Uganda+Geography

The Geography of Uganda
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 * Capital: Kampala (approx. 1.5 million people)


 * Location: The country of Uganda is located in the East-Central part of Africa. It shares a border with the following countries of: Democratic Republic of Congo, Kenya, Rwanda, South Sudan, and also Tanzania. It is also a landlocked country with many lakes and rivers being its only water access.


 * Topography: Uganda is mostly plateau with some rims of mountains.[[image:The_plateau_and_the_plains_of_Sipi_Uganda.jpg]]


 * Resources: Their most popular resources are copper, cobalt, hydropower, limestone, salt, arable land, and gold.


 * Land Use: Arable land, land used for growing crops, accounts for 27.9%, 11.2% is for permanent crops, 17.5% is forests, and 43.4% of the land is used for other means.


 * Population: 33.4 million people
 * Annual Population Growth Rate: 3.2%


 * Climate: Uganda has a tropical climate which is mainly rainy, but has two dry seasons from December to February and June to August. Meanwhile, the northeast part of Uganda has very little rainfall at all.


 * Area: 241,038 sq. km. (93,072 sq. mi.). Uganda is about the size of Oregon.

Information Gathered From: http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/2963.htm#profile

**© 2012 Corey Michael Sharp - Revised April 25th, 2012 ** **Email: cmshar2@ilstu.edu ** **Ph: 309-251-0009 **