FACTS

Location: Eastern Africa, west of Kenya

Area (only Total) total: 236,040 sq km

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: 31,367,972

Main Language (only first): English

Government type: republic

Capital (Name): Kampala

Capital (Time Difference): UTC+3

Independence: 9 October 1962 (from UK)

National holiday: Independence Day, 9 October (1962)