Alternative History
Republic of Uganda
Jamhuri ya Uganda
Timeline: Differently
Flag of Uganda Coat of arms of the Republic of Uganda
Flag Coat of arms
Motto: 
"For God and My Country"
Anthem: 
"Oh Uganda, Land of Beauty"
Uganda map Differently
Location of Uganda (Green)
Capital
(and largest city)
Kampala
Official languages English • Swahili
Religion Christianity
Demonym(s) Ugandan
Government Unitary presidential constitutional republic
 -  President Yoweri Museveni
Legislature Parliament
Independence from the United Kingdom
 -  Granted 9 October 1962 
 -  Current constitution 8 October 1995 
Area
 -  Total 241,038 km2 
93,065 sq mi 
Population
 -  Estimate 42,729,036 (48th)
Currency Ugandan shilling (UGX)
Drives on the left

Uganda, officially the Republic of Uganda, is a landlocked country in East-Central Africa. It is bordered to the east by Kenya, to the north by Bornu, to the west by Congo, to the south-west by Rwanda, and to the south by Tanzania. The southern part of the country includes a substantial portion of Lake Victoria, shared with Kenya and Tanzania. 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.

Its surface area of 241,038 square kilometers makes Uganda the 30th-largest country in Africa and the 84th-largest in the world. With a population of over 42.7 million inhabitants, it is the 11th-most populous country in Africa and the 48th in the world.

Uganda is named after the Buganda kingdom, which encompasses a large portion of the south of the country, including the capital Kampala. The people of Uganda were hunter-gatherers until 1,700 to 2,300 years ago, when Bantu-speaking populations migrated to the southern parts of the country. Beginning in 1894, the area was ruled as a protectorate by the United Kingdom, which established administrative law across the territory. Uganda gained independence from Britain on 9 October 1962.