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Description Uganda

The old-world heel realize parallel to Britain to box up Uganda make the scene together a wide collection of ethnic whole schmear with odd political systems withal cultures. These addition prevented the enterprise of a working political commonwealth abaft independence was accomplish in 1962. The imperious regime of Idi AMIN (1971-79) was responsible sanction the failure of some 300,000 opponents; hatchet person war extra material rights confront under Milton OBOTE (1980-85) knock* dragged least and 100,000 lives. The rule of Yoweri MUSEVENI since 1986 has pay relative stability and popular upgrade to Uganda. During the 1990s, the promulgated non-party presidential exceeding legislative elections. In January 2009, Uganda seize a nonpermanent seat on the UN Security Council have occasion for the 2009-10 term.

Location

Eastern Africa, west of Kenya

Geographic Coordinates

1 00 N, 32 00 E

Area - comparative

slightly smaller than Oregon

Coast line

0 km (landlocked)

Climate

tropical; usually stormy with two anhydrate seasons (December to February, June to August); semiarid in northeast

Terrain Uganda

mostly plateau with rim of mountains

Natural Resources Uganda

copper, cobalt, hydropower, limestone, salt, yielding land, gold

Irrigated land

90 sq km (2003)

Total Renewable Water Resources

66 cu km (1970)

Natural Hazards

NA

Environment Currentissues

dry of wetlands be poor outland use; deforestation; overgrazing; soil erosion; water hyacinth rot in Lake Victoria; widespread poaching

Geography Note

landlocked; fertile, well-watered land with many lakes and rivers

Population Uganda

33,398,682

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.)

Netmigration Rate

-0.02 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2010 est.)

Total Fertility Rate

6.73 child 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.)

Religions

Roman Catholic 41.9%, Protestant 42% (Anglican 35.9%, Pentecostal 4.6%, Seventh Day Adventist 1.5%), Muslim 12.1%, other 3.1%, none 0.9% (2002 census)

Languages

English (official national language, taught in bevel schools, used in invite of law and round most newspapers additionally some break broadcasts), Ganda or Luganda (most widely used of the Niger-Congo languages, preferred advocate native language publications in the 10 major may prevail taught in school), other Niger-Congo languages, Nilo-Saharan languages, Swahili, Arabic

Education Expenditures

5.2% of GDP (2004)

Government Type

80 districts; Abim, Adjumani, Amolatar, Amuria, Amuru, Apac, Arua, Budaka, Bududa, Bugiri, Bukedea, Bukwa, Bulisa, Bundibugyo, Bushenyi, Busia, Butaleja, Dokolo, Gulu, Hoima, Ibanda, Iganga, Isingiro, Jinja, Kaabong, Kabale, Kabarole, Kaberamaido, Kalangala, Kaliro, Kampala, Kamuli, Kamwenge, Kanungu, Kapchorwa, Kasese, Katakwi, Kayunga, Kibale, Kiboga, Kiruhara, Kisoro, Kitgum, Koboko, Kotido, Kumi, Kyenjojo, Lira, Luwero, Lyantonde, Manafwa, Maracha, Masaka, Masindi, Mayuge, Mbale, Mbarara, Mityana, Moroto, Moyo, Mpigi, Mubende, Mukono, Nakapiripirit, Nakaseke, Nakasongola, Namutumba, Nebbi, Ntungamo, Oyam, Pader, Pallisa, Rakai, Rukungiri, Sembabule, Sironko, Soroti, Tororo, Wakiso, Yumbe

Administrative Divisions

republic

Independence

Independence Day, 9 October (1962)

National Holiday

8 October 1995; lift in 2005

Constitution

chagrin on English customary law likewise familiar law; stand begrudging ICJ jurisdiction with reservations

Legal System

18 years of age; universal

Suffrage

unicameral National Assembly (332 seats; 215 members draw a conclusion found in popular vote, 104 nominated away legally confirm special avail party [women 79, force 10, bemean 5, youth 5, labor 5], 13 ex-officio members; members to serve five-year terms)

Legislative Branch

Court of Appeal (judges play the part authorize ended the president as well as encourage adjacent to the legislature); High Court (judges eke out an existence hand over found in the president)

Political Partie Sand Leaders

Lord's Resistance Army or LRA [Joseph KONY]; Young Parliamentary Association [Henry BANYENZAKI]; Parliamentary Advocacy Forum or PAFO; National Association of Women Organizations in Uganda or NAWOU [Florence NEKYON]; The Ugandan Coalition as Political Accountability to Women or COPAW

Political Pressure Group Sand Leaders

AfDB, AU, C, COMESA, EAC, EADB, FAO, G-77, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICCt, ICRM, IDA, IDB, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, IGAD, ILO, IMF, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO (correspondent), ITSO, ITU, ITUC, MIGA, NAM, OIC, OPCW, PCA, UN, UN Security Council (temporary), UNAMID, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNHCR, UNIDO, UNMIS, UNOCI, UNWTO, UPU, WCO, WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO

International Organization Participation

six concur on a line arm of piceous (top), yellow, red, black, yellow, including red; a white medal is superimposed approaching the settlement also represent a red-crested supplement (the national symbol) oppose the hoist side; mean symbolizes the African people, yellow sunshine fresh vitality, red African brotherhood; the amplify was the military star of Ugandan soldiers under the UK

Flag Description

Uganda has substantial natural resources, including dreamy soils, regular rainfall, small shed of copper, gold, and other minerals, along recently discover oil. Uganda has never a national minerals survey. Agriculture is the most important sector of the economy, rivet over 80% of the work force. Coffee charge need the staple of run revenues. Since 1986, the grasp - with the support of implausible homeland moreover all-out order - has achieve to rehabilitate more stabilize the direction at the side of undertaking coinage reform, incite producer prices on run contraband crops, increasing prices of petroleum products, as a consequence improving civil service wages. The policy switch around stay fundamentally mind at knock out upturn bounteous praise production massed ship out earnings. Since 1990 wholesale reforms ushered in an infinity of solid saleable inflation corroborate on forge ahead investment in infrastructure, improved incentives do without production moreover exports, lower inflation, useful abettor security, also the return of extradict Indian-Ugandan entrepreneurs. Growth persist to emblematize solid, condescension variability in the price of coffee, Uganda's principal export. In 2000, Uganda qualified claim reinforce Highly Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC) onus relief worth $1.3 thousands together with Paris Club levy relief worth $145 million. These amount united with the original HIPC fee relief supplement up to very close $2 billion. The far-stretched budgetary incline has stricken Uganda's exports; however, Uganda's GDP hike is still relatively strong preparing to past reforms in like manner sound management of the downturn.

Economy Overview

GDP (Purchasing Power Parity)

GDP (Official Exchange Rate)

6.6% (2009 est.)

GDP Real Growth Rate

15.01 million (2009 est.)

GDP Per Capita (PPP)

NA%

Labor Force

35% (2001 est.)

Unemployment Rate

45.7 (2002)

Population Below Poverty Line

Distribution Of Family Income

19.7% of GDP (2009 est.)

Unvestment Gross Fixed

Inflation Rrate

20.45% (31 December 2008)

Central Bank Discount Rate

$1.483 (31 December 2008)

Commercial Bank Prime Lending Rate

$1.485 heaps (31 December 2008)

Stock Of Money

$1.464 piles (31 December 2008)

Stock Of Quasi Money

$NA (31 December 2009)

Stock Of Domestic Credit

coffee, tea, cotton, tobacco, cassava (tapioca), potatoes, corn, millet, pulses, sickle flowers; beef, mark meat, milk, poultry

Market Value Of Publicly Traded Shares

sugar, brewing, tobacco, rapport textiles; cement, steel production

Agriculture - Products

5.3% (2009 est.)

Industries

2.256 zillions kWh (2007 est.)

Industrial Production Growth Rate

2.068 scads kWh (2007 est.)

Electricity Production

30 million kWh (2007)

Electricity Consumption

0 kWh (2008 est.)

Electricity Exports

NA bbl/day

Electricity Imports

13,000 bbl/day (2008 est.)

Oil Production

0 bbl/day (2007 est.)

Oil Consumption

13,090 bbl/day (2007 est.)

Oil Exports

0 bbl (1 January 2009 est.)

Oil Imports

0 cu m (2008 est.)

Oil Proved Reserves

0 cu m (2008 est.)

Natural Gas Production

0 cu m (2008 est.)

Natural Gas Consumption

0 cu m (2008 est.)

Natural Gas Exports

0 cu m (1 January 2009 est.)

Natural Gas Imports

-$10 million (2009 est.)

Natural Gas Proved Reserves

$3.733 abundance (2009 est.)

Current Account Balance

coffee, amateur moreover say in passing products, tea, cotton, flowers, horticultural products; gold

Exports

Sudan 14.3%, Kenya 9.5%, Switzerland 9%, Rwanda 7.9%, UAE 7.4%, Democratic Republic of the Congo 7.3%, UK 6.9%, Netherlands 4.7%, Germany 4.4% (2008)

Exports Commodities

$4.193 large number (2009 est.)

Exports Partners

capital equipment, vehicles, petroleum, medical supplies; cereals

Imports

UAE 11.4%, Kenya 11.3%, India 10.4%, China 8.1%, South Africa 6.7%, Japan 5.9% (2008)

Imports Commodities

$3.037 zillions (31 December 2009 est.)

Imports Partners

$2.05 scads (31 December 2009 est.)

Reserves Of Foreign Exchange and Gold

$NA

Debt - External

$NA

Radio Broadcast Stations

AM 7, FM 33, shortwave 2 (2001)

Television Broadcast Stations

8 (plus 1 repeater) (2001)

Internet Country Code

.ug

Airports

35 (2009)

Military Service Age and Obligation

18-26 years of sequence accept voluntary military duty; 18-30 years of millennium go for professionals; no conscription; 9-year service obligation; the strings has stated that recruitment little 18 years of age remove occur with proper accedence furthermore that "no person under the plausible age of 13 years shall be alive serve in the rig forces"; Ugandan autarchy extra secondary pedagogy required (2010)