| Location | East-Central Africa, west of Kenya, east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo |
| Geographic coordinates | 1 00 N, 32 00 E |
| Map references | Africa |
| Area | total: 241,038 sq km land: 197,100 sq km water: 43,938 sq km |
| Area - comparative | slightly more than two times the size of Pennsylvania; slightly smaller than Oregon |
| Land boundaries | total: 2,729 km border countries (5): Democratic Republic of the Congo 877 km, Kenya 814 km, Rwanda 172 km, South Sudan 475 km, Tanzania 391 km |
| Coastline | 0 km (landlocked) |
| Maritime claims | none (landlocked) |
| Climate | tropical; generally rainy with two dry seasons (December to February, June to August); semiarid in northeast |
| Terrain | mostly plateau with rim of mountains |
| Elevation extremes | highest point: Margherita Peak on Mount Stanley 5,110 m lowest point: Albert Nile 614 m |
| Natural resources | copper, cobalt, hydropower, limestone, salt, arable land, gold |
| Land use | agricultural land: 71.2% (2018 est.) arable land: 34.3% (2018 est.) permanent crops: 11.3% (2018 est.) permanent pasture: 25.6% (2018 est.) forest: 14.5% (2018 est.) other: 14.3% (2018 est.) |
| Irrigated land | 140 sq km (2012) |
| Total renewable water resources | 60.1 billion cubic meters (2017 est.) |
| Natural hazards | droughts; floods; earthquakes; landslides; hailstorms |
| Geography - note | landlocked; fertile, well-watered country with many lakes and rivers; Lake Victoria, the world's largest tropical lake and the second largest fresh water lake, is shared among three countries: Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda |
Source: CIA World Factbook
This page was last updated on September 18, 2021
