Editing Buganda (section)

{{Short description|Bantu kingdom in central Uganda}}
{{Infobox settlement
|official_name          = Buganda
|settlement_type        = Traditional kingdom
|subdivision_type       = Sovereign state
|subdivision_name       = {{flag|Uganda}}
|image_flag             = Flag of Buganda.svg
|image_coat             = 
|image_map              = Buganda (map).png
|map_caption            = Location of Buganda (red) in [[Uganda]] (pink).
|seat_type              = Capital
|seat                   = [[Mengo, Uganda|Mengo]]
|coordinates            = {{Coord|0|19|55|N|32|25|05|E|region:UG-C_type:adm1st_source:kolossus-dawiki|display=title,inline}}
|leader_title           = [[Kabaka of Buganda|Kabaka]]
|leader_name            = [[Muwenda Mutebi II of Buganda|Ronald Muwenda Mutebi II]]
|leader_title2          = [[Katikkiro of Buganda|Katikkiro]]<br />(Prime Minister)
|leader_name2           = [[Charles Peter Mayiga]]
|blank_name_sec1        = Founded by [[Kato Kintu]]
|blank_info_sec1        = 12th/13th/14th century
|blank1_name_sec1        = [[Protectorate of Uganda]] established
|blank1_info_sec1        = 1894
|blank2_name_sec1        = [[Uganda]] gains independence from the [[United Kingdom]]
|blank2_info_sec1        = 1962
|blank3_name_sec1        = [[Milton Obote|Obote]] abolishes Uganda's traditional kingdoms
|blank3_info_sec1        = 1967
|blank4_name_sec1        = Buganda re-established 
|blank4_info_sec1        = 1993
|area_total_km2         = 61403.2
|area_footnotes         = <ref name="GeoHive">{{Cite web |title=Uganda population statistics |url=http://www.geohive.com/cntry/uganda.aspx |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130511184735/http://www.geohive.com/cntry/uganda.aspx |archive-date=11 May 2013 |publisher=GeoHive (source: Uganda Bureau of Statistics) |access-date=30 November 2024}}</ref>
|elevation_footnotes    = 
|elevation_m            = 1200
|population_footnotes   = <ref name="GeoHive" />
|population_as_of       = 2002 census
|population_total       = 6575425
|pop_est_as_of          = 2021
|population_est         = 11,952,600<ref name="ubospop2021"/>
|population_density_km2 = auto
|timezone               = [[East Africa Time|EAT]]
|utc_offset             = +3
|anthem                 = [[Ekitiibwa kya Buganda]]
|government_type        = [[Constitutional monarchy]]
|governing_body         = [[Lukiiko]]
|website                = [https://www.buganda.or.ug/ www.buganda.or.ug]
}}
{{Infobox ethnonym|root=Ganda|person='''mu'''Ganda|people=[[Baganda|'''Ba'''ganda]]|language=[[Luganda|'''Lu'''ganda]]|country='''Bu'''ganda}}
[[File:NJOVU CLAN Totem.jpg|alt=NJOVU CLAN Totem.jpg|thumb|Photo of Njovu Clan totem]]

'''Buganda''' is a [[Bantu peoples|Bantu]] kingdom within [[Uganda]]. The kingdom of the [[Baganda|Baganda people]], Buganda is the largest of the [[List of current non-sovereign African monarchs|traditional kingdoms]] in present-day East Africa, consisting of Uganda's [[Districts of Uganda|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 [[Demographics of Uganda|Uganda's population]].<ref name="cia.gov">{{cite web|url=https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/uganda/|title=The World Factbook — Central Intelligence Agency|website=www.cia.gov|access-date=14 May 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Buganda {{!}} Kabaka, Lake Victoria, Uganda {{!}} Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/place/Buganda |access-date=2024-01-23 |work=Encyclopædia Britannica |language=en}}</ref>

[[History of Buganda|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 the 19th centuries. During the [[Scramble for Africa]], and following unsuccessful attempts to retain its independence against [[British Empire|British imperialism]], Buganda became the centre of the [[Uganda Protectorate]] in 1884; the name "Uganda", the [[Swahili language|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]].

In 1967, Uganda's first Prime Minister [[Milton Obote]] declared Uganda a republic,<ref>{{Citation |last=Cheung |first=Dominic |title=Essential Regrets: |date=2012-02-01 |work=Three Kingdoms and Chinese Culture |pages=15–26 |url=https://doi.org/10.2307/jj.18253281.7 |access-date=2025-02-28 |publisher=State University of New York Press |isbn=978-0-7914-8049-6}}</ref> abolished all monarchs, parliament became the constituent assembly and later all political parties were outlawed except the [[Uganda People's Congress]].

Following years of political turmoil, the kingdom that largely occupies a ceremonial role was officially restored in 1993 by Uganda's ruling [[National Resistance Movement]] under [[Yoweri Museveni]], the [[President of Uganda]] since 1986.

Since the restoration of the kingdom in 1993, the King of Buganda, known as the [[Kabaka of Buganda|Kabaka]], has been [[Muwenda Mutebi II of Buganda|Muwenda Mutebi II]]. He is recognized as the 36th Kabaka of Buganda. The current queen, known as the [[Nnabagereka of Buganda|Nnabagereka]] or Kaddulubale is [[Queen Sylvia of Buganda|Queen Sylvia Nagginda]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Buganda Kingdom |url=https://www.buganda.or.ug/queen |access-date=2024-01-23 |website=www.buganda.or.ug}}</ref>