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 Entity
 Uganda 
 Main prefix
 5X 
 Time zone
 +3 h 
 Continent
 Africa 
 
          Uganda          
 
 Uganda 

 Uganda - contains of following DXCC entities:
 
          Uganda          
 
 Coat of arms 
 Coin 
 Banknote 
 Stamp 
 Satellite image 
 
 Flag 
 Flag description 
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          
 
 Uganda 
 Capital: 
Kampala
 Administrative
 divisions: 
111 districts and 1 city*: Abim, Adjumani, Agago, Alebtong, Amolatar, Amudat, Amuria, Amuru, Apac, Arua, Budaka, Bududa, Bugiri, Buhweju, Buikwe, Bukedea, Bukomansimbi, Bukwo, Bulambuli, Buliisa, Bundibugyo, Bushenyi, Busia, Butaleja, Butambala, Buvuma, Buyende, Dokolo, Gomba, Gulu, Hoima, Ibanda, Iganga, Isingiro, Jinja, Kaabong, Kabale, Kabarole, Kaberamaido, Kalangala, Kaliro, Kalungu, Kampala*, Kamuli, Kamwenge, Kanungu, Kapchorwa, Kasese, Katakwi, Kayunga, Kibaale, Kiboga, Kibuku, Kiruhuura, Kiryandongo, Kisoro, Kitgum, Koboko, Kole, Kotido, Kumi, Kween, Kyankwanzi, Kyegegwa, Kyenjojo, Lamwo, Lira, Luuka, Luwero, Lwengo, Lyantonde, Manafwa, Masaka, Masindi, Mayuge, Mbale, Mbarara, Mitoma, Mityana, Moroto, Moyo, Mpigi, Mubende, Mukono, Nakapiripirit, Nakaseke, Nakasongola, Namayingo, Namutumba, Napak, Nebbi, Ngora, Ntoroko, Ntungamo, Nwoya, Nyadri, Otuke, Oyam, Pader, Pallisa, Rakai, Rubirizi, Rukungiri, Sembabule, Serere, Sheema, Sironko, Soroti, Tororo, Wakiso, Yumbe, Zombo.
 Population: 
24,699,073 (July 2002 est.)
estimates for this country explicitly take into account the effects of excess mortality due to AIDS, this can result in lower life expectancy, higher infant mortality and death rates, lower population and growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected
 Languages: 
English (official national language, taught in grade schools, used in courts of law and by most newspapers and some radio broadcasts), Ganda or Luganda (most widely used of the Niger-Congo languages, preferred for native language publications in the capital and may be taught in school), other Niger-Congo languages, Nilo-Saharan languages, Swahili, Arabic
 Geographic
 coordinates: 
1° 00' N, 32° 00' E
 Area total: 
236,040 sq. km
 Land area: 
199,710 sq. km
 Water area: 
36,330 sq. km
 Total land
 boundaries: 
2,698 km
 Borders
 with neighbor
 countries: 
Democratic Republic of the Congo 765 km, Kenya 933 km, Rwanda 169 km, Sudan 435 km, Tanzania 396 km
 Coastline: 
0 km (landlocked)
 Elevation
 extremes: 
Lake Albert 621 m - Margherita Peak on Mount Stanley 5,110 m
 Internet
 country code: 
.ug
 Currency: 
Ugandan shilling (UGX)
 Name -
 conventional
 long form: 
Republic of Uganda
 Name -
 conventional
 short form: 
Uganda
 Independence: 
9 October 1962 (from UK)
 Constitution: 
8 October 1995, adopted by the interim, 284-member Constituent Assembly, charged with debating the draft constitution that had been proposed in May 1993, the Constituent Assembly was dissolved upon the promulgation of the constitution in October 1995
 Government
 type: 
republic
 National
 holiday: 
Independence Day, 9 October (1962)
 
          Uganda          

  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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