The Republic of Uganda is a country in East Africa bordered by Kenya, Sudan, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, and Tanzania. The capital of Uganda is Kampala, which is located near Lake Victoria. Kabale district is located in the Kigezi region of southwestern Uganda. It is near Bwindi Impenetrable Forest, one of the few places in the world where one can come face to face with a gorilla!
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Uganda is a developing country, with more than a third of the country's population living on less than $1.25 a day. While the country has made great progress in the past two decades, it lags behind the Millenium Development Goal targets of improvement to be reached by 2015 in order to decrease extreme poverty and HIV prevalence, and improve access to education and healthcare.
