Area: 236,580sqkm, Population: App. 30.5million.
The highest peak is Mt.Stanley in the Rwenzori Mountains which towers at 5109m. Lake Victoria and River Nile create one of the best watered areas of Africa and they hold the records of being the largest water body in Africa and the world’s longest river respectively. Uganda borders with Kenya in the east, Democratic Republic of Congo in the west, Tanzania in the south, Sudan in the North and Rwanda in South Western Uganda.
The big part of the country is tropical with temperatures ranging around 26 degrees Celsius during day and around 16 degrees Celsius at night. This is highly attributed to the fact that Uganda has a fairly constant altitude with mountains only in the east (the Elgon Mountains) and in the west (the Rwenzoris). However between December and February the temperatures are really high and can go up to 30C. Highlands are also generally cooler during nights. Uganda is crossed by the Equator. Uganda has got so many languages which correspond to the different people therein. Lake Kyoga separates the North from the South; with Nilotic people in the north towards Sudan and the Bantu people within the South East, South West and the Central part of the Country. There are so many local languages and the official Language is English.
Uganda named the No. 1 country to visit in 2012…..