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ID: 1000206
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Record Type: administrative |
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Uganda (nation) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 02 00 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 2.0000 decimal degrees |
| Long: 033 00 00 E degrees minutes |
Long: 33.0000 decimal degrees |
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Note: Area was home of early Niger-Kordofanian populations; was center of important native kingdom; Bantu Cweźi kings were overthrown by Luo in 16th cen.; visited by Arab traders in 1830s; British explorers & missionaries arrived in mid-19th cen.; official languages are English & Swahili, though Luganda & other Bantu & Nilotic languages are also spoken. |
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| Uganda (preferred,C,V,English-P,U,N)
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| Uganda (Spanish-P,U,N)
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| Republic of Uganda (C,V,English,U,N)
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| Jamhuri ya Uganda (C,V)
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| Ouganda (C,O,French-P,U,N)
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| République de l'Ouganda (C,O,French,U,N)
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| República de Uganda (C,V)
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| UGA (C,O,ISO3L)
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| UG (C,O,ISO2L)
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| ISO800 (C,O,ISO3N)
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| UG00 (C,O,FIPS)
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| Ugandan (C,O,English,U,A)
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| nation (preferred, C) |
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gained independence in 1962 |
| primary political unit (C) |
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| independent sovereign nation (C) |
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| republic (C) |
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established 1967 |
| controlled region (H) |
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British, 1860s-1962 |
| protectorate (H) |
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British, 1894-1962 |
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Related geographic places: |
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| member of .... |
Commonwealth of Nations .......... (association) |
| ................ |
(World) [7005615] |
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joined association in 1962 |
| member of .... |
United Nations .......... (organization) |
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(World) [7029605] |
| ................ |
joined organization in 1962 |
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