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Online Gazetteers

 * FamilySearch Places
 * World Gazetteers at Archive.org
 * British East Africa : official standard names approved by the U.S. Board on Geographic Names United States. Board on Geographic Names, FamilySearch International, 1955
 * Uganda : official standard names approved by the U.S. Board on Geographic Names United States. Board on Geographic Names, FamilySearch International, 1964
 * Uganda Factbook at CIA The World Factbook
 * Uganda: Regions, Major Cities & Towns - Population Statistics at City Population
 * Uganda: Regions, Districts, Subcounties, Cities, Towns, Divisions at City Population
 * Directory of Cities, Towns and Regions at FallingRain
 * List of Uganda Locations at GeoNames
 * Uganda - 10 Largest Cities at GeoNames
 * Facts and figures about Uganda at Places in the world
 * Gazetteer - Index of places Uganda at Places in the world
 * Uganda Cities Database at SimpleMaps
 * Cities and towns in Uganda at Wikipedia
 * Demographics of Uganda at Wikipedia
 * Districts of Uganda at Wikipedia
 * Mountains in Uganda at Wikipedia
 * Outline of Uganda at Wikipedia
 * Religion in Uganda at Wikipedia
 * Rivers of Uganda at Wikipedia
 * Schools in Uganda at Wikipedia
 * Universities in Uganda at Wikipedia
 * Biggest Cities In Uganda at WorldAtlas
 * Maps Of Uganda at WorldAtlas
 * Religious Beliefs In Uganda at WorldAtlas

Print Only Gazetteers

 * East Africa index gazetteer : showing place-names on 1:500,000 map series Great Britain, Directorate of Military Survey, the War Office, Cairo, 1946
 * Gazetteer of Uganda Uganda, The Department, 1971

Why Use Gazetteers
A gazetteer is a dictionary of place-names. Gazetteers list or describe towns and villages, parishes, states, populations, rivers and mountains, and other geographical features. They usually include only the names of places that existed at the time the gazetteer was published. Within a specific geographical area, the place-names are listed in alphabetical order, similar to a dictionary. You can use a gazetteer to locate the places where your family lived and to determine the civil and religious jurisdictions over those places.

There are many places within a country with similar or identical place-names. You will need to use a gazetteer to identify the specific town where your ancestor lived, the state the town was or is in, and the jurisdictions where records about the person was kept.

Gazetteer Contents
Gazetteers may also provide additional information about towns, such as:
 * Different religious denominations
 * Schools, colleges, and universities
 * Major manufacturers, canals, docks, and railroad stations
 * The population size.
 * Boundaries of civil jurisdiction.
 * Ecclesiastical jurisdiction(s)
 * Longitude and latitude.
 * Distances and direction from other from cities.
 * Schools, colleges, and universities.
 * Denominations and number of churches.
 * Historical and biographical information on some individuals (usually high-ranking or famous individuals)