Uganda#
An ancient crossroads for various migrations, Uganda has as many as 65 ethnic groups that speak languages from three of Africa’s four major linguistic families.
Government type: presidential republic. Chief of state: President Yoweri Kaguta MUSEVENI (since 26 January 1986).
Facts#
Capital |
Kampala |
Region |
East-Central Africa, west of Kenya, east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo |
Area |
total : 241,038 sq km; land: 197,100 sq km; water: 43,938 sq km |
Population |
50,863,850 (2025 est.) |
Languages |
English (official), Ganda or Luganda (most widely used of the Niger-Congo languages and the language used most often in the capital), other Niger-Congo languages, Nilo-Saharan languages, Swahili (official), Arabic |
Currency |
Ugandan shillings (UGX) |
Time zone |
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ccTLD |
.ug |
Refugees#
Camps hosting refugees, asylum-seekers, and internally displaced persons (IDPs) inside the country. Operators use this to track population movement, NGO and UN footprint, humanitarian access corridors, and the political pressure conflict generates on the host. Cross-reference UNHCR Operational Data Portal, IOM DTM, and ReliefWeb before relying on the entry.
Camp |
Population |
Origin |
Location |
Notes |
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