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Christianity is the predominant religion in Uganda. According to the 2024 census, Approximately 82 percent of the population was Christian, while around 13 percent of the population adhered to Islam, making it the largest minority religion. [2] Anglicanism and Catholicism are the main Christian denominations in the country.
Uganda is a religiously diverse nation with Christianity being the most widely professed religion. According to the 2014 census, over 84 percent of the population was Christian while about 14 percent of the population adhered to Islam, making it the largest minority religion. [ 15 ]
In Uganda, the kanzu [27] is the national dress of men in the country. Women from central and eastern Uganda wear a dress with a sash tied around the waist and large exaggerated shoulders called a gomesi. [28] Women from the west and north-west drape a long cloth around their waists and shoulders called suuka. Women from the south-west wear a ...
The Baganda [3] (endonym: Baganda; singular Muganda) also called Waganda, are a Bantu ethnic group native to Buganda, a subnational kingdom within Uganda.Traditionally composed of 52 clans (although since a 1993 survey, only 46 are officially recognised), the Baganda are the largest people of the Bantu ethnic group in Uganda, comprising 16.5 percent of the population at the time of the 2014 ...
Pages in category "Ethnic groups in Uganda" The following 67 pages are in this category, out of 67 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A. Acholi people;
However, Christianity is now the predominant religion amongst them with Islam another major religion. [8] According to the 2002 Census of Uganda, the majority of Lugbara people at around 48.6% are Roman Catholic, while 21.4% are Anglican and 29.1% are Sunni Muslim. [9] They are settled subsistence farmers. Cassava is now the traditional staple.
The Gisu people, or Bamasaba people of Elgon, are a Bantu tribe [1] and Bantu-speaking ethnic group of the Masaba people in eastern Uganda, closely related to the Bukusu people of Kenya. Bamasaba live mainly in the Mbale District of Uganda on the slopes of Mount Elgon. The Bagisu are estimated to be about 1,646,904 people making up 4.9% of the ...
Ugandan immigrants take part in community and school events in much the same way as other Americans. Most Ugandan Americans are Christians, as about two-thirds of Uganda's population is Christian, [4] being Catholics (who make up the 60% of the Chicago's Ugandans) and Protestants (Episcopalians, Lutherans, and Evangelicals, at least). [2]