The republic of Uganda marks her 51st National Independence Anniversary on the 9th October, 2013 and Afroscandic celebrates with all Ugandans, most especially Ugandans that are living in the Scandinavian countries as their great nation marks this momentous occasion.
Ugandans in Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden are all planning to celebrate this anniversary in a grand style. In Denmark, all Ugandans will gather together on Saturday 19th October 2013
Venue : Gammel Køge Landevej 117
2500
Valby
The Guest of Honour is the Rt. Hon. Speaker Rebecca Kadaga
The theme is : Unity for Development
Location : | East-Central Africa, west of Kenya, east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo |
Area: | 241,038 sq km |
Area compared to the world: | 81 |
Climate: | tropical; generally rainy with two dry seasons (December to February, June to August); semiarid in northeast |
Terrain: | mostly plateau with rim of mountains |
Natural resources: | copper, cobalt, hydropower, limestone, salt, arable land, gold |
Nationality: |
noun: Ugandan(s)
adjective: Ugandan
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Ethnic groups: | Baganda 16.9%, Banyankole 9.5%, Basoga 8.4%, Bakiga 6.9%, Iteso 6.4%, Langi 6.1%, Acholi 4.7%, Bagisu 4.6%, Lugbara 4.2%, Bunyoro 2.7%, other 29.6% (2002 census) |
Languages: | English (official national language, taught in grade schools, used in courts of law and by most newspapers and some radio broadcasts), Ganda or Luganda (most widely used of the Niger-Congo languages, preferred for native language publications in the capital and may be taught in school), other Niger-Congo languages, Nilo-Saharan languages, Swahili, Arabic |
Religions: | Roman Catholic 41.9%, Protestant 42% (Anglican 35.9%, Pentecostal 4.6%, Seventh-Day Adventist 1.5%), Muslim 12.1%, other 3.1%, none 0.9% (2002 census) |
Population: | 34,758,809 (July 2013 est.) |
The National Flag of Uganda
Afroscandic – Celebrating and Connecting Africa and Scandinavia
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By Suvi George | Afroscandic
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