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  • Official Name: Republic of Uganda
  • Government Type: Republic
  • Capital: Kampala
  • Other Major Cities/Regions: Entebbe, Jinja, Mbale, Soroti, Tororo
  • Size: 236,040 sq km (total) slightly smaller than Oregon
  • Climate: Tropical; generally rainy with two dry seasons (December to February, June to August); semiarid in northeast
  • Terrain: Mostly plateau with rim of mountains
  • Population: 28,195,754
  • Ethnic Group: Baganda 17%, Ankole 8%, Basoga 8%, Iteso 8%, Bakiga 7%, Langi 6%, Rwanda 6%, Bagisu 5%, Acholi 4%, Lugbara 4%, Batoro 3%, Bunyoro 3%, Alur 2%, Bagwere 2%, Bakonjo 2%, Jopodhola 2%, Karamojong 2%, Rundi 2%, non-African (European, Asian, Arab) 1%, other 8%
  • Religion: Roman Catholic 33%, Protestant 33%, Muslim 16%, indigenous beliefs 18%
  • 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

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