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Uganda

Uganda straddles the equator in East Africa. The Nile leaves Lake Victoria at Jinja to begin its long journey north, while the forests of Bwindi in the southwest shelter about half of the world's mountain gorillas.

The Nile forcing through a narrow gorge at Murchison Falls, with a small boat on the water below

Murchison Falls, on the Nile

Photo: Yakov Fedorov, CC BY-SA 4.0

Black for the people of Africa, yellow for sunshine and red for brotherhood. The grey crowned crane at the center is the national emblem, its raised leg a sign of moving forward. Adopted in 1962.

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