Uganda
A starting point for your exploration of Uganda:
Country facts, links and news.
 Republic
of Uganda
Capital: Kampala
Area: 236,040 sq km
Borders to: Tanzania, Kenya,
D.R. Congo, Rwanda, Sudan
Population: approx. 23.9 million
Official language: English
Religions: Prostestants (33%), Catholic (33%), Muslim(16%),
Indigenous beliefs(18%)
Literacy: 61.8 % of adult population (over 15 years)
Est. infant mortality: 91 per 1,000 live births
Life expectancy: 44 (Women), 43 (Men)
Type: Republic
President: Yoweri Museveni (since 1986)
Independence: 1962 (from UK)
GDP: $26.2 billion, $1,100 per capita
Agriculture is 43% of GDP. Services are 40%.
Currency: Ugandan shilling (UGX)
Natural resources and crops: copper, cobalt, hydropower,
sugar, tobacco, cotton textiles
More facts and figures:
CIA
World Fact Book: Uganda
LINKS:
Africa Online: Uganda
The Monitor - Uganda newspaper
'the independent voice'
UGANDA - A Country Study
- U.S. Library of Congress / area handbooks
MyUganda.co.ug
The Buganda home page - 'describing
the history, language and culture of the people of Buganda.'
Human rights
Human Rights Watch:
Sudan
Tourism/travel
Lonely
Planet World Guide - tourist information: Uganda
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