What every visitor should know about Uganda:

Money
The currency is the Ugandan shilling (UGZ).
Crime
CrimeSafe Travel Score™: 2.5 out of 5 (Use caution)

Areas of concern:

  • Pick-pocketing / bag-snatching
  • Armed robbery is rare but occurs
  • Carjacking
  • Banditry on rural roads
Capital
Kampala
Tap water
Very dangerous. Water-borne disease is widespread and purification is unreliable. Drink boiled or bottled water only.

Uganda facts and figures:

People

Population
32,369,558
Language
English (official national language, taught in grade schools, used in courts of law and by most newspapers and some radio broadcasts), Ganda or Luganda (most widely used of the Niger-Congo languages, preferred for native language publications in the capital and may be taught in school), other Niger-Congo languages, Nilo-Saharan languages, Swahili, Arabic
Ethnicity
Baganda 16.9%, Banyakole 9.5%, Basoga 8.4%, Bakiga 6.9%, Iteso 6.4%, Langi 6.1%, Acholi 4.7%, Bagisu 4.6%, Lugbara 4.2%, Bunyoro 2.7%, other 29.6%

Economy

GDP
US$1,100 (per capita)
Income equality
Moderate
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