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Geography
• Uganda is located on the East African
plateau, lying mostly between latitudes 4
and 2°S , and longitudes 29° and 35°E. It
averages about 1,100 metres (3,609 ft)
above sea level, and this slopes very
steadily downwards to the Sudanese Plain
to the north.
• Uganda is divided into districts,, spread
across four administrative regions:
Northern, Eastern, Central (Kingdom of
Buganda) and Western. The districts are
subdivided into counties
• Each district is divided into sub-districts,
counties, sub-counties, parishes and
villages.
President of uganda
Prime minister and vice president
economy
• Uganda has substantial natural resources,
including fertile soils, regular rainfall, and sizable
mineral deposits of copper and cobalt. The
country has largely untapped reserves of both
crude oil and natural gas
• While agriculture used to account for 56% of the
economy in 1986, with coffee as its main export,
it has now been surpassed by the services
sector, which accounted for 52% of percent GDP
in 2007
• For decades, Uganda's economy suffered
from devastating economic policies and
instability, leaving Uganda as one of the
world's poorest countries. The country has
commenced economic reforms and growth
has been robust. In 2008, Uganda
recorded 7% growth despite the global
downturn and regional instability
• Since 1986, the government (with the
support of foreign countries and
international agencies) has acted to
rehabilitate an economy devastated during
the regime of Idi Amin and subsequent
civil war. Inflation ran at 240% in 1987 and
42% in June 1992, and was 5.1% in 2003.
• Between 1990 and 2001, the economy
grew because of continued investment in
the rehabilitation of infrastructure,
improved incentives for production and
exports, reduced inflation and gradually
improved domestic security. With the
Uganda securities exchanges established
in 1996, several equities have been listed.
The Government has used the stock
market as an avenue for privatisation.
• The financial sector is enhanced by the
numerous banks and other financial
institutions
• Stanbic bank,Dfcu bank,Tropical
bank,Bank of Africa,Cairo international
bank,Centinary rural devt bank,standard
chartered bank,Equity bank,Crane
bank,Bank of baroda,KCB bank housing
finance, and others financial services.
Demographics
• Uganda is home to many different ethnic groups, none of
whom forms a majority of the population. Around forty
different languages are regularly and currently in use in
the country. English became the official language of
Uganda after independence. Ugandan English is a local
variant dialect.
• The most widely spoken local language in Uganda is
Luganda, spoken predominantly by the Ganda people
(Baganda) in the urban concentrations of Kampala, the
capital city and in towns and localities in the Buganda
region of Uganda which encompasses Kampala. The
Lusoga and Runyankorejj-Rukiga languages follow,
spoken predominantly in the southeastern and
southwestern parts of Uganda respectively.
• swahili, a widely used language throughout eastern and
central East Africa, was approved as the country's
second official national language in 2005, though this is
somewhat politically sensitive. Though the language has
not been favoured by the Bantu-speaking populations of
the south and southwest of the country, it is an important
language in the northern regions. It is also widely used in
the police and military forces, which may be a historical
result of the disproportionate recruitment of northerners
into the security forces during the colonial period. The
status of Swahili has thus alternated with the political
group in power. For example, Amin, who came from the
northwest, declared Swahili to be the national language
• Uganda’s population has grown from 4.8
million people in 1950 to 24.3 million in
2002.The current estimated population of
Uganda is 32.4 million. Uganda has a very
young population, with a median age of 15
years.
Religion
• According to the census of 2002, Christians made up
about 84% of Uganda's population. The Roman Catholic
Church has the largest number of adherents (41.9%),
followed by the Anglican Church of Uganda (35.9%).
Evangelical and Pentecostal churches claim the rest of
the Christian population. The next most reported religion
of Uganda is Islam, with Muslims representing 12% of
the population.The Muslim population is primarily Sunni;
there is also a minority belonging to the Ahmadiyya
Muslim Community. The remainder of the population
follow traditional religions (1%), Bahai (0.1%), or other
non-Christian religions (0.7%), or have no religious
affiliation (0.9%).
Namirembe cathedral
Gadafi mosque
Kibuli mosque
Health
• Uganda has been among the rare HIV success stories, one of the
reasons being openness.In the 1980s, more than 30% of Ugandan
residents had HIV; this had fallen to 6.4% by the end of 2008, the
most effective national response to AIDS of any African country.
• Infant mortality rate was at 79 per 1,000 in 2005.Life expectancy
was at 50.2 for females, and 49.1 for males in 2005.There were 8
physicians per 100,000 persons in the early 2000s.
• Uganda's elimination of user fees at state health facilities in 2001
has resulted in an 80% increase in visits; over half of this increase is
from the poorest 20% of the population.This policy has been cited as
a key factor in helping Uganda achieve its Millennium Development
Goals and as an example of the importance of equity in achieving
those goals
EDUCATION.
• illitracyis common in Uganda, particularly among
females.Public spending on education was at 5.2 % of
the 2002–2005 GDP.There are also state exams that
must be taken at every level of education. Uganda has
both private and public universities. The largest
university in Uganda is Makerere University located
outside of Kampala. The system of education in Uganda
has a structure of 7 years of primary education, 6 years
of secondary education (divided into 4 years of lower
secondary and 2 years of upper secondary school), and
3 to 5 years of post-secondary education. The present
system has existed since the early 1960s.
cuisine
• Ugandan cuisine consists of traditional
cooking with English, Arab, Asian and
especially Indian influences.Like the
cuisines of most countries, it varies in
complexity, from the most basic, a starchy
filler with a sauce of beans or meat, to
several-course meals served in upperclass homes and high-end restaurants.
• Main dishes are usually centered on a sauce or
stew of groundnuts, beans or meat. The starch
traditionally comes from ugali (maize meal) or
matoke (boiled and mashed green banana), in
the South, or an ugali made from millet in the
North. Cassava, yam and African sweet potato
are also eaten; the more affluent include white
(often called "Irish") potato and rice in their diets.
Soybean was promoted as a healthy food staple
in the 1970s and this is also used, especially for
breakfast. Chapati, an Asian flatbread, is also
part of Ugandan cuisine.
Human rights
• Respect for human rights in Uganda has
improved significantly since the mid1980s.There are, however, many areas
which continue to attract concern.
• Conflict in the northern parts of the country
continues to generate reports of abuses by
the rebel Lord's Resistance Army (LRA).
• Homosexuality is illegal in Uganda. Gays
and lesbians face discrimination and
harassment at the hands of the media,
police, teachers and other groups
National and regional sceurity
• Uganda is committed to both national and
regional stability.
• It’s the peaceful atmosphere that
investment in the country has doubled.
• We are currently serving with AU in
somalia
• Fighting insurgent groups
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