Uganda, officially the Republic of Uganda, is a landlocked country in East Africa.

It is bordered to the east by Kenya, to the north by South Sudan, to the west by the Democratic Republic of the Congo, to the south-west by Rwanda, and to the south by Tanzania.

The southern part of the country includes a substantial portion of Lake Victoria, shared with Kenya and Tanzania.

Uganda is in the African Great Lakes region.

Uganda also lies within the Nile basin, and has a varied but generally a modified equatorial climate.

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Africa is the world's second largest and second most-populous continent (behind Asia in both categories).

At about 30.3 million km2 (11.7 million square miles) including adjacent islands, it covers 6% of Earth's total surface area and 20% of its land area.

With billion people as of, it accounts for about 16% of the world's human population.

The continent is surrounded by the Mediterranean Sea to the north, the Isthmus of Suez and the Red Sea to the northeast, the Indian Ocean to the southeast and the Atlantic Ocean to the west.

The continent includes Madagascar and various archipelagos.

It contains 54 fully recognised sovereign states (countries), nine territories and two de facto independent states with limited or no recognition.

The majority of the continent and its countries are in the Northern Hemisphere, with a substantial portion and number of countries in the Southern Hemisphere.