Central Uganda

The Central region is one of the four regions in the country of . As of Uganda's 2014 census, the region's population was 9,529,227. It is coterminous with the Kingdom of Buganda, one of the ancient monarchies that are constitutionally recognised in Uganda.
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Essential Destinations

Top destinations include Kampala and Entebbe.

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, the City of Seven Hills, is the capital city of and is, by a very large margin, the largest city in the country. Secondary to it is Jinja to the east and Entebbe to the south.

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is a pleasant town built on the shores of Lake Victoria in . offers a relaxed stop-over alternative to Kampala if you're flying into or out of Uganda, as the air is clean, the streets are safe to walk, and the old colonial gardens and parks with the lake in the background make for a serene atmosphere.

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is a city in the Buganda Region in Uganda, west of . The city is the headquarters of .

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The are an archipelago of 84 islands in the northwest of Lake Victoria, . About 43 of the islands are inhabited. The islands vary in size from less than 10,000 m², to over 40 km long for the largest island, Buggala.

Central Uganda

Latitude of center
0.2815° or 0° 16′ 54″ north
Longitude of center
32.6271° or 32° 37′ 38″ east
Population
6,680,000
Elevation
1,254 metres (4,114 feet)
Open­Street­Map ID
node 4345055197
Open­Street­Map feature
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Geo­Names ID
234594
Wiki­data ID
Q429685
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In Other Languages

From Amharic to Zulu—“Central Uganda” goes by many names.
  • Amharic: “ማዕከላዊ Region”
  • Arabic: “المنطقة الوسطى”
  • Armenian: “Կենտրոնական շրջան”
  • Asturian: “Rexón Central, Uganda”
  • Asturian: “Rexón Central”
  • Azerbaijani: “Mərkəz bölgəsi”
  • Basque: “Erdialdekoa (Uganda)”
  • Basque: “Erdialdekoa”
  • Belarusian: “Цэнтральная вобласць (Уганда)”
  • Belarusian: “Цэнтральная вобласць”
  • Bengali: “কেন্দ্রীয় Region”
  • Catalan: “Regió Central”
  • Cebuano: “Central Region”
  • Chinese: “Tiong-pō͘ Chiu”
  • Chinese: “中部區”
  • Danish: “Centralregionen (Uganda)”
  • Danish: “Centralregionen”
  • Dutch: “Central”
  • Esperanto: “Centra regiono de Ugando”
  • Finnish: “Ugandan keskinen alue”
  • French: “Centre”
  • French: “Ouganda central”
  • Galician: “Rexión Central, Uganda”
  • Galician: “Rexión Central”
  • Georgian: “ცენტრალური რეგიონი”
  • German: “Central Region”
  • German: “Zentraluganda”
  • Greek: “Κεντρική Ουγκάντα”
  • Hausa: “Yankin Tsakiya”
  • Indonesian: “Region Tengah, Uganda”
  • Indonesian: “Region Tengah”
  • Italian: “Regione Centrale”
  • Italian: “Uganda centrale”
  • Japanese: “中央地域”
  • Javanese: “Wilayah Tengah”
  • Kazakh: “Орталық Region”
  • Kirghiz: “Борбордук Region”
  • Korean: “중부주”
  • Kurdish: “Herêma Navend, Ûganda”
  • Kurdish: “Herêma Navend”
  • Malay: “Kawasan Pusat”
  • Maori: “Rohe-ki-te-pokapū, Ukānga”
  • Maori: “Rohe-ki-te-pokapū”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Tiong-pō͘ Chiu (Uganda)”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Tiong-pō͘ Chiu”
  • Northern Frisian: “Central (Regiuun uun Uganda)”
  • Northern Frisian: “Central”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Central”
  • Norwegian: “Central”
  • Oromo: “Naannoo Giddu”
  • Panjabi: “ਕੇਂਦਰੀ Region”
  • Persian: “استان مرکزی، اوگاندا”
  • Portuguese: “Centro do Uganda”
  • Portuguese: “Região Central”
  • Pushto: “مرکزي Region”
  • Russian: “Центральная область (Уганда)”
  • Russian: “Центральная область”
  • Serbian: “Централни регион”
  • Slovak: “Stredný región”
  • Slovenian: “Central Region”
  • Slovenian: “Centralna regija”
  • Slovenian: “Centralna Uganda”
  • Somali: “Gobolka Dhexe”
  • Spanish: “Región Central de Uganda”
  • Spanish: “Region Central”
  • Spanish: “Región Central”
  • Swahili: “Mkoa wa Kati”
  • Tajik: “Минтақаи Марказӣ”
  • Tatar: “Үзәк Region”
  • Turkish: “Merkez Bölgesi”
  • Ukrainian: “Центральна область”
  • Urdu: “وسطی علاقہ، یوگنڈا”
  • Uzbek: “Markaziy Region”
  • Vietnamese: “Trung Uganda”
  • Zulu: “Central Region, Yuganda”
  • Zulu: “Central Region”

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