51 communities across Bantu, Nilotic, Sudanic and Kuliak families.
Largest ethnic group in Uganda, centred in Buganda Kingdom on the shores of Lake Victoria.
Pastoralist and agriculturalist people of Ankole Kingdom.
Inhabitants of Busoga, east of the Nile.
People of the hills of Kigezi.
People of the historic Bunyoro-Kitara Kingdom.
People of Tooro Kingdom near the Rwenzori Mountains.
Inhabitants of Mt. Elgon, known for Imbalu circumcision rites.
Largest Nilotic group in Uganda, centred in Teso sub-region.
Inhabitants of Lango sub-region.
Inhabitants of Acholiland in northern Uganda.
Bordering Lake Albert and DRC.
West Nile sub-region, on the border with DRC and South Sudan.
Inhabitants of Adjumani and Moyo districts.
Pastoralists of the semi-arid Karamoja sub-region.
Cross-border community with South Sudan and DRC.
Around Busia at the Kenyan border.
Centred in Pallisa district.
Inhabitants of Butaleja district.
Near the Kenyan border in Busia.
Inhabitants of Mt. Elgon foothills in Kapchorwa.
Cross-border pastoralists with Kenya.
A small community in the Karamoja mountains.
Living on Mount Moroto, Napak, and Kadam.
Inhabitants of Tororo district.
Communities along the Rwanda border.
Inhabitants of Kisoro district near Rwanda and DRC.
Indigenous forest people of the Bwindi/Mgahinga area.
Inhabitants of the Rwenzori mountains.
Inhabitants of Bundibugyo on the western Rwenzori slopes.
Pastoralists around Queen Elizabeth National Park.
Descendants of the Mpororo Kingdom.
Inhabitants around Kasese.
Inhabitants of Nakasongola and Buruli county.
Inhabitants of Kayunga, Bugerere area.
Sub-group of Banyankole around Bushenyi.
Communities around Lake George.
Sub-group of the Lugbara in Yumbe.
Descendants of Sudanese soldiers settled in Bombo and Arua.
Along the Albert Nile in Pakwach.
Inhabitants of Kaberamaido and parts of Lira.
Small community near DRC border.
A small community around the Eastern lakes.
A minority Bantu group in southwestern Uganda.
Listed separately from Tepeth in some classifications.
Small Karamoja community.
Sub-group of Langi in Otuke and Abim.
Pastoralist sub-group of the Banyankole.
Agriculturalist sub-group of the Banyankole.
Sub-group of the Karamojong cluster.
Sub-group of the Karamojong cluster in Kotido.
Sub-group of the Karamojong cluster in Kaabong.