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Uganda

    • Location:
      Eastern Africa, west of Kenya

    • Map references:
      Africa

    • Area:

        total area:
        236,040 sq km

        land area:
        199,710 sq km

        comparative area:
        slightly smaller than Oregon

    • Land boundaries:
      total 2,698 km, Kenya 933 km, Rwanda 169 km, Sudan 435 km, Tanzania 396 km, Zaire 765 km

    • Coastline:
      0 km (landlocked)

    • Maritime claims:
      none; landlocked

    • International disputes:
      none

    • Climate:
      tropical; generally rainy with two dry seasons (December to February, June to August); semiarid in northeast

    • Terrain:
      mostly plateau with rim of mountains

    • Natural resources:
      copper, cobalt, limestone, salt

    • Land use:

        arable land:
        23%

        permanent crops:
        9%

        meadows and pastures:
        25%

        forest and woodland:
        30%

        other:
        13%

    • Irrigated land:
      90 sq km (1989 est.)

    • Environment:

        current issues:
        draining of wetlands for agricultural use; deforestation; overgrazing; soil erosion; poaching is widespread

        natural hazards:
        NA

        international agreements:
        party to - Biodiversity, Climate Change, Endangered Species, Law of the Sea, Marine Life Conservation, Nuclear Test Ban, Ozone Layer Protection, Wetlands; signed, but not ratified - Environmental Modification

    • Note:
      landlocked






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