Uganda

The country calling code for Uganda is +256. Country calling codes identify the destination country when placing an international call. The international access prefix used to leave your originating country varies by telephone network. On mobile phones, the + symbol is generally used instead. After the country code, dial the local Uganda number, dropping any leading zero used for domestic dialling.

Uganda is assigned UG as its ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code and UGA as its alpha-3 code. Alpha-2 codes are the two-letter codes used in web addresses, currency pairs and shipping forms. Alpha-3 codes are the three-letter codes used in banking, aviation and international standards work. The internet country code top-level domain for Uganda is .ug. ISO country codes are standardized identifiers, but they can change when countries or territories undergo changes in international status or classification.

The official currency of Uganda is the Ugandan shilling, with the ISO 4217 code UGX and the symbol Sh. Prices, salaries and official accounts inside Uganda are quoted in UGX. Exchange rates move daily, so check a live rate before converting rather than relying on a figure you saw last week.

The primary time zone for Uganda is +03:00, currently UTC+03:00. The clock reads from your own device, so it follows daylight saving rather than showing a fixed offset.

The capital of Uganda is Kampala. Uganda sits in Africa, specifically the Eastern Africa subregion. Its approximate centre point is 1.00000000, 32.00000000. Traffic in Uganda drives on the left. Languages recorded for Uganda: English, Swahili.

Uganda shares a land border with 5 countries: Congo (Democratic Republic of the), Kenya, Rwanda, South Sudan and Tanzania, United Republic of. Land borders are not the same as nearest countries: a country across a narrow strait can be closer than one you share a fence with. The nearby page ranks countries by straight-line distance instead.