africa • UGA
Uganda
Location marker · geographic overview
1° N / 32° ETHE WORLD, ONE COUNTRY AT A TIME
- Capital
- Kampala
- Population
- 50,015,092 2024
- Area
- 241,550 km² (year unavailable)
- Languages source-listed
- English, Swahili
- Currency
- Ugandan shilling (UGX)
- Geography
- Landlocked
Population: World Bank 2024. Other facts: REST Countries snapshot. Sources & limitations.
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FROM THE TRAVEL GUIDE · Uganda
Uganda was nicknamed the "Pearl of Africa" by Winston Churchill. It is home to one of the most diverse and concentrated ranges of African fauna including the highly endangered mountain gorilla and the endangered common chimpanzee.
Landscape & landmarks
Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, also listed as a UNESCO World Heritage site, is a unique safari spot in the world.Read the see section ↗
Food & everyday culture
Sample the luwombo, which is meat or groundnut sauce steamed in banana leaves. It has a tantalising aroma, and is always served with "food", which in Ugandan parlance indicates any carbohydrate. The staple "food" varies from region to region, with the plantain matooke in the south, millet in the north, and potatoes in the west.Read the eat section ↗
Excerpts from Wikivoyage contributors, revision 2026-08-27. CC BY-SA 4.0. Selected excerpts; wiki formatting removed; omissions marked […]. Guide wording and any figures belong to this dated source; they do not replace the atlas statistics above. Food descriptions are not official national-dish designations.
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- National flower
- Not yet verified
- Official national dish
- Not yet verified
- Representative food
- Not yet verified
- Subregion
- Eastern Africa
- Calling code
- +256
- Internet domain
- .ug
- Land border codes
- COD, KEN, RWA, SSD, TZA
Quick facts
- Traffic keeps to the left side of the road. Source ↗
- The country-code web domain is .ug. Source ↗
- The source lists monday as the start of the week. Source ↗
Population: World Bank 2024. Other facts: REST Countries snapshot. Source-matched September 26, 2026; not live data. Sources & limitations.