Africa · DX entity · DXCC 286

Uganda

Uganda is a DX entity in Africa, in CQ zone 37 and ITU zone 48. Its primary prefix is 5X.

Flag of Uganda.

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Figure 1. Uganda and its districts, with neighbouring land in grey. Hover for names; scroll to zoom. Boundaries: Natural Earth, Admin 0 Map Subunits and Admin 1 States and Provinces, 1:10m, version 5.1.2 (13 May 2022), public domain, retrieved 2026-10-15. https://www.naturalearthdata.com/. DX entity boundaries assembled by The DX Atlas Project from the sources named, one recipe row per DXCC entity (subunits matched, merged, split by box or carved from a parent; DXEntity-Recipe.md), 2026. Simplified for this page to 0.005995 degrees, about 667 m; exported 30 October 2026. Projection: Lambert azimuthal equal-area centred on 1.4° N 32.3° E.

Data sheet

DXCC entity code	286
Name in the ADIF standard	UGANDA
Continent	Africa
Primary prefix	5X
CQ zone	37
ITU zone	48

Prefixes

5X is the primary prefix. The country files list 1 prefix for Uganda.

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Sources: Jim Reisert AD1C, Big CTY country files, 15 September 2026. https://www.country-files.com/ (MIT licence); ADIF Development Group, ADIF Specification version 3.1.8 (2026-10-12), DXCC Entity Code enumeration. https://adif.org/; ARRL, DXCC List (current and deleted entities), January 2026. https://www.arrl.org/country-lists-prefixes; Flag: Flagpedia.net (flagcdn.com), SVG, public domain, retrieved 2026-10-10.