Buganda

Buganda
Traditional tribal kingdom
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Anthem: Ekitiibwa kya Buganda
Buganda is shaded red on this map
Sovereign state	Uganda
Capital	Mengo
Government
• Type	Constitutional monarchy
• Body	Lukiiko
• Kabaka	Ronald Muwenda Mutebi II
• Katikkiro (Prime Minister)	(to be appointed by the Kabaka)
Area [1]
• Total	61,403.2 km2 (23,707.9 sq mi)
Elevation	1,200 m (3,900 ft)
Population  (2002 census)[1]
• Total	6,575,425
• Estimate  (2021)	11,952,600[2]
• Density	110/km2 (280/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+3 (EAT)
Website	https://www.buganda.or.ug/

Buganda is a Bantu kingdom within Uganda. The kingdom of the Baganda people, Buganda is the largest of the traditional kingdoms in present-day East Africa, consisting of Uganda's Central Region, including the Ugandan capital Kampala. The 14 million Baganda (singular Muganda; often referred to simply by the root word and adjective, Ganda) make up the largest Ugandan region, representing approximately 16% of Uganda's population.^[3][4]

Buganda's history includes unification during the 13th century by the first king Kato Kintu, the founder of Buganda's Kintu Dynasty, Buganda grew to become one of the largest and most powerful states in East Africa during the 18th and 19th centuries.^{[citation needed]} Before the 12th century, the present-day Buganda region was a kingdom known as Muwaawa, which means a sparsely populated place. During the Scramble for Africa, and following unsuccessful attempts to retain its independence against British imperialism, Buganda became the center of the Uganda Protectorate in 1884; the name Uganda, the Swahili term for Buganda, was adopted by British officials. Under British rule, many Baganda acquired status as colonial administrators, and Buganda became a major producer of cotton and coffee.

Following Uganda's independence in 1962, the kingdom was abolished by Uganda's first Prime Minister Milton Obote in 1966, declaring Uganda a republic. Following years of disturbance caused by Obote and dictator Idi Amin, as well as several years of internal divisions among Uganda's ruling National Resistance Movement under Yoweri Museveni, the President of Uganda since 1986, the kingdom was officially restored in 1993. Buganda is now a traditional kingdom and so on occupies a largely ceremonial role.

Since the restoration of the kingdom in 1993, the king of Buganda, known as the Kabaka, has been Muwenda Mutebi II. He is recognized as the 36th Kabaka of Buganda. The current queen, known as the Nnabagereka or Kaddulubale is Queen Sylvia Nagginda.^[5]