Uganda

is the Republic of Uganda.

the north, the Democratic Republic of the Congo in the west, Rwanda in the southwest and Tanzania in the south. Uganda belongs to the inland countries, ranking second after Ethiopia in terms of area - 236 thousand km². Part of the Commonwealth of Nations.

part of the African Great Lakes region. The republic is also located within the Nile basin, and has a varied, predominantly equatorial climate.

The name of the country comes from the kingdom of Buganda, which means "Uganda" in Swahili. The name stuck, because it was in 1894 that the British used it to create a protectorate.

leader (president). A unicameral parliament is in charge of lawmaking. The legal consistency of normative acts is controlled by the Constitutional Court. Several political parties are officially allowed, while a number of opposition rebel groups operate in the country. The capital is Kampala.

STATE
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The state arose as a result of the merger of several kingdoms, each of them, according to the Constitution, was granted the status of autonomy, local power is concentrated in the hands of the hereditary rulers.

African Plateau, in the African Great Lakes region, mainly in the savannah and woodlands of the subequatorial belt.
The surface of Uganda is a plateau with a height of 1000-1500 m, with individual mountain peaks (Rwenzori massif, heights up to 5109 m). The plateau is dissected by valleys, often swampy.
The climate is subequatorial, humid in summer, softened by a significant height above sea level. Average temperatures of the coldest month are 20 ° С, the warmest 25 ° С.

tropical forests have been preserved.
The fauna is rich - elephants, hippos, buffaloes, antelopes, giraffes, lions, leopards, monkeys are found. There are many birds and reptiles (crocodiles, snakes), as well as insects (tsetse fly, malaria mosquito, etc.). There are a lot of fish in rivers and lakes.

Earlier in Uganda, there were a lot of rhinos, but as a result of the 20-year civil war, they were gone. The last rhino in the wild was seen in 1983.

prosperous regions whose economy would not depend on subsidies, foreign investment, and imports. Uganda is no exception; it is forced to import grain, fuel, consumer goods, and equipment. About a third of the population lives in poverty.
Owning deposits of copper, gold, cobalt, tungsten and other minerals, the state exports mainly agricultural products (primarily coffee and tea). Its own industry is not sufficiently developed, although it is impossible to call a fully agrarian country - a network of tobacco and textile factories, sugar cane processing plants has been created here.

ECONOMY

by peoples belonging to the two largest linguistic groups in Africa. To the south and southwest of the river live people who speak the Bantu languages ​​- farmers and hunters. We are the first to imagine them when we hear the word "African". The names of the local Bantu people correspond to the names of the historical kingdoms of Uganda. In the northern part of the country, the possessions of the Nilots began - Acholi, Langi, Lugbar, Karamojo and other peoples living in cattle breeding. The Nilots have preserved their traditional way of life, they still wear leather clothes and bone jewelry. Bantu historically live in the most fertile regions of Uganda and profess Christianity (less often Islam).

BANTU

TRADITIONAL KADODI DANCE IN EASTERN UGANDA