Republic of Uganda

State · 1963–2026 CE · at its largest around 1963 CE

An East African republic that gained independence from Britain in 1962. The brutal dictatorship of Idi Amin in the 1970s was followed by civil war and, from 1986, the long rule of Yoweri Museveni.

On its lands while it lasted

Idi Amin (c. 1925 CE – 2003 CE): Military dictator of Uganda from 1971 to 1979 whose regime killed an estimated 100,000 to 500,000 people and expelled the country's Asian minority in 1972.
Kampala (c. 1963 CE): Capital of Republic of Uganda (1963–today).