{"id":28382,"date":"2024-12-02T08:49:21","date_gmt":"2024-12-02T03:19:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=28382"},"modified":"2025-04-08T18:52:52","modified_gmt":"2025-04-08T13:22:52","slug":"uganda","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/uganda\/","title":{"rendered":"Key Facts about Uganda"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><strong>About Uganda:<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>It is a <strong>landlocked country<\/strong> in <strong>east-central Africa<\/strong>.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>Bordering Countries:<strong> Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Kenya, Rwanda, South Sudan,<\/strong> and <strong>Tanzania<\/strong>.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>Equator passes through Uganda.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li><strong>Capital: Kampala<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Uganda gained<strong> independence from Britain in 1962.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Uganda has as many as <strong>65 ethnic groups<\/strong>. The <strong>official languages <\/strong>are<strong> English and Swahili<\/strong>, which facilitate communication among its diverse population.<\/li>\n<li>Form of Government: <strong>Democracy<\/strong>, with the President as the head of government.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Geography<\/strong>:\n<ul>\n<li>It mostly <strong>sits on a central plateau covered by rainforest.<\/strong> It has high volcanic mountains to the eastern and western borders.<\/li>\n<li>The <strong>Virunga and Ruwenzori Mountains<\/strong> and the <strong>Western Rift Valley<\/strong> form the western boundaries of the country. The country&#8217;s <strong>highest peak,<\/strong> the 5,109 m <strong>Margherita Peak,<\/strong> is part of the <strong>Ruwenzori Range.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Inselbergs<\/strong> are a <strong>common geographical feature<\/strong> across Uganda. Meaning &#8220;rock island&#8221; in German, these strange yet stunning <strong>rock structures<\/strong> tower above the savannahs and plateaus throughout the nation.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li><strong>Lake Victoria<\/strong> (Africa\u2019s largest lake and the <strong>world&#8217;s second-largest freshwater lake<\/strong>) forms the southern boundary of the country with Tanzania and Kenya.<\/li>\n<li>Uganda has <strong>eight major rivers:<\/strong> the <strong>Victoria Nile, Achwa, Okok,<\/strong> Pager, <strong>Albert Nile<\/strong>, Kafu, Mpongo, and Katonga.\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Wildlife<\/strong>:\n<ul>\n<li>Uganda has <strong>11% of the world\u2019s birds.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>8% of the world\u2019s mammals<\/strong> can be found here.<\/li>\n<li>It has the <strong>highest concentration of primates<\/strong> than any other country in the world.<\/li>\n<li>It has the <strong>world\u2019s half population of endangered mountain gorillas<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<h3><strong>Q1<\/strong>: What are Inselbergs?<\/h3>\n<p>Inselbergs are isolated hills or mountains that rise abruptly from the surrounding plain, typically formed through the process of erosion. They are often remnants of more extensive mountain ranges, where softer materials have eroded away, leaving behind these harder rock formations.<\/p>\n<p><strong>News<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/zeenews.india.com\/india\/uganda-more-than-15-dead-100-missing-after-devastating-landslides-2826204.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Uganda: More Than 15 Dead, 100 Missing After Devastating Landslides<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Uganda is a landlocked country in east-central Africa. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":28383,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-28382","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-upsc-prelims-current-affairs","8":"no-featured-image-padding"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28382","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28382"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28382\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/28383"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28382"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28382"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28382"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}