page_title: Geography of Uganda
section_title: Statistics
hierarchical_section_title: Geography of Uganda / Statistics
context_page_description: Uganda is located in eastern Africa, west of Kenya, south of South Sudan, east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and north of Rwanda and Tanzania. It is in the heart of the Great Lakes region, and is surrounded by three of them, Lake Edward, Lake Albert, and Lake Victoria. While much of its border is lakeshore, Uganda is landlocked with no access to the sea.
  The country is mostly plateau with a rim of mountains.
  The climate is tropical and generally rainy with two dry seasons. It is semiarid in the northeast.
context_section_description: Area:
  total: 241,551 square kilometres (93,263 sq mi)
  land: 200,523 square kilometres (77,422 sq mi)
  water: 41,028 square kilometres (15,841 sq mi)
  Land boundaries:
  total: 2,729 kilometres (1,696 mi)
  border countries: Democratic Republic of the Congo 877 kilometres (545 mi), Kenya 814 kilometres (506 mi), South Sudan 475 kilometres (295 mi), Tanzania 391 kilometres (243 mi), Rwanda 172 kilometres (107 mi)
  Elevation extremes:
  lowest point: 614 metres (2,014 ft) Albert Nile at border with South Sudan
  highest point: 5,111 metres (16,768 ft) Margherita Peak on Mount Stanley
  Natural resources:
  copper, cobalt, hydropower, limestone, salt, arable land, gold
  Land use: (2012) 
  arable land: 69,000 square kilometres (27,000 square miles) 34.41%
  permanent crops: 22,500 square kilometres (8,700 square miles) 11.22%
  forest cover: 28,100 square kilometres (10,800 square miles) 14.01%
  other: 80,931 square kilometres (31,248 sq mi) 40.36%
  Irrigated land: (2012)
  140 square kilometres (54 square miles)
  Total renewable water resources:
  66 cubic kilometres (16 cu mi) (2011) or 60 cubic kilometres (14 cu mi) (2012)
  Environment - current issues:
  draining of wetlands for agricultural use, deforestation, overgrazing, soil erosion, water hyacinth infestation in Lake Victoria, widespread poaching
  Environment - international agreements:
  party to:
  Convention on the International Maritime Organization
  Convention Concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage
  Agreement on the Conservation of African-Eurasian Migratory Waterbirds
  United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
  Vienna Convention for the Protection of the Ozone Layer
  Kyoto Protocol to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
  Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora
  Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and Their Disposal
  United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea
  Convention on Biological Diversity
  United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification in Those Countries Experiencing Serious Drought and/or Desertification, Particularly in Africa
  International Plant Protection Convention
  Convention on Wetlands of International Importance, especially as Waterfowl Habitat
  signed, but not ratified:
  Convention on the Prohibition of Military or Any Other Hostile Use of Environmental Modification Techniques
  Geography - note:
  Uganda is one of six African states that lies on the equator. Most of Uganda is north of the equator.
caption: A satellite map of Uganda.
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