Passport card
Republic of Uganda
Uganda
- Capital
- Kampala
- Continent
- Africa
- Currency
- Ugandan shilling
- Languages
- English and Swahili
- People
- About 4.6 crore
- Size
- About 2.4 lakh km²
- Leader
- President Yoweri Museveni
- Free since
- 9 October 1962
- Time
- 2½ hours behind India: at 12 noon in India, it is 9:30 am in Kampala
⭐ About half of the world's mountain gorillas live in Uganda's Bwindi forest.
Your Uganda stamp
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Two ways to learn
Learn about Uganda
Find it on the globe
Fly from India to Uganda
Turn the globe with your finger. Uganda has 5 neighbours on land: tap one to visit it.
Compare with India
Uganda and India, side by side
Both are drawn to the same scale.
- SizeIndia is about 14 times the size of Uganda.
- PeopleIndia has about 32 times as many people: about 146 crore in India and about 4.6 crore in Uganda.
- DistanceKampala is about 5,700 km from Delhi, in a straight line.
- TimeUganda is 2½ hours behind India. When it is 12 noon in India, it is 9:30 am in Kampala.
Test yourself
Quiz Me
30 questions on Uganda, a fresh mix every time you play. Answer one at a time and see why straight away.
Fly through 30 questions on Uganda
- A fresh mix from the country's 100 questions, every round.
- See the right answer and why, straight away.
- Score 18 or more to earn Uganda's passport stamp.
Map puzzle
Put Uganda back on the map
Uganda and its neighbours have fallen off the map. Can you put all 6 back?
Big neighbours stop at the edge of this map.
Drag each piece to its place on the map, or tap a piece and then tap its place.
For parents and teachers
Free Uganda worksheet
One page to print: colour the flag, name the neighbours, fill in the blanks and more. The answers are at the bottom, upside down.
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