Name: Republic of Uganda.
Location: Eastern Africa, west of Kenya. Capital: Kampala. Borders to: D.R. Congo, Kenya, Rwanda, Sudan, Tanzania. Area: 236,040 sq km. Climate: Tropical, but generally rainy with two
dry seasons from December to February and from June to August. Semiarid
in northeast. Natural resources: Copper, cobalt, hydropower,
limestone, salt, arable land.
Population: App. 25,632,794 Population growth rate: 2.96% (2003 est.) Infant mortality rate: 87.9 deaths per 1,000 live
births.
Female: 80.17 deaths per 1,000 live births. Male: 95.41 deaths per
1,000 live births (2003 est.). Life expectancy at birth: Population (44.88). Male
(43.42). Female (46.38), (2003 est.) Ethnic groups: Baganda 17%, Ankole 8%, Basoga 8%,
Iteso 8%, Bakiga 7%, Langi 6%, Rwanda 6%, Bagisu 5%, Acholi 4%,
Lugbara 4%, Batoro 3%, Bunyoro 3%, Alur 2%, Bagwere 2%, Bakonjo
2%, Jopodhola 2%, Karamojong 2%, Rundi 2%, non-African (European,
Asian, Arab) 1%, other 8%. Religions: Roman Catholic 33%, Protestant 33%,
Muslim 16%, indigenous beliefs 18%. Languages: English (official national language),
Ganda or Luganda, other Niger-Congo languages, Nilo-Saharan languages,
Swahili, Arabic. Literacy: 69.9% (above age 15). Male: 79.5% Female:
60.4% (2003 est.).
Government type: Republic. President: Yoweri Museveni (Since 1986). Independence: 9’th of October 1962 (from
UK).
Currency: Ugandan shilling (UGX). GDP: $30.49 billion, $1,200 per capita (2002 est.).
Hereby agriculture 43%, industry 19%, services 38%
(2001 est.). Pop below poverty line: 35% (2001 est.).
