Uganda

Republic of Uganda

Political Status: Independent member of the Commonwealth since October 9, 1962; republican constitution adopted on September 8, 1967; personal military rule (instituted on January 25, 1971) overthrown with establishment of provisional government on April 11, 1979; military regime installed on January 29, 1986; present constitution adopted on September 22, 1995, with effect from October 8; amended by public referendum on July 28, 2005, to provide for multiparty system.

Area: 93,104 sq. mi. (241,139 sq. km).

Population: 41,222,000 (2020E—World Bank); 42,252,966 (2020E—U.S. Census).

Major Urban Center (2016E, urban area—UN): KAMPALA (2,012,000).

Official Language: English (Swahili and Luganda are widely used).

Monetary Unit: Ugandan Shilling (market rate September 30, 2020: 3,710.00 Ugandan shillings = $1US).

President: Lt. Gen. Yoweri MUSEVENI (National Resistance Movement); sworn in on January 29, 1986, following the ...