Ugandan shilling

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The Ugandan shilling is the official monetary unit of Uganda, used for everyday transactions and financial operations throughout the country.

Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form As subject As object
UGX 0 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf currency
fiat currency
centralBank Bank of Uganda
continentOfUse Africa
country Uganda
currencyCodeNumeric 800
dateOfIntroduction 1966
denominationExampleBanknote 1000 Ugandan shillings
10000 Ugandan shillings
2000 Ugandan shillings
20000 Ugandan shillings
5000 Ugandan shillings
50000 Ugandan shillings
denominationExampleCoin 100 Ugandan shillings
1000 Ugandan shillings
200 Ugandan shillings
50 Ugandan shillings
500 Ugandan shillings
denominationSystem decimal
denominationType banknote
coin
hasInflation yes
ISO4217Code Ugandan shilling self-linksurface differs
surface form: UGX
languageOfName English
legalStatus legal tender
legalTenderIn Uganda
monetaryAuthority Bank of Uganda
monetaryPolicyManagedBy Bank of Uganda
officialCurrencyOf Uganda
pluralForm Ugandan shillings
region East Africa
replacedCurrency East African shilling
shortName shilling
subunit cent
subunitToUnit 100
symbol USh
unitOf government accounts in Uganda
prices in Uganda
taxes in Uganda
wages in Uganda
usedBy Ugandan businesses
Government of Uganda
surface form: Ugandan government

Ugandan residents
usedFor everyday transactions
financial operations
usedIn cash payments
electronic payments
mobile money transactions

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Ugandan shilling ISO4217Code Ugandan shilling self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: UGX
Government of Uganda currency Ugandan shilling
Uganda currency Ugandan shilling
East African shilling successorOf Ugandan shilling