local websites end with
.ug or .co.ug
or
.com
241,038 km² (93,065 sq miles) - 19,848,000 people
Land boundaries: 2,698 km
Democratic
Republic of the Congo
765 km, Kenya
933 km, Rwanda
169 km, Sudan
435 km, Tanzania
396 km
Coastline: 0 km
Country Code +256
local
calls
national long distance
national prefix: 0
area code: ---
number: -----
(always 8 digits)
international calls
international prefix: 00
example:
calling from Uganda
to France
00 33 I 422I IIII
II rue des IIaIIes
PARIS Ier
usefull
numbers
operator
Information
Fire
Police
calling from abroad
to Uganda
+256 --- -----
(8 digits after the
country code)
Jamhuri
ya Uganda
Republic
of Uganda
independant
since I962
from Great
Britain
Capital: Kampala
political
President:
Government
of Uganda languages:
English
Suaheli, Buganda, Banyoro
Lango, Acholi, Turkana,
Karamojong
economy
GNP $26.2 billion
GNP/person $1,100
currency: I Uganda Shilling =
I00 cents
geography
Mount
Stanley 5,110 m
no Coast
largest lake: Victoria Sea
longest river: The Nile