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Uganda is a country on the African continent with its capital and largest city being Kabbalah. It is located next to Lake Victoria and borders Congo, South Sudan and Kenya. It has an area of ??241,038 square kilometers, and a population of 41,590,300 inhabitants according to official estimates for 2020.
(ranked 35th in the world). Its official languages ??are English and Swahili.
It used to be a British colony but on October 9, 1962 it gained its independence.
Uganda is located on the central African plateau. It is bordered on the north by South Sudan (475 km), on the east by Kenya (814 km), on the south by Tanzania (391 km) and Rwanda (172 km). and to the west by the Democratic Republic of the Congo (877 km long border).
The highest point in the country is Margarita Peak (5,109 meters in the Rouvenzori Mountains, on the border with the Democratic Republic of the Congo).
while the lowest is Lake Albert (620 meters. The highest volcano in Uganda is Mount Elgon. The western large rift valley runs through the country and is the lowest elevation point in Uganda.
The tectonic movements that created the valley also elevated the Rouvenzori Mountains. 90% of the country is located at an altitude of 900 to 1,500 meters and the altitude generally increases to the south.
In the southern part of the country is Lake Victoria, one of the largest lakes on Earth, on the shores of which is built the country's capital, Kampala. In the center of the country is Lake Kyoga, which is surrounded by swamps.
Almost all of Uganda is within the Nile Basin. The Nile from Lake Victoria flows first into Lake Kioga and then into Lake Alberto.
It then continues on to northern and southern Sudan.
The people of the Ugandan region were hunters and gatherers until about 1,700 to 2,300 years ago, when Bandu peoples, probably from central Africa, migrated to the southern part of the country.
They brought with them the know-how of metallurgy and new ideas about social and political organization. The Guitar Empire, known through the oral tradition of the peoples of the region, extended over a large part of the Great Lakes region, from Lake Alberto, Lake Taganiga and Lake Victoria.
to Lake Kyoga. Their headquarters were in Ancole. The Bunyuro-Guitar kingdom is considered to be the forerunner of the four traditional kingdoms of Uganda.
of Buganda, Toro, Ankole and Busoga.
Luo and Ateker also migrated to the area from the north. In the 18th century Buganda began to expand to the detriment of the Bunyoro.