!!!Uganda: Geography
||Location|East-Central Africa, west of Kenya, east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
||Geographic Coordinates|1 00 N, 32 00 E[{GoogleMap location='1.0,32.0' zoom='4'}]
||Area |''total: ''241,038 sq km\\''land: ''197,100 sq km\\''water: ''43,938 sq km__\\''We are unable to verify those figures from Factbook, since the 6 main sources we used for checking give different figures as follows:\\[Factbook|https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook]: 241038\\ [DBpedia|http://dbpedia.org]: 0\\ [Geoname|http://www.geonames.org]: 236040\\ [Infoplease|http://www.infoplease.com]: 236040\\ [Britannica|http://www.britannica.com]: 241551\\ [Wolfram|http://www.wolframalpha.com]: 236040''__\\__Attempted Explanation__: Please help us to try to explain the discrepancies by sending us helpful information to [office@global-geography.org|mailto:office@global-geography.org]
||Land boundaries|''total: ''2,698 km\\''border countries: ''Democratic Republic of the Congo 765 km, Kenya 933 km, Rwanda 169 km, South Sudan 435 km, Tanzania 396 km
||Coastline|0 km (landlocked)
||Elevation Extremes|''lowest point: ''Lake Albert 621 m\\''highest point: ''Margherita Peak on Mount Stanley 5,110 m
||Highest Mountains|__Due to difference in mountain rankings taken from two data sources we are listing here both lists :__\\ According to [Wolfram|http://www.wolframalpha.com]: Mount Baker 4844 m; Mount Luigi 4626 m; Mount Elgon 4321 m; Muhabura 4127 m; Mount Sabyinyo 3645 m\\According to [Geonames|http://www.geonames.org]: Mount Speke 4990 m; Baker 4752 m; Mount Gessi 4715 m; Mount Luigi di Savoia 4627 m; Mount Elgon 3340 m\\ \\__Attempted Explanation:__ Please help us to try to explain the discrepancies by sending us helpful information to [office@global-geography.org|mailto:office@global-geography.org] \\[Important Mountains|Geography/Africa/Uganda/Geography/Important_Mountains]
||Terrain|mostly plateau with rim of mountains
||Natural Hazards|NA
||Natural Resource|copper, cobalt, hydropower, limestone, salt, arable land, gold
||Land Use|''arable land: ''27.94%\\''permanent crops: ''9.11%\\''other: ''62.95% (2011)
||Climate|tropical; generally rainy with two dry seasons (December to February, June to August); semiarid in northeast
||Irrigated Land|144.2 sq km (2010)
||Renewable Water Resources|66 cu km (2011)
||Environment_CurrentIssues|draining of wetlands for agricultural use; deforestation; overgrazing; soil erosion; water hyacinth infestation in Lake Victoria; widespread poaching
||Environment - international agreements|''party to: ''Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Life Conservation, Ozone Layer Protection, Wetlands\\''signed, but not ratified: ''Environmental Modification
||Large Cities|__Due to difference in city rankings taken from two data sources we are listing here both lists :__\\According to [Wolfram|http://www.wolframalpha.com]: Kampala; Gulu; Lira; Jinja; Mbarara\\According to [Geonames|http://www.geonames.org]: Kampala; Gulu; Lira; Mbarara; Jinja\\\\\__Attempted Explanation:__ Please help us to try to explain the discrepancies by sending us helpful information to [office@global-geography.org|mailto:office@global-geography.org] \\[Important Cities|Geography/Africa/Uganda/Geography/Important_Cities]
||Geography-note|landlocked; fertile, well-watered country with many lakes and rivers\\[Important Lakes|Geography/Africa/Uganda/Geography/Important_Lakes]