President: Yoweri Museveni (since 1986)
Land Area: 236,000 sq km
Population: 44.27 million (2019)
Life Expectancy: 63 years
Population growth: 3.32% (1950-2021)
Adult Literacy: 76.53% (2018)
Time: GMT/UTC +3 hours
Electricity: 220V, 50Hz, Socket format is 3 pin as used in the United Kingdom.
Weights & measures: Metric
Currency: Uganda Shilling (UGX)
National Symbole: Crested Crane
Language: English is official, Swahili and other 56 dialects
Value Added Tax: 18%

Visas: Please read document VISAS

Telephone

Mobile Phone dialling codes

  • MTN Uganda 0770 – 779 and 0780 – 789 000 000
  • Airtel Uganda 0700 – 706 and 0750 – 759 000 000
  • Uganda Telecom 710 – 719 000 000
  • Africell 0790 – 794 000 000
  • Smile Communications 0720 000 000

Fixe lines dialling codes

  • MTN Uganda 0300 000 000
  • Uganda Telecom 0400 000 000
  • Airtel 0207 and 0204 000 000
  • Africell 0200 and 201 000 000
  • Smile Telecom 02025 – 2029 000 000

Free calls dialling codes

  • MTN Uganda 0800 2xx xxx
  • Uganda Telecom 0800 1xx xxx and 0810 1xxxxx
  • Airtel 0800 3xx xxx and 0800 707 xxx and 0800 777 xxx
  • Africell 0800 900 xxx

Area Name – Area Code
Add a prefix zero when dialling in Uganda
Arua – 476
Bombo – 414
Bushenyi – 485
Busia – 454
Entebbe – 414
Fort Portal – 483
Hoima – 465
Iganga – 434
Jinja – 434
Kabale – 486
Kakira – 434
Kalisizo – 481
Kampala – 414
Kamuli – 496
Kapchorwa – 454
Kasese – 483
Kisoro – 486
Kumi – 454
Lira – 473
Lugazi – 414
Luwero – 414
Malaba – 454
Masaka – 481
Masindi – 465
Mbale – 454
Mbarara – 485
Mityana – 464
Mpigi – 414
Mubende 464
Rukungiri – 486
Semuto – 414
Soroti – 454
Tororo – 454
Wobulenzi – 414