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Directories | Uganda

Republic of Uganda
Uganda embassy in Beijing, China No.5, San Li Tun Dong Jie Tel: +8610-65321708 Fax: +86-10-65322242 E-mail: ugembssy@public.bta.net.cn	China embassy in Kampala, Uganda

Introduction

Uganda is located in east-central Africa, situated north and northwest of Lake Victoria. It is a landlocked country bordered by Sudan on the North, Kenya on the east, Tanzania on the South, Rwanda on the southwest and Zaire on the northwest.

The greater part of Uganda consists of a plateau about 4,000 ft in height. Along the western border of the Ruwenzori Mountains reaching heights of over 16,000 ft, while on the eastern frontier Mount Elgon rises to 14,178 ft. By contrast, the Western Rift Valley, which runs from north to south through the western half of the country, is as low as 3,000 ft on the floor of Lake Edward and Lake George and 2,000 ft on the flow of Lake Albert. The White Nile River has its source in Lake Victoria.

Other Information
Capital City	Kampala
Independence Day	9 October 1962
Government Type	Republic
Population	26,404,543
Total Area	236,040 sq km
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
Religions	Roman Catholic 33%, Protestant 33%, Muslim 16%, Animists and others 18%
Life expectancy	45.28
Currency	Ugandan shilling (UGX)
GDP per capita (USD)	1,400
Industries	coffee, fish and fish products, tea; gold, cotton, flowers, horticultural products

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