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Today, forest and woodland cover in Uganda stands at 49,000 km 2 or 24% of the total land area. Of these 9,242.08 km 2 is tropical rainforest , 350.60 km 2 are forest plantations and 39,741.02 km 2 is woodland. 30% of these areas are protected as national parks , wildlife reserves or central forest reserves .
The history of Uganda comprises the history of the people who inhabited the territory of present-day Uganda before the establishment of the Republic of Uganda, and the history of that country once it was established.
The Mabira Forest is a rainforest area covering about 300 square kilometres (120 sq mi) (30,000 hectares (74,000 acres)) in Uganda, located in Buikwe District, between Lugazi and Jinja. It has been protected as Mabira Forest Reserve since 1932.
Uganda is located in Eastern Africa, West of Kenya, South of South Sudan, East of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and North of Rwanda and Tanzania. While much of its border is on lakeshores, Uganda is landlocked with no access to the sea port but it is a fertile and well-watered country that consists of many lakes and rivers including the ...
The coat of arms of Uganda was adopted three weeks before the proclamation of independence by the Uganda Legislative Council. On 1 October 1962 the arms were approved by Governor of Uganda Walter Coutts , and formally established by law on 9 October.
Bwindi Impenetrable Forest. Vervet Monkey in Uganda. The Bwindi Impenetrable Forest is old, complex, and biologically rich. [5] : 233 Diverse species are a feature of the park, [2] and it became a UNESCO World Heritage Site because of its ecological importance.
This is a list of the heads of state of Uganda, from the independence of Uganda in 1962 to the present day. From 1962 to 1963, the head of state under the Constitution of 1962 was the Queen of Uganda , Elizabeth II , who was also the Queen of the United Kingdom and the other Commonwealth realms .
The National Forestry Authority (Abbreviated as NFA) is the body of the Ugandan central government that is responsible for managing the country's Central Forest Reserves through demarcating, re-surveying and maintaining them. [1]
The wildlife of Uganda is composed of its flora and fauna. Uganda has a wide variety of different habitats, including mountains, hills, tropical rainforest, woodland, freshwater lakes, swamps and savanna with scattered clumps of trees.
Buganda is a Bantu kingdom within Uganda. The kingdom of the Baganda people, Buganda is the largest of the traditional kingdoms in present-day East Africa, consisting of Uganda's Central Region, including the Ugandan capital Kampala.