Flag Description

six equal horizontal bands of black (top), yellow, red, black, yellow, and red; a white disk is superimposed at the center and depicts a grey crowned crane (the national symbol) facing the hoist side; black symbolizes the African people, yellow sunshine and vitality, red African brotherhood; the crane was the military badge of Ugandan soldiers under the UK

Background:The colonial boundaries created by Britain to delimit Uganda grouped together a wide range of ethnic groups with different political systems and cultures. These differences prevented the establishment of a working political community after independence was achieved in 1962. The dictatorial regime of Idi AMIN (1971-79) was responsible for the deaths of some 300,000 opponents; guerrilla war and human rights abuses under Milton OBOTE (1980-85) claimed at least another 100,000 lives. The rule of Yoweri MUSEVENI since 1986 has brought relative stability and economic growth to Uganda. A constitutional referendum in 2005 cancelled a 19-year ban on multi-party politics.

Total Area: 241,038 sq km

Land Area:197,100 sq km

Water Area:43,938 sq km

Land Boundries Total:2,729 km

Border Countries:Democratic Republic of the Congo 877 km, Kenya 814 km, Rwanda 172 km, South Sudan 475 km, Tanzania 391 km

Coastline:0 km (landlocked)

Lowest Point:Lake Albert 621 m

Highest Point:Margherita Peak on Mount Stanley 5,110 m

Population:35918915

Population Growth Rate:3.24% (2014 est.)

Religion:Roman Catholic 41.9%, Protestant 42% (Anglican 35.9%, Pentecostal 4.6%, Seventh-Day Adventist 1.5%), Muslim 12.1%, other 3.1%, none 0.9% (2002 census)

Literacy(%):0.732

Literacy(%) Male:0.826

Literacy(%) Female:64.6% (2010 est.)

Independence Day:9 October 1962 (from the UK)

National Holiday:Independence Day, 9 October (1962)

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