judaic tradition, such as the Beta Israel [...]
Culture of Africa
Africa has a number of overlapping cultures. The most conventional distinction is that between sub-Saharan Africa and the northern countries from Egypt to Morocco, who largely associate themselves with Arabic culture. In this comparison, the nations to the south of the Sahara are considered to consist of many cultural areas, in particular [...]
Demographics of Africa
Africans may be grouped according to whether they live north or south of the Sahara Desert; these groups are called North Africans and Sub-Saharan Africans, respectively. Afro-Asiatic speaking peoples predominate in North Africa, while Sub-Saharan Africa is dominated by a number of disparate populations grouped according to their diverse languages–Niger-Congo predominantly in West [...]
Economy of Africa
Africa is the world’s poorest inhabited continent: the United Nations’ Human Development Report 2003 (of 175 countries) found that positions 151 (Gambia) to 175 (Sierra Leone) were taken up entirely by African nations.
It has had (and in some ways is still having) a shaky and uncertain transition from colonialism, with increases in corruption [...]
Politics in Africa
Colonial Africa
Colonialism had a destabilizing effect on what had been a number of ethnic groups that is still being felt in African politics. Prior to European influence, national borders were not much of a concern, with Africans generally following the practice of other areas of the world, such as the Arabian peninsula, where [...]
History of Africa
Africa is home to the oldest inhabited territory on earth, with the human race originating from this continent. During the mid 20th century, anthropologists discovered many fossils and evidence of human occupation perhaps as early as 7 million years ago. The famous Leakey family, with ties to both Britain and Africa, discovered fossil [...]
Geography of Africa
Africa is the largest of the three great southward projections from the main mass of the Earth’s surface. It includes within its remarkably regular outline an area, of c. 30,360,288 km² (11,722,173 mi²), including the islands.
Separated from Europe by the Mediterranean Sea, it is joined to Asia at its northeast extremity by the [...]
Etymology of Africa
The name Africa came into Western use through the Romans, who used the name Africa terra - “land of the Afri” (plural, or “Afer” singular) - for the northern part of the continent, as the province of Africa with its capital Carthage, corresponding to modern-day Tunisia.
The Afri were a tribe - possibly Berber [...]
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