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 | Republic of Uganda
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| Location: |
Eastern Africa, west of Kenya
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| Area: |
236,040 sq km
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| Climate: |
tropical; generally rainy with two dry seasons (December to February, June to August); semiarid in northeast |
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| Terrain: |
mostly plateau with rim of mountains |
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| Population: |
22,804,973 (July 1999 est.) |
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| Religions: |
Roman Catholic 33%, Protestant 33%, Muslim 16%, indigenous beliefs 18%
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| 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 and may be taught in school), other Niger-Congo languages, Nilo-Saharan languages, Swahili, Arabic |
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| Capital: |
Kampala |
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