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Entebbe
(Encyclopedia)Entebbe ntb´ [key], town (2002 pop. 55,086), S Uganda, on Lake Victoria, near Kampala. Located in a region producing cotton, coffee, and plantains, it is the site of a major international airpo...Kampala
(Encyclopedia)Kampala kämpä´lä [key], city (2002 pop. 1,189,142), capital of Uganda, on Lake Victoria. It is Uganda's largest city and its administrative, communications, economic, and transportation center. Ma...Victoria, Lake
(Encyclopedia)Victoria, Lake, or Victoria Nyanzann´z, n– [key], largest lake of Africa and the world's second largest freshwater lake, c.26,830 sq mi (69,490 sq km), E central Africa, on the Uganda-Tanza...Rabin, Yitzhak
(Encyclopedia)Rabin, Yitzhak ytskhäk´ räbn´ [key], 1922–95, Israeli general and statesman, b. Jerusalem, the first native-born prime minister of Israel (1974–77, 1992–95). His extensive military exper...Uganda
(Encyclopedia)Uganda yoogän´d, oogän´dä [key], officially Republic of Uganda, republic (2015 est. pop. 37,102,000), 91,133 sq mi (236,036 sq km), E central Africa. It borders on Tanzania and Rwanda in th...Browse by Subject
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