| State of Uganda Inchi ya Uganda Timeline: Cherry, Plum, and Chrysanthemum
OTL equivalent: Uganda | ||||||
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| Motto: For God and My Country |
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| Anthem: Oh Uganda, Land of Beauty |
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 Location of Uganda (in green)
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| Capital | Kampala | |||||
| Official languages | English • Swahili | |||||
| Ethnic groups | Baganda; Banyankole; Basoga; Bakiga; Iteso; Langi; Bagisu; Acholi; Lugbara | |||||
| Religion | Christianity; Islam; Traditional religions; Irreligion | |||||
| Demonym | Ugandan | |||||
| Government | Federal state; Dominant-party parliamentary republic | |||||
| - | President | Muwenda Mutebi II | ||||
| - | Vice President | Solomon Iguru I | ||||
| - | Prime Minister | |||||
| Legislature | Parliament of Uganda | |||||
| Establishment | ||||||
| - | Independence from the United Kingdom | October 9, 1962 | ||||
| - | Republic proclaimed | October 9, 1963 | ||||
| - | Current constitution | October 9, 1984 | ||||
| Population | ||||||
| - | 2021 estimate | 45,853,778 | ||||
| Currency | Ugandan shilling (UGX) |
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| Time zone | EAT (UTC+3) | |||||
| Internet TLD | .ug | |||||
| Calling code | +256 | |||||
Uganda, officially the State of Uganda (Swahili: Inchi ya Uganda), is a landlocked country in East Africa. The country is bordered to the east by Kenya, to the north by the United Arab Republic, to the west by the Congo, to the south-west by Rwanda, and to the south by Tanganyika. The southern part of the country includes a substantial portion of Lake Victoria, shared with Kenya and Tanganyika. Uganda is in the African Great Lakes region. Uganda also lies within the Nile basin and has a varied but generally a modified equatorial climate. It has a population of around 49 million, of which 8.5 million live in the capital and largest city of Kampala.
As a federal state, Uganda consists of 15 constituent states, in which five of them (Buganda, Toro, Bunyoro, Rwenzururu, and Busoga) are traditional Bantu polities that enjoying some degrees of political and cultural autonomy. Traditionally, the rulers of Buganda, the largest of the five, and of Bunyoro serve as the President and Vice President of Uganda, although it is not a constitutional requirement. While the constitution has prescribed the presidential term is only for five years, in practice, the office has no term limits and is practically held for lifetime by the Kabaka of Buganda. Therefore, the Ugandan form of government in practice can be considered as an intermediate form between a constitutional monarchy and a parliamentary republic.
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