UGANDAN NORTH AMERICAN ASSOCIATION, Inc.
UGANDA: THE PEARL OF AFRICA
TOURISM: "If you're planning to visit Uganda or to enjoy holidays here, this is the tourism and travel guidance. Find all the information you need to know about the available tourism sites, tour and travel operators, hotels, transport facilities, important contacts and all other related information provided by the Uganda Tourism Board.
UGANDA: OUR MOTHERLAND
UGANDA, officially the Republic of Uganda, is a landlocked country in East Africa. Uganda is also known as the "Pearl of Africa". It is bordered on the east by Kenya, on the north by Sudan, on the west by the Democratic Republic of the Congo, on the southwest by Rwanda, and on the south by Tanzania. The southern part of the country includes a substantial portion of Lake Victoria, which is also bordered by Kenya and Tanzania.
It is a member of the African Union, the Commonwealth of Nations, Organisation of the Islamic Conference and East African Community. The central region is dominated by the Bantu group specifically the Baganda.
BUGANDA: CENTRAL REGION
Uganda takes its name from the Buganda kingdom, which encompassed a portion of the south of the country including the capital Kampala.
The people of Uganda were hunter-gatherers until 1,700 to 2,300 years ago, when Bantu-speaking populations migrated to the southern parts of the country.[4] Uganda gained independence from Britain on 9 October 1962. The official languages are English and Swahili, although multiple other languages are spoken in the country.
Kingship:
The Buganda monarchy presents one of the best documentations of kingship in Uganda. The head of state is the King locally known as Kabaka. The current king of Buganda, His Highness Ronald Mutebi II was crowned the 36th Kabaka of Buganda in 1993 after his father Sir Edward Mutesa II died in exile.
The kingdom also constitutes a Parliament (Lukiiko), comprising mainly of elderly heads of its 52 clans. Other people, who occupy important positions in the kingdom, include the Queen (Nabagereka), the Prime Minister (Katikiiro), the royal sister (Nalinya) and the Queen Mother (Namasole).
UGANDA: LOCATION
The country is located on the East African plateau, lying mostly between latitudes 4°N and 2°S (a small area is north of 4°), and longitudes 29° and 35°E. It averages about 1,100 metres (3,609 ft) above sea level, and this slopes very steadily downwards to the Sudanese Plain to the north.
Uganda lies astride the Equator in Eastern Africa between longitudes 29 ½° East and 35° East and between latitudes 4 ½° North and ½° South, at an average altitude of 1,100 meters above sea- level. The total area is 236,580sq.Km.
We are bordered by the Republic of South Sudan to the North, the Republic of Kenya to the East, the Democratic Republic of Congo to the West, and the United Republic of Tanzania and the Republic of Rwanda to the South.
KITGUM, ARUA, GULU: NORTHERN REGION
The northern region is also a melting point of quite a number of tribes including; Acholi, Langi, Alur, Kakwa, and Lugbara just to mention a few. An area rich in wildlife and undulating hills. A beautiful scenery for both your eyes and camera lens.
BUSOGA: EASTERN REGION
The eastern region is another richful area comprised with a number of different tribal groups including; Bagisu, Basamia/Bagwe, Basoga, Bagwere, Iteso, Japadhola, and the Sebei among others.
Kingship:
Apart from other groups, the Basoga present a distinctive kingship in eastern Uganda with their King locally known as Kyabazinga.
ANKOLE: WESTERN REGION
The western region is also rich in tribes, it consists of Bakonjo/Bamba, Batooro, Banyoro, Banyankore, Bakiga, Bafumbira and Bachwezi among others.
Kingship:
The Batooro and Banyoro have a centralized system of government headed by the Omukama. Initially, Toro was part of Bunyoro, but later broke away. The first King was Kaboyo Kasusunkwazi the actual founder of the kingdom and currently the kingdom is headed by King Oyo Nyimba Kabamba Iguru Rukidi IV.
Bunyoro-Kitara, remains the oldest kingdom in Uganda. The two are thus linked to each other both culturally and linguistically. Bunyoro Kingdom was among those abolished in 1967. But with 1993 restoration of traditional cultural institutions in Uganda, Prince Solomon Iguru, a descendant of Kabalega was installed as King
