Uganda

Uganda sau oficial Republica Uganda, este o ar n estul Africii care se nvecineaz la est cu
Kenya, la nord cu Sudanul de Sud, la vest cu Republica Democrat Congo, n sud-vest cu Ruanda iar n
sud cu Tanzania. Wikipedia

Capital: Kampala
Prefix: +256
Suprafa: 241.038 km
Moned: Ugandan shilling
Preedinte: Yoweri Museveni
Populaie: 37,58 milioane (2013) Banca Mondial
Limbi oficiale: Limba englez, Limba Swahili

Uganda, twice the size of Pennsylvania, is in East Africa. It is bordered on the west by Congo, on the
north by the Sudan, on the east by Kenya, and on the south by Tanzania and Rwanda. The country, which
lies across the equator, is divided into three main areasswampy lowlands, a fertile plateau with wooded
hills, and a desert region. Lake Victoria forms part of the southern border.

Government
Multiparty democractic republic.

History

About 500 B.C. Bantu-speaking peoples migrated to the area now called Uganda. By the 14th century,
three kingdoms dominated, Buganda (meaning "state of the Gandas"), Bunyoro, and Ankole. Uganda was
first explored by Europeans as well as Arab traders in 1844. An Anglo-German agreement of 1890
declared it to be in the British sphere of influence in Africa, and the Imperial British East Africa Company
was chartered to develop the area. The company did not prosper financially, and in 1894 a British
protectorate was proclaimed. Few Europeans permanently settled in Uganda, but it attracted many
Indians, who became important players in Ugandan commerce.

Uganda became independent on Oct. 9, 1962. Sir Edward Mutesa, the king of Buganda (Mutesa II), was
elected the first president, and Milton Obote the first prime minister, of the newly independent country.
With the help of a young army officer, Col. Idi Amin, Prime Minister Obote seized control of the
government from President Mutesa four years later.