396 km,
Zaire 765 km
Coastline:
0 km (landlocked)
Maritime claims:
none; landlocked
International disputes:
none
Climate:
tropical; generally rainy with two dry seasons (December to February, June
to August); 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%
Irrigated land:
90 km2 (1989 est.)
Environment:
straddles Equator; deforestation; overgrazing; soil erosion
Note:
landlocked

*Uganda, People

Population:
19,344,181 (July 1993 est.)
Population growth rate:
2.69% (1993 est.)
Birth rate:
49.86 births/1,000 population (1993 est.)
Death rate:
22.98 deaths/1,000 population (1993 est.)
Net migration rate:
0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1993 est.)
Infant mortality rate:
112.1 deaths/1,000 live births (1993 est.)
Life expectancy at birth:
total population:
38.4 years
male:
38.09 years
female:
38.71 years (1993 est.)
Total fertility rate:
7.15 children born/woman (1993 est.)
Nationality:
noun:
Ugandan(s)
adjective:
Ugandan
Ethnic divisions:
African 99%, European, Asian, Arab 1%
Religions:
Roman Catholic 33%, Protestant 33%, Muslim 16%, indigenous beliefs 18%
Languages:
English (official), Luganda, Swahili, Bantu languages, Nilotic languages
Literacy:
age 15 and over can read and write (1990)
total population:
48%
male:
62%
female:
35%
Labor force:
4.5 million (est.)
by occupation:
agriculture over 80%
note:
50% of population of working age (1983)

*Uganda, Government

Names:
conventional long form:
Republic of Uganda
conventional short form: Uganda
Digraph:
UG
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)
Political parties and leaders:
only party - National Resistance Movement (NRM), Yoweri