The Republic of Uganda is a country in east Africa. It has a total area of 236,040 km2. The climate is tropical; generally rainy with two dry seasons, one from December to February and the other from June to August; semiarid in the north-east. The terrain is mostly plateau with a rim of mountains. Natural resources are copper, cobalt, limestone, salt. The religion is 33% Roman Catholic, 33% Protestant, 16% Muslim and the rest indigenous beliefs. The official language is English with Luganda and Swahili widely used and other Bantu and Nilotic languages also spoken. The modern country of Uganda was formed in 1894 as a British protectorate around the Kingdom of Buganda, and became independent in 1962, becoming a federal republic in 1963. Research Uganda
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