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Relief map of Uganda. Uganda is located in southeast Africa between 1º S and 4º N latitude, and between 30º E and 35º E longitude. Its geography is very diverse, consisting of volcanic hills, mountains, and lakes. The country sits at an average of 900 meters above sea level. Both the eastern and western borders of Uganda have mountains.
Geography of Uganda. Coordinates: 1°00′N 32°00′E. A United Nations map of Uganda. Location of Uganda. Uganda map of Köppen climate classification. Uganda is located in Eastern Africa, West of Kenya, South of South Sudan, East of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and North of Rwanda and Tanzania. While much of its border is on ...
The location of Uganda An enlargeable map of the Republic of Uganda. The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to Uganda: . Uganda –commonly referred to as the Pearl [1] by Churchill is a land-locked sovereign country located in East Africa, bordered on the east by Kenya, the north by South Sudan, on the west by the Democratic Republic of the Congo, on the ...
Uganda accepted the convention on November 20, 1987, making its historical sites eligible for inclusion on the list. [3] Uganda has three World Heritage Sites and a further five sites on its tentative list. [3] The first two sites were listed in 1994, both for their natural significance. The most recent site, the Tombs of Buganda Kings at ...
The geology of Uganda extends back to the Archean and Proterozoic eons of the Precambrian, and much of the country is underlain by gneiss, argillite and other metamorphic rocks that are sometimes over 2.5 billion years old. Sedimentary rocks and new igneous and metamorphic units formed throughout the Proterozoic and the region was partially ...
One of the most notable sites is the Kasubi Tombsa UNESCO World Heritage Site and the burial grounds of the Buganda kings. The Independence Monument, located in the heart of Kampala, is a symbol of Uganda’s freedom from colonial rule.
History of Uganda. The history of Uganda comprises the history of the people who inhabited the territory of present-day Uganda before the establishment of the Republic of Uganda, and the history of that country once it was established. Evidence from the Paleolithic era shows humans have inhabited Uganda for at least 50,000 years.
Regions of Uganda (with district borders as they were in 2020) Central Western Eastern Northern. In 2002, approximately 3 million people, or 12 percent of the country's population, lived in urban areas. The Central region had 54 percent of the urban population (mostly in the city of Kampala), the Northern region 17 percent, the Western region ...