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Place nameUganda
Other namesRepublic of Uganda, Jamhuri ya Uganda, Ouganda, République de l'Ouganda, UGA, UG, ISO800, UG00, Ugandan
Latitude2
Longitude33
SourceThesaurus of Geographic Names
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Area was home of early Niger-Kordofanian populations; was center of important native kingdom; Bantu Cwezi kings were overthrown by Luo in 16th cen.; visited by Arab traders in 1830s; British explorers & missionaries arrived in mid-19th cen.; official languages are English & Swahili, though Luganda & other Bantu & Nilotic languages are also spoken.
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- Albert Nile (Uganda)
- Karamoja (Uganda)
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- Ruwenzori National Park (Uganda)
- Kafo (Uganda)
- Eastern (Uganda)
- Okere (Uganda)
- Busoga (Uganda)
- Owen Falls Dam (Uganda)
- Victoria Nile (Uganda)
- Kabalega Falls (Uganda)
- Kabalega Falls National Park (Uganda)
- Nile (Uganda)
- Western (Uganda)
- South Buganda (Uganda)
- Central (Uganda)
- Okok (Uganda)
- Kyoga, Lake (Uganda)
- North Buganda (Uganda)
- Katonga (Uganda)
- Northern (Uganda)
- Toro (Uganda)