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Uganda Location:
Physical. Uganda is located in Eastern Africa, and is bordered by Sudan, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, Rwanda, and Tanzania. Approximately the size of Oregon, Uganda enjoys a mainly tropical climate, with ample rainfall. The country consists of two major geographical regions: the plains of the northeast, and the southern highlands. While the plains are semiarid grassland, it has been said that you can drop anything into the rich volcanic, well-watered soils of the south and it will grow. Ugandan agriculture supports a wide array of foods, including coffee, tea, cotton, tobacco, cassava, potatoes, corn, and millet. Natural resources include copper, cobalt, salt, and limestone.

Uganda Geography:
Geography
Area: 91,076 km (about the size of Oregon)
Capital: Kampala (1,274,000)
Environmental concerns: draining of wetlands, deforestation, overgrazing, soil erosion, widespread poaching
Geographical features: mostly plateau, with a rim of mountains
Climate: generally tropical, but semiarid in the northeast

Uganda People:
People. Home to approximately 24,700,000 people, Uganda's population is predominately rural, and its population density highest in the southern regions. Africans of three main ethnic groups--Bantu, Nilotic, and Nilo-Hamitic--constitute most of the population. The Bantu are the most numerous and include the Baganda, which, with 18% of the population, constitute the largest single ethnic group. Individual ethnic groups in the southwest include the Banyankole and Bahima, 10%; the Bakiga, 8%; the Banyarwanda, 6%; the Bunyoro, 3%; and the Batoro, 3%. Residents of the north, largely Nilotic, include the Langi, 6%, and the Acholi, 4%. In the northwest are the Lugbara, 4%, and the Karamojong, 2%, occupy the considerably drier, largely pastoral territory in the northeast.
Total: 24,700,000
Ethnic groups: Bantu, Nilotic, Nilo-Hamitic, Sudanic
Major languages: English, Swahili, Bantu languages, Nilotic languages
Religions: 66% Christian, 18% indigenous, 16% Muslim

Uganda Government:
Government. The 1995 constitution established Uganda as a republic with an executive, legislative, and judicial branch. The president of Uganda, Yoweri Museveni, who is the head of state and head of government, leads the executive branch. In 2000, Ugandans voted to reject multi-party politics in favor of continuing President Museveni’s “no-party” system. Museveni has remained in power since 1985 through his tight control of the military and governing institutions. But his position has been challenged by his involvement in regional conflicts as well as by domestic rebels, most notably the Lords Resistance Army (LRA), which continues to terrorize northern Uganda.
Type: Republic
Independence date: October 9, 1962 (from UK)
Head of State: President Yoweri Kagura Museveni is both head of state and head of government Suffrage: universal at 18

Uganda Communication:
Communication and Transportation
81,000 main line telephones
25,000 internet users
16,200 miles of highway
745 miles of railroad
27 airfields
51,000 motor vehicles

Uganda Economy:
Economy. Uganda's economy has great potential. Endowed with significant natural resources, including ample fertile land, regular rainfall, and mineral deposits, it appeared poised for rapid economic growth and development at independence. However, chronic political instability and erratic economic management produced a record of persistent economic decline that left Uganda among the world's poorest and least-developed countries.
Agricultural products supply nearly all of Uganda's foreign exchange earnings, with coffee (of which Uganda is Africa's leading producer) accounting for about 19% and fish 17% of the country's exports in 2002. Exports of non-traditional products, including apparel, hides, skins, vanilla, vegetables, fruits, cut flowers, and fish are growing, while traditional exports cotton, tea, and tobacco continue to be mainstays. Most industry is related to agriculture. The industrial sector is being rehabilitated to resume production of building and construction materials, such as cement, reinforcing rods, corrugated roofing sheets, and paint. Domestically produced consumer goods include plastics, soap, cork, beer, and soft drinks.
Currency: Uganda Shillings
Per Capita Income: $1,200
GDP: $29 billion
GDP Growth Rate: 5.2%
Inflation rate: 3.5%
Labor force: 82% agriculture; 13% services; 5% industry

Uganda More Information:
www.state.gov/www/background_notes/
www.ugandaweb.com