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Title: Landuse: Uganda, 2006

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Dates

  • Issued: 2012
  • Coverage: 2006

Summary

This polygon shapefile depicts land use types in Uganda (without populated areas) including forest lands, game reserves, parks, rangelands, and bodeis of water. These data were extracted from the Uganda Bureau of Statistics parish boundaries of 2006. These data are intended for researchers, students, policy makers and the general public for reference and mapping purposes, and may be used for basic applications such as viewing, querying, and map output production. Uganda Bureau of Statistics. (2012). Landuse: Uganda, 2006. Uganda Bureau of Statistics. Available at: http://purl.stanford.edu/fp801vy7467 This layer is presented in the WGS84 coordinate system for web display purposes. Downloadable data are provided in native coordinate system or projection.

Subjects

  • Environment
  • Uganda
  • Land use
  • Forests
  • Parks
  • Rangelands
  • Game reserves
  • Bodies of water
  • Farming
  • Datasets

Geospatial coordinates

  • Bounding Box: BBOX (29.583962, 34.741274, 4.173952, -1.396202)
  • Geometry: BBOX (29.583962, 34.741274, 4.173952, -1.396202)

Provider

Stanford

Rights

  • Access rights: Public

Citation

United Nations. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, Uganda Bureau of Statistics (UBOS). Landuse: Uganda, 2006. Polygon data. https://purl.stanford.edu/fp801vy7467

Format

Shapefile

Languages

  • English