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Uganda
Uganda is a country in Eastern Africa with its capital in Kampala.
- Capital
- Kampala
- Region
- Eastern Africa, Africa
- Population
- 45.9 million
- Languages
- English, Swahili
- Currency
- Ugandan shilling (Sh)
- Area
- 241,550 km²
- Borders
- 🇨🇩 Democratic Republic of the Congo 🇰🇪 Kenya 🇷🇼 Rwanda 🇸🇸 South Sudan 🇹🇿 Tanzania
💡 Source of the Nile; called the 'Pearl of Africa' by Churchill.
About the flag
A grey crowned crane, the national bird, stands in the central white disc with one leg raised, symbolising the country moving forward.
How to spot it: Six horizontal stripes repeating black-yellow-red, with a white disc holding a crane in the centre.