<p> </p> <p><font color="#660000"><strong>Uganda</strong></font> is located in Eastern Africa. It borders <a href="/Regional/Africa/Sudan/">Sudan</a> to the north, Lake Victoria and <a href="/Regional/Africa/Congo,_Democratic_Republic_of_the/">Congo</a> (formerly Zaire) to the west and <a href="/Regional/Africa/Kenya/">Kenya</a> to the east.<br> <br> Independence from the <a href="/Regional/Africa/Kenya/">United Kingdom</a> took place on 9 October 1962.<br> <br> Kampala is the capital city of Uganda. It is divided into 5 divisions, 99 parishes and 811 sub-parishes. The city’s population is approximately 1.5 million. The main languages spoken by the city residents are Luganda, English, and Swahili in that order.<br> <em><font size="-2">Based on information from </font></em><font size="-2">Uganda – Africa’s Pear<em>l http://www.uganda.stekelenburg.biz</em></font></p>