]! ^! The colonial boundaries created by Britain to delimit Uganda grouped together a wide range of ethnic groups with different political systems and cultures. These differences prevented the establishment of a working political community after independence was achieved in 1962. The dictatorial regime of Idi AMIN (1971-79) was responsible for the deaths of some 300,000 opponents; guerrilla war and human rights abuses under Milton OBOTE (1980-85) claimed at least another 100,000 lives. The rule of Yoweri MUSEVENI since 1986 has brought relative stability and economic growth to Uganda. During the 1990s, the government promulgated non-party presidential and legislative elections. 
]" ^" Eastern Africa, west of Kenya ^# 1 00 N, 32 00 E ^$ Africa ^% `! 236,040 sq km `" 199,710 sq km `# 36,330 sq km ^& slightly smaller than Oregon ^' `! 2,698 km `Y Democratic Republic of the Congo 765 km, Kenya 933 km, Rwanda 169 km, Sudan 435 km, Tanzania 396 km ^( 0 km (landlocked) ^) none (landlocked) ^* tropical; generally rainy with two dry seasons (December to February, June to August); semiarid in northeast ^+ mostly plateau with rim of mountains ^, `% Lake Albert 621 m `& Margherita Peak on Mount Stanley 5,110 m ^- copper, cobalt, hydropower, limestone, salt, arable land ^. `' 21.57% `( 8.92% `) 69.51% (2005) ^/ 90 sq km (2003) ^0 NA ^1 draining of wetlands for agricultural use; deforestation; overgrazing; soil erosion; water hyacinth infestation in Lake Victoria; widespread poaching _P `P Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Life Conservation, Ozone Layer Protection, Wetlands `Q Environmental Modification ^2 landlocked; fertile, well-watered country with many lakes and rivers 
]# ^3 30,262,610 `* estimates for this country explicitly take into account the effects of excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in lower life expectancy, higher infant mortality and death rates, lower population and growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July 2007 est.) ^4 `+ 50.2% (male 7,646,619/female 7,538,137) `, 47.6% (male 7,231,196/female 7,185,058) `- 2.2% (male 281,317/female 380,283) (2007 est.) ^5 `! 14.9 years `. 14.8 years `/ 15 years (2007 est.) ^6 3.572% (2007 est.) ^7 48.12 births/1,000 population (2007 est.) ^8 12.64 deaths/1,000 population (2007 est.) ^9 0.24 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2007 est.) ^: `0 1.03 male(s)/female `1 1.014 male(s)/female `, 1.006 male(s)/female `- 0.74 male(s)/female `2 1.004 male(s)/female (2007 est.) ^; `! 67.22 deaths/1,000 live births `. 70.92 deaths/1,000 live births `/ 63.42 deaths/1,000 live births (2007 est.) ^< `2 51.75 years `. 50.78 years `/ 52.73 years (2007 est.) ^= 6.84 children born/woman (2007 est.) ^> 4.1% (2003 est.) ^? 530,000 (2001 est.) ^@ 78,000 (2003 est.) _` `h very high `i bacterial diarrhea, hepatitis A, and typhoid fever vectorborne diseases: malaria and African trypanosomiasis (sleeping sickness) are high risks in some locations water contact disease: schistosomiasis (2007) ^A `3 Ugandan(s) `4 Ugandan ^B Baganda 17%, Ankole 8%, Basoga 8%, Iteso 8%, Bakiga 7%, Langi 6%, Rwanda 6%, Bagisu 5%, Acholi 4%, Lugbara 4%, Batoro 3%, Bunyoro 3%, Alur 2%, Bagwere 2%, Bakonjo 2%, Jopodhola 2%, Karamojong 2%, Rundi 2%, non-African (European, Asian, Arab) 1%, other 8% ^C Roman Catholic 33%, Protestant 33%, Muslim 16%, indigenous beliefs 18% ^D English (official national language, taught in grade schools, used in courts of law and by most newspapers and some radio broadcasts), Ganda or Luganda (most widely used of the Niger-Congo languages, preferred for native language publications in the capital and may be taught in school), other Niger-Congo languages, Nilo-Saharan languages, Swahili, Arabic ^E `5 age 15 and over can read and write `2 69.9% `. 79.5% `/ 60.4% (2003 est.) 
]$ ^F `6 Republic of Uganda `7 Uganda ^H republic ^I `8 Kampala `9 0 19 N, 32 25 E `: UTC+3 (8 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time) ^J 56 districts; Adjumani, Apac, Arua, Bugiri, Bundibugyo, Bushenyi, Busia, Gulu, Hoima, Iganga, Jinja, Kabale, Kabarole, Kaberamaido, Kalangala, Kampala, Kamuli, Kamwenge, Kanungu, Kapchorwa, Kasese, Katakwi, Kayunga, Kibale, Kiboga, Kisoro, Kitgum, Kotido, Kumi, Kyenjojo, Lira, Luwero, Masaka, Masindi, Mayuge, Mbale, Mbarara, Moroto, Moyo, Mpigi, Mubende, Mukono, Nakapiripirit, Nakasongola, Nebbi, Ntungamo, Pader, Pallisa, Rakai, Rukungiri, Sembabule, Sironko, Soroti, Tororo, Wakiso, Yumbe `* as of a July 2005, 13 new districts were reportedly added bringing the total up to 69; the new districts are Amolatar, Amuria, Budaka, Butaleja, Ibanda, Kaabong, Kabingo, Kaliro, Kiruhura, Koboko, Manafwa, Mityana, Nakaseke; a total of ten more districts are in the process of being added ^K 9 October 1962 (from UK) ^L Independence Day, 9 October (1962) ^M 8 October 1995; in 2005 the constitution was amended removing presidential term limits and legalizing a multiparty political system ^N in 1995, the government restored the legal system to one based on English common law and customary law; accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction, with reservations ^O 18 years of age; universal ^P `; President Lt. Gen. Yoweri Kaguta MUSEVENI (since seizing power 26 January 1986); note - the president is both chief of state and head of government `< President Lt. Gen. Yoweri Kaguta MUSEVENI (since seizing power 26 January 1986); Prime Minister Apollo NSIBAMBI (since 5 April 1999); note - the prime minister assists the president in the supervision of the cabinet `= Cabinet appointed by the president from among elected legislators `> president reelected by popular vote for a five-year term; election last held 23 February 2006 (next to be held in 2011) `? Lt. Gen. Yoweri Kaguta MUSEVENI elected president; percent of vote - Lt. Gen. Yoweri Kaguta MUSEVENI 59.3%, Kizza BESIGYE 37.4%, other 3.3% ^Q unicameral National Assembly (332 members - 215 elected by popular vote, 104 nominated by legally established special interest groups [women 79, army 10, disabled 5, youth 5, labor 5], 13 ex officio members; members serve five-year terms) `> last held 23 February 2006 (next to be held in 2011) `? percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - NRM 191, FDC 37, UPC 9, DP 8, CP 1, JEEMA 1, independents 36, other 49 ^R Court of Appeal (judges are appointed by the president and approved by the legislature); High Court (judges are appointed by the president) ^S Conservative Party or CP [Ken LUKYAMUZI]; Democratic Party or DP [Kizito SSEBAANA]; Forum for Democratic Change or FDC [Kizza BESIGYE]; Justice Forum or JEEMA [Muhammad Kibirige MAYANJA]; National Democrats Forum [Chapaa KARUHANGA]; National Resistance Movement or NRM [Yoweri MUSEVENI]; Ugandan People's Congress or UPC [Miria OBOTE] `* a national referendum in July 2005 opened the way for Uganda's transition to a multi-party political system ^T Popular Resistance Against a Life President or PRALP ^U ACP, AfDB, AU, C, COMESA, EADB, FAO, G-77, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICCt, ICRM, IDA, IDB, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, IGAD, ILO, IMF, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO (correspondent), ITU, ITUC, MIGA, NAM, OIC, OPCW, PCA, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNHCR, UNIDO, UNMIS, UNWTO, UPU, WCO, WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO ^V `R Ambassador Perezi Karukubiro KAMUNANWIRE `S 5911 16th Street NW, Washington, DC 20011 `T [1] (202) 726-7100 through 7102, 0416 `U [1] (202) 726-1727 ^W `R Ambassador Steven BROWNING `_ 1577 Ggaba Road, Kampala `` P. O. Box 7007, Kampala `T [256] (41) 234-142 `U [256] (41) 258-451 ^X six equal horizontal bands of black (top), yellow, red, black, yellow, and red; a white disk is superimposed at the center and depicts a red-crested crane (the national symbol) facing the hoist side 
]% ^Y Uganda has substantial natural resources, including fertile soils, regular rainfall, and sizable mineral deposits of copper and cobalt. Agriculture is the most important sector of the economy, employing over 80% of the work force. Coffee accounts for the bulk of export revenues. Since 1986, the government - with the support of foreign countries and international agencies - has acted to rehabilitate and stabilize the economy by undertaking currency reform, raising producer prices on export crops, increasing prices of petroleum products, and improving civil service wages. The policy changes are especially aimed at dampening inflation and boosting production and export earnings. During 1990-2001, the economy turned in a solid performance based on continued investment in the rehabilitation of infrastructure, improved incentives for production and exports, reduced inflation, gradually improved domestic security, and the return of exiled Indian-Ugandan entrepreneurs. In 2000, Uganda qualified for enhanced Highly Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC) debt relief worth $1.3 billion and Paris Club debt relief worth $145 million. These amounts combined with the original HIPC debt relief added up to about $2 billion. Growth for 2001-02 was solid, despite continued decline in the price of coffee, Uganda's principal export. Growth in 2003-06 reflected an upturn in Uganda's export markets. ^Z $51.89 billion (2006 est.) ^[ $8.502 billion (2006 est.) ^\ 5% (2006 est.) ^] $1,800 (2006 est.) ^^ `@ 29.4% `A 22.1% `B 48.5% (2006 est.) ^_ 13.76 million (2006 est.) ^` `@ 82% `A 5% `B 13% (1999 est.) ^a NA% _! 35% (2001 est.) _" `C 4% `D 21% (2000) _d 43 (1999) _# 6% (2006 est.) _V 23.5% of GDP (2006 est.) _$ `E $1.943 billion `F $1.994 billion; including capital expenditures of $NA (2006 est.) _% 29.3% of GDP (2006 est.) _& coffee, tea, cotton, tobacco, cassava (tapioca), potatoes, corn, millet, pulses, cut flowers; beef, goat meat, milk, poultry _' sugar, brewing, tobacco, cotton textiles; cement, steel production _( 5.2% (2006 est.) _) 1.894 billion kWh (2004) _* 1.596 billion kWh (2004) _+ 165 million kWh (2004) _, 0 kWh (2004) _- 0 bbl/day (2004 est.) _. 10,890 bbl/day (2004 est.) _/ NA bbl/day _0 NA bbl/day _1 0 cu m (2004 est.) _2 0 cu m (2004 est.) _Q $-423 million (2006 est.) _3 $961.7 million f.o.b. (2006 est.) _4 coffee, fish and fish products, tea, cotton, flowers, horticultural products; gold _5 Belgium 11.4%, Netherlands 11.1%, France 8.2%, Germany 5.9%, Rwanda 4.6% (2005) _6 $1.945 billion f.o.b. (2006 est.) _7 capital equipment, vehicles, petroleum, medical supplies; cereals _8 Kenya 34.6%, UAE 8.5%, South Africa 5.7%, India 5.6%, China 5.1%, UK 4.4%, US 4% (2005) _[ $1.4 billion (2006 est.) _9 $1.456 billion (2006 est.) _: $959 million (2003) _; Ugandan shilling (UGX) _< Ugandan shillings per US dollar - 1,834.9 (2006), 1,780.7 (2005), 1,810.3 (2004), 1,963.7 (2003), 1,797.6 (2002) _= 1 July - 30 June 
]& _> 100,800 (2005) _? 1.525 million (2005) _@ `G seriously inadequate; 2 cellular systems have been introduced, but a sharp increase in the number of main lines is essential; e-mail and Internet services are available `H intercity traffic by wire, microwave radio relay, and radiotelephone communication stations, fixed and mobile cellular systems for short-range traffic `I country code - 256; satellite earth stations - 1 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean) and 1 Inmarsat; analog links to Kenya and Tanzania _A AM 7, FM 33, shortwave 2 (2001) _B 8 (plus 1 repeater) (2001) _C .ug _D 1,365 (2006) _E 500,000 (2005) 
]' _F 31 (2006) _G `! 5 `a 3 `b 1 `c 1 (2006) _R `! 26 `J 1 `b 6 `c 11 `W 8 (2006) _e `! 1,244 km `n 1,244 km 1.000-m gauge (2005) _H `! 70,746 km `K 16,272 km `L 54,474 km (2003) _b on Lake Victoria, 200 km on Lake Albert, Lake Kyoga, and parts of Albert Nile (2005) _I Entebbe, Jinja, Port Bell 
]( _J Ugandan Peoples' Defense Force (UPDF): Land Forces (includes Army and Marine Unit), Air Wing (2007) _T 18 years of age for compulsory and voluntary military duty; the government has stated that recruitment below that age could occur with proper consent and that "no person under the apparent age of 13 years shall be enrolled in the armed forces" _K males age 18-49: 5,012,620 females age 18-49: 4,855,858 (2005 est.) Manpower fit for military service: males age 18-49: 2,889,808 females age 18-49: 2,780,135 (2005 est.) _U 2.4% (2006 est.) 
]) _N Uganda is subject to armed fighting among hostile ethnic groups, rebels, armed gangs, militias, and various government forces that extend across its borders; Uganda hosts 209,860 Sudanese, 27,560 Congolese, and 19,710 Rwandan refugees, while Ugandan refugees as well as members of the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) seek shelter in southern Sudan and the Democratic Republic of the Congo's Garamba National Park; LRA forces have also attacked Kenyan villages across the border _c `o 212,857 (Sudan), 20,564 (Democratic Republic of Congo), 20,213 (Rwanda) `k 1.2-1.7 million (350,000 IDPs returned in 2006 following ongoing peace talks between the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) and the Government of Uganda) (2006) 