Western Uganda
The Western Region of Uganda is one of four regions in the country of Uganda. As of Uganda's 2014 census, the Western region's population was 8,874,862.
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Bwindi Impenetrable National Park
Bwindi Impenetrable National Park is in Western Uganda.
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Queen Elizabeth National Park
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Mgahinga Gorilla National Park
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Lake Mburo National Park
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Lake Bunyonyi
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Western Uganda
- State with about 11,600,000 residents
- Description: region of Uganda
- Also known as“Eastern Region Uganda”“Western Region”“Western Region of Uganda”“Western Region, Uganda”
- Neighbors: Central Uganda
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Latitude of center
-0.6547° or 0° 39′ 17″ south
Longitude of center
30.6721° or 30° 40′ 20″ east
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In Other Languages
From Amharic to Zulu—“Western Uganda” goes by many names.
- Amharic: “ምዕራብ Region”
- Arabic: “المنطقة الغربية”
- Armenian: “Արեւմտյան մարզ”
- Armenian: “Արևմտյան ռեգիոն”
- Armenian: “Ուգանդայի Արևմտյան մարզ”
- Azerbaijani: “Qərb bölgəsi”
- Belarusian: “Заходняя вобласьць”
- Bengali: “পশ্চিমাঞ্চলীয় Region”
- Cebuano: “Western Region”
- Chinese: “西部区”
- Chinese: “西部區”
- Danish: “Vestregionen (Uganda)”
- Danish: “Vestregionen”
- Dutch: “Western”
- Esperanto: “Okcidenta regiono de Ugando”
- Finnish: “Läntinen alue (Uganda)”
- Finnish: “Läntinen alue”
- Finnish: “Western Uganda”
- French: “Ouest”
- French: “Ouganda occidental”
- Galician: “Rexión Oeste, Uganda”
- Galician: “Rexión Oeste”
- Georgian: “დასავლეთის რეგიონი”
- German: “Western Region (Uganda)”
- German: “Western Region”
- German: “Westuganda”
- Greek: “Δυτική Ουγκάντα”
- Hausa: “Yankin Yamma”
- Indonesian: “Region Barat, Uganda”
- Indonesian: “Region Barat”
- Italian: “Regione occidentale”
- Italian: “Uganda occidentale”
- Japanese: “西部地域”
- Javanese: “Wilayah Kulon”
- Kazakh: “Батыс Region”
- Kirghiz: “Батыш Region”
- Korean: “서부주”
- Kurdish: “Herêma Rojava, Ûganda”
- Kurdish: “Herêma Rojava”
- Malay: “Kawasan Barat”
- Maori: “Rohe-ki-te-uru, Ukānga”
- Maori: “Rohe-ki-te-uru”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Sai-pō͘ Chiu (Uganda)”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Sai-pō͘ Chiu”
- Northern Frisian: “Western (Regiuun uun Uganda)”
- Northern Frisian: “Western”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Western”
- Norwegian: “Western”
- Oromo: “Naannoo Lixa”
- Panjabi: “ਪੱਛਮੀ Region”
- Persian: “استان غربی، اوگاندا”
- Persian: “استان غربی”
- Polish: “Region Zachodni”
- Portuguese: “Região Oeste”
- Portuguese: “Uganda Ocidental”
- Pushto: “لوېديز Region”
- Russian: “Западная область”
- Russian: “Западная”
- Slovak: “Západný región”
- Slovenian: “Western Region”
- Slovenian: “Zahodna regija”
- Slovenian: “Zahodna Uganda”
- Somali: “Gobolka Galbeed”
- Spanish: “Región Occidental de Uganda”
- Spanish: “Región Occidental, Uganda”
- Spanish: “Región Occidental”
- Swahili: “Mkoa wa Magharibi”
- Tajik: “Минтақаи Ғарбӣ”
- Tatar: “Көнбатыш Region”
- Turkish: “Batı Bölgesi”
- Ukrainian: “Західна область (Уганда)”
- Ukrainian: “Західна область”
- Urdu: “مغربی علاقہ، یوگنڈا”
- Uzbek: “Garbiy Region”
- Vietnamese: “Tây Uganda”
- Zulu: “Western Region, Yuganda”
- Zulu: “Western Region”
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