Editing Protectorate of Uganda (section)

{{Short description|British protectorate in Africa from 1894 to 1962}}
{{Lead too short|date=October 2020}}
{{Use British English|date=June 2018}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2025}}
{{Infobox country
| native_name            = 
| conventional_long_name = Protectorate of Uganda
| common_name            = Uganda
| era                    = New Imperialism
| status                 = [[British protectorate]]
| empire                 = United Kingdom
| government_type        = [[British protectorate|Protectorate]]
| year_start             = 1894
| year_end               = 1962
| life_span              = 1894–1962
| today                  = [[Kenya]]<br />[[South Sudan]]<br />[[Uganda]]
| event_start            = [[Scramble for Africa|Protectorate established]]
| date_start             = 18 June
| event_end              = Independence
| date_end               = 9 October
| event1                 = Self government
| date_event1            = 1961
| p1                     = Imperial British East Africa Company
| flag_p1                = Flag of the Imperial British East Africa Company.svg
| s1                     = Uganda (1962–1963){{!}}Dominion of Uganda
| flag_s1                = Flag_of_Uganda.svg
| image_flag             = Flag of the Uganda Protectorate.svg
| flag                   = 
| flag_caption           = Flag of the Protectorate of Uganda
| image_coat             = Badge of the Uganda Protectorate.svg
| symbol_type            = [[Coat of arms of Uganda|Badge]]
| image_map              = Map of Uganda Protectorate from Harrison and Sons.jpg
| image_map_caption      = Map of Protectorate of Uganda in 1906
| capital                = [[Entebbe]]
| legislature            = [[Uganda Legislative Council|Legislative Council]]
| national_anthem        = [[God Save the Queen]] (1894–1901, 1952–1962)<br />[[God Save the King]] (1901–1952)<div style="padding-top:0.5em;">{{center|[[File:United States Navy Band - God Save the Queen.oga]]}}</div>
| common_languages       = [[English language|English]] (official)<br />[[Luganda]], [[Swahili language|Swahili]], [[Southern Luo]], [[Nkore language|Nkore]] widely spoken
| religion               = [[Christianity]], [[Islam]]
| currency               = [[Cowrie]] (precolonial era–1906)<br />[[East African rupee]] (1906–1920)<br />[[East African florin]] (1920–1921)<br />[[East African shilling]] (1921–1962)
| stat_year1             = 1911
| stat_pop1              = 2,466,325
| ref_pop1               = <ref name="unstats.un.org">{{Cite report |url=https://unstats.un.org/unsd/demographic/sources/census/wphc/Uganda/UGA-2016-05-23.pdf |title=The National Population and Housing Census 2014 – Main Report |date=2016 |publisher=Uganda Bureau of Statistics |location=Kampala}}</ref>
| stat_year2             = 1921
| stat_pop2              = 2,854,608
| ref_pop2               = <ref name="unstats.un.org" />
| stat_year3             = 1931
| stat_pop3              = 3,542,281
| ref_pop3               = <ref name="unstats.un.org" />
| stat_year4             = 1948
| stat_pop4              = 4,958,520
| ref_pop4               = <ref name="unstats.un.org" />
| stat_year5             = 1959
| stat_pop5              = 6,449,558
| ref_pop5               = <ref name="unstats.un.org" />
}}

{{History of Uganda}}

The '''Protectorate of Uganda''' was a [[protectorate]] of the [[British Empire]] from 1894 to 1962. In 1893 the [[Imperial British East Africa Company]] transferred its administration rights of territory consisting mainly of the Kingdom of [[Buganda]] to the British government.

In 1894 the Uganda Protectorate was established, and the territory was extended beyond the borders of Buganda to an area that roughly corresponds to that of present-day [[Uganda]].