Uganda

Republic of Uganda

GEOGRAPHY:
Location:----------------- Eastern Africa
Area:
Total area:--- 236,040 sq. km
Land area:--- 199,710 sq. km
Capital city:------------- Kampala
Natural Resources:---------------- Copper, cobalt, limestone, salt.

PEOPLE:
Population:---------------- 22,167,195
Literacy rate:-------------- 61.8% of total population, (Males:73.7%,
Females:50.2%).
Languages:------------------ English (offical), Luganda, Swahili, Bantu
languages, Nilotic languages.
Religious:----------------- 33%-Roman Catholic, 33%-Protestant,
16%-Muslim, 18%-indigenous beliefs.

VITAL STATISTICS:
Birth rate:------------- 45.08 (per 1,000 population)(1997)
Death rate:------------- 20.98 (per 1,000 population)
Infant Mortality rate:------------ 98.4 (deaths per 1,000 live births)
Fertility rate:--------------- 6.52 (per woman)
Life Expectancy at birth:
Total population:--- 39.69 (Males:39.3, Females:40.1).

GOVERNMENT:
Type of Government:-------------- Republic
Independence:-------------- October 9, 1962 (from UK)
President:-------------- Lt. General Yoweri Kaguta Museveni.

ECONOMY:
GDP:--------------- purchasing power parity - $16.8 billion (1995)
GDP real growth rate:--- 7.1%
GDP per capita:--- $900
Inflation rate (consumer prices):------------- 7.3% (1996)
National budget:
Revenues:--- $766.5 million
Expenditures:--- $894.3 million
External Debt:-------------- $3.4 billion
Currency:--------------- 1 Ugandan shilling = 100 cents
Labor force:--------------- 8.361 million (1993)
Unemployment rate:---------------- NA%
Agriculture:---------------- Coffee, tea, cotton, tobacco, cassava(tapioca),
potatoes, corn, millet, pulses; beef, goat meat, milk, poultry.
Industries:--------------- Sugar, brewing, tobacco, cotton textiles, cement.
Exports:---------------- $555 million
Commodities:--- Coffee, cotton, tea.
Imports:---------------- $1.18 billion
Commodities:--- Petroleum products, machinery, cotton piece goods,
metals, transportation equipment, food.

DEFENCE:
Defence Expenditures:--------------- Exchange rate conversion - $56 million,
1.7% of budget

Geography:Uganda is in east Africa lies across the Equator. It is bordered on the west
by Zaire on the north by the Sudan, on the east by Kenya and on the south by Tanzania
and Rwanda.