); semiarid in northeast
Terrain:
mostly plateau with rim of mountains
Natural resources:
copper, cobalt, limestone, salt
Land use:
arable land 23%; permanent crops 9%; meadows and pastures 25%; forest and
woodland 30%; other 13%; includes irrigated NEGL%
Environment:
straddles Equator; deforestation; overgrazing; soil erosion
Note:
landlocked

:Uganda People

Population:
19,386,104 (July 1992), growth rate 3.7% (1992)
Birth rate:
51 births/1,000 population (1992)
Death rate:
14 deaths/1,000 population (1992)
Net migration rate:
0 migrants/1,000 population (1992)
Infant mortality rate:
91 deaths/1,000 live births (1992)
Life expectancy at birth:
50 years male, 52 years female (1992)
Total fertility rate:
7.2 children born/woman (1992)
Nationality:
noun - Ugandan(s); adjective - Ugandan
Ethnic divisions:
African 99%, European, Asian, Arab 1%
Religions:
Roman Catholic 33%, Protestant 33%, Muslim 16%, rest indigenous beliefs
Languages:
English (official); Luganda and Swahili widely used; other Bantu and Nilotic
languages
Literacy:
48% (male 62%, female 35%) age 15 and over can read and write (1990 est.)
Labor force:
4,500,000 (est.); 50% of population of working age (1983)
Organized labor:
125,000 union members

:Uganda Government

Long-form name:
Republic of Uganda
Type:
republic
Capital:
Kampala
Administrative divisions:
10 provinces; Busoga, Central, Eastern, Karamoja, Nile, North Buganda,
Northern, South Buganda, Southern, Western
Independence:
9 October 1962 (from UK)
Constitution:
8 September 1967, in process of constitutional revision
Legal system:
government plans to restore system based on English common law and customary
law and reinstitute a normal judicial system; accepts compulsory ICJ
jurisdiction, with reservations
National holiday:
Independence Day, 9 October (1962)
Executive branch:
president, vice president, prime minister, three deputy prime ministers,
Cabinet
Legislative branch:
unicameral National Resistance Council
Judicial branch:
Court of Appeal, High Court
Leaders:
Chief of State:
President Lt. Gen. Yoweri Kaguta MUSEVENI (since 29 January 1986); Vice
President Samson Babi Mululu KISEKKA (since NA January 1991)
Head of Government:
Prime Minister George Cosmas ADYEBO (since NA January 1991)
Political