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Full name: Republic of Uganda
Location: Eastern Africa, straddles the equator
Neighbours: South Sudan (north); Kenya (east); Tanzania (south); Rwanda (south west) and DRC (west)
Area: 241,038 sq km (15.39% water)
Population: 41,487,965 (estimated 2016)
President: Y.K. Museveni (took office in 1986)
Independence: 1962 (previously Uganda Protectorate, British Empire)
Currency: Ugandan shilling (UGX) (US$1 is between 3,500/= & 3,700/= as of May 2018)
Timezone: East African Time (UTC+3) Africa/Kampala
International airport: Entebbe (EBB)
International dialing code: +256
Callsign prefix: 5X
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