Uganda (called “Yuganda” in Ugandan Languages) is formally the Republic of Uganda, a landlocked nation in East Africa. The country is surrounded to the eastern by Kenya, to the north by South Sudan, to the west by the Autonomous Republic of the Congo, to the south-west by Rwanda, and also to the south by Tanzania.

The southerly part of the country consists of a considerable part of Lake Victoria, shown to Kenya as well as Tanzania. Uganda remains in the African Great Lakes area. Uganda also lies within the Nile basin and also has a diverse yet usually a modified equatorial climate. It has a populace of over 42 million, of which 8.5 million live in the resources as well as biggest city of Kampala.

Uganda is named after the Buganda kingdom, which includes a huge section of the south of the nation, consisting of the capital Kampala.

Starting in 1894, the area was ruled as a protectorate by the UK, which established administrative law throughout the area. Uganda obtained freedom from the UK on 9 October 1962. The period ever since has been marked by fierce disputes, consisting of an eight-year-long armed forces dictatorship led by Idi Amin.

The official languages are English and also Swahili, although the Constitution states that “any other language might be used as a medium of guideline in schools or other universities or for legal, management or judicial objectives as may be suggested by legislation.”

Luganda, a main region-based language, is extensively talked across the Central and also South Eastern areas of the country, and a number of other languages are also talked, including Lango, Acholi, Runyoro, Runyankole, Rukiga, Luo, Rutooro, Samia, Jopadhola, and also Lusoga.

Uganda’s current president is Yoweri Kaguta Museveni, who took power in January 1986 after a drawn-out six-year guerrilla war. Adhering to constitutional modifications that eliminated term limits for the president, he had the ability to stand as well as was chosen president of Uganda in the 2011, 2016 and in the 2021 general political elections.