The Republic of Uganda is a landlocked country of East Africa. Its immediate neighbours include South Sudan, Kenya, Tanzania, Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (clockwise from North). To the South is Lake Victoria, upon which the Capital city Kampala is situated. The country’s close proximity to the equator brings it a varied but generally tropical climate, favourable for agriculture as it also lies within the fertile Nile Basin.
The nation was united by British colonial rule in the late nineteenth century. This grouped together a wide range of cultural groups with very different customs and traditions which form the basis of many ethnic minorities that still remain today. English is the official language and Christianity is the major religion (approx. 85%).