| Uganda |
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| Geography | |
| Location: | Eastern Africa, west of Kenya. |
| Area: | total:
241,038 sq km country comparison to the world: 80 land: 197,100 sq km water: 43,938 sq km |
| Natural Resources: | copper, cobalt, hydropower, limestone, salt, arable land |
| Population and Health | |
| Population: | 33,398,682 note: estimates for this country explicitly take into account the effects of excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in lower life expectancy, higher infant mortality, higher death rates, lower population growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July 2010 est.) |
| Age structure: | 0-14
years: 50% (male 8,407,732/female 8,285,495) 15-64 years: 47.9% (male 8,058,434/female 7,943,766) 65 years and over: 2.1% (male 289,121/female 414,134) (2010 est.) |
| Population growth rate: | 3.563% (2010 est.) |
| Birth rate: | 47.55 births/1,000 population (2010 est.) |
| Death rate: | 11.9 deaths/1,000 population (July 2010 est.) |
| Sex ratio: | at
birth: 1.03 male(s)/female under 15 years: 1.01 male(s)/female 15-64 years: 1.01 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 0.7 male(s)/female total population: 1.01 male(s)/female (2010 est.) |
| Infant mortality rate: | total:
63.7 deaths/1,000 live births male: 67.31 deaths/1,000 live births female: 59.98 deaths/1,000 live births (2010 est.) |
| Life expectancy at birth: | total
population: 52.98 years male: 51.92 years female: 54.07 years (2010 est.) |
| Total fertility rate: | 6.73 children born/woman (2010 est.) |
| HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate: | 5.4% (2007 est.) |
| HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS: | 940,000 (2007 est.) |
| HIV/AIDS - deaths: | 77,000 (2007 est.) |
| Literacy: | definition:
age 15 and over can read and write total population: 66.8% male: 76.8% female: 57.7% (2002 census) |
| Economy | |
| GDP (purchasing power parity): | 43.22 billion (2009 est.) |
| GDP (official exchange rate): | $15.84 billion (2009 est.) |
| GDP - real growth rate: | 6.6% (2009 est.) |
| GDP - per capita (PPP): | $1,300 (2009 est.) |
| GDP - composition by sector: | agriculture:
22.5% industry: 25.1% services: 52.4% (2009 est.) |
| Labor force - by occupation: | Agriculture&fishery
workers: 70% Service workers &shop &market sales:9.3% Elementary occupation:9.6% Crafts&related trade workers:3.5% Managers,legislators,professionals &assocate professionals:3.6% Plant & machine operators&assembly:2.2% Clerks:1.0% (UNHS,2006) |
| Population below poverty line: | 35% (2001 est.) |
| Inflation rate (consumer prices): | 13.1% (2009 est.) |
| Investment (gross fixed): | 19.4% of GDP (2009 est.) |
| Agriculture - products: | coffee, tea, cotton, tobacco, cassava (tapioca), potatoes, corn, millet, pulses, cut flowers; beef, goat meat, milk, poultry |
| Industries: | sugar, brewing, tobacco, cotton textiles; cement, steel production |
| Industrial production growth rate: | 5.3% (2009 est.) |
| Exports - commodities: | coffee, fish and fish products, tea, cotton, flowers, horticultural products; gold |
| Currency (code): | Ugandan shilling (UGX) |
| Others | |
| Nationality: | noun:
Ugandan(s) adjective: Ugandan |
| Religions: |
Roman
Catholic 41.9%, Anglicans 35.9%,Pentecostals 4.6%, SDA 1.5%,Orthodox 0.1%.Other Christians 1.2%,other non christians0.7% Muslim 12.1%, Traditional 1.0%,None 0.9%(statistical abstract,2006) |
| Languages: |
English (official national language, taught in grade schools, used in courts of law and by most newspapers and some radio broadcasts), Ganda or Luganda (most widely used of the Niger-Congo languages, preferred for native language publications in the capital and may be taught in school), other Niger-Congo languages, Nilo-Saharan languages, Swahili, Arabic |
| Country name: | conventional
long form: Republic of Uganda conventional short form: Uganda |
| Government type: | republic |
| Capital: | name:
Kampala geographic coordinates: 0 19 N, 32 25 E time difference: UTC+3 (8 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time) |
| Administrative divisions: | 80
districts; Adjumani, Apac, Arua, Bugiri, Bundibugyo, Bushenyi, Busia, Gulu,
Hoima, Iganga, Jinja, Kabale, Kabarole, Kaberamaido, Kalangala, Kampala,
Kamuli, Kamwenge, Kanungu, Kapchorwa, Kasese, Katakwi, Kayunga, Kibale,
Kiboga, Kisoro, Kitgum, Kotido, Kumi, Kyenjojo, Lira, Luwero, Masaka, Masindi,
Mayuge, Mbale, Mbarara, Moroto, Moyo, Mpigi, Mubende, Mukono, Nakapiripirit,
Nakasongola, Nebbi, Ntungamo, Pader, Pallisa, Rakai, Rukungiri, Sembabule,
Sironko, Soroti, Tororo, Wakiso, Yumbe the new districts are; Amolatar, Amuria,Amuru, Budaka,Bukwo, Butaleja, Ibanda,Isingiro, Kaabong, Kabingo, Kaliro, Kiruhura, Koboko, Manafwa, Mityana, Nakaseke, Oyam, Abim, Namutumba, Dokolo, Buliisa, Maracha, Terego, Bukedea, Bududa, Lyantonde |
| Independence: | 9 October 1962 (from UK) |
| Legal system: | in 1995, the government restored the legal system to one based on English common law and customary law; accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction, with reservations |
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| Source : CIA
The World Factbook |
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