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.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Ugandan shilling canonical | 19 |
| UGX | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T518860 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ugandan shilling Context triple: [Uganda, currency, Ugandan shilling]
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A.
East African shilling
The East African shilling is a proposed common currency intended to be used by member states of the East African Community to promote regional economic integration.
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B.
Zimbabwean dollar
The Zimbabwean dollar was the former national currency of Zimbabwe, notorious for its extreme hyperinflation before being abandoned in favor of foreign currencies.
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C.
Rhodesian dollar
The Rhodesian dollar was the former national currency of Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe), used during the country’s period of white-minority rule before being succeeded by the Zimbabwean dollar.
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D.
Uganda
Uganda is a landlocked country in East Africa known for its diverse landscapes, abundant wildlife, and location along the equator.
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E.
Liberian dollar
The Liberian dollar is the official monetary unit of Liberia, used alongside the U.S. dollar in the country’s dual-currency economy.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ugandan shilling Target entity description: The Ugandan shilling is the official monetary unit of Uganda, used for everyday transactions and financial operations throughout the country.
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A.
East African shilling
The East African shilling is a proposed common currency intended to be used by member states of the East African Community to promote regional economic integration.
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B.
Zimbabwean dollar
The Zimbabwean dollar was the former national currency of Zimbabwe, notorious for its extreme hyperinflation before being abandoned in favor of foreign currencies.
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C.
Rhodesian dollar
The Rhodesian dollar was the former national currency of Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe), used during the country’s period of white-minority rule before being succeeded by the Zimbabwean dollar.
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D.
Uganda
Uganda is a landlocked country in East Africa known for its diverse landscapes, abundant wildlife, and location along the equator.
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E.
Liberian dollar
The Liberian dollar is the official monetary unit of Liberia, used alongside the U.S. dollar in the country’s dual-currency economy.
- F. None of above. chosen
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 |
UGX
ⓘ
linked to:
Ugandan shilling
|
| 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
ⓘ
Ugandan government ⓘ
linked to:
Government of Uganda
Ugandan residents ⓘ |
| usedFor |
everyday transactions
ⓘ
financial operations ⓘ |
| usedIn |
cash payments
ⓘ
electronic payments ⓘ mobile money transactions ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
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Input
Subject: Ugandan shilling Description of subject: The Ugandan shilling is the official monetary unit of Uganda, used for everyday transactions and financial operations throughout the country.
Referenced by (21)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Ugandan shilling
linked to: Ugandan shilling
subject linked to:
Uganda and Democratic Republic of the Congo
subject linked to:
Kampala, about 300 km by road