Uganda, officially the Republic
of Uganda, is a landlocked country in Southeast Africa. It is
bordered on the east by Kenya, on the north by South Sudan, on the
west by the Democratic Republic of the Congo, on the southwest by
Rwanda, and on the south by Tanzania. The southern part of the
country includes a substantial portion of Lake Victoria, shared with
Kenya and Tanzania, situating the country in the African Great Lakes
region. Uganda also lies within the Nile basin, and has a varied but
generally equatorial climate.Uganda gained independence from Britain
on 9 October 1962.
Geography
The country is located on the East
African plateau, lying mostly between latitudes 4°N and 2°S (a
small area is north of 4°), and longitudes 29° and 35°E. It
averages about 1,100 metres (3,609 ft) above sea level, and this
slopes very steadily downwards to the Sudanese Plain to the north.
However, much of the south is poorly drained, while the centre is
dominated by Lake Kyoga, which is also surrounded by extensive marshy
areas. Uganda lies almost completely within the Nile basin. The
Victoria Nile drains from the lake into Lake Kyoga and thence into
Lake Albert on the Congolese border. It then runs northwards into
South Sudan. One small area on the eastern edge of Uganda is drained
by the Turkwel River, part of the internal drainage basin of Lake
Turkana.
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