1984 Edition

Agriculture

main cash crop — coffee (165,000 metric tons produced in 1982-83, proj.); other cash crops — cotton, tobacco, tea, sugar, fish, livestock

Airfields

39 total, 33 usable; 5 with permanent-surface runways; 1 with runways over 3,659 m, 3 with runways 2,440-3,659 m, 12 with runways 1,220-2,439 m Uganda (continued) United Arab Emirates

Area

235,885 km2; 45% forest, wood, and grass; 21% inland water and swamp, including territorial waters of Lake Victoria; about 21% cultivated; 13% national park, forest, and game reserve

Branches

government that assumed power in December 1980 consists of three branches — an executive headed by a President, a unicameral legislature (National Assembly), and a judiciary; in practice President has most power

Uganda National Liberation Army (including army and air force)

executive — Supreme Council of Rulers (seven members), from which a President and Vice President are elected; Prime Minister and Council of Ministers; unicameral legislature — Federal National Council; judicial — Union Supreme Court

Budget

revenues $290 million (FY81/82); current expenditures and debt payments $423 million, development expenditures $88 million (1982 est.)

Capital

Kampala

Abu Dhabi

Civil air

5 major transport aircraft

Coastline

1,448 km People

Communists

possibly a few sympathizers

Elections

general election (held December 1980) elected present National Assembly; winning party then named President

none

Electric power

260,000 kW capacity (1983); 950 million kWh produced (1983), 70 kWh per capita

Ethnic divisions

99% African, 1% European, Asian, Arab

Emirian 19%, other Arab 23%, South Asian 50% (fluctuating), other expatriates (includes Westerners and East Asians) 8%; fewer than 20% of the population are UAE citizens (1982)

Exports

$325 million (f.o.b., 1982/83); coffee, cotton, tea

Fiscal year

1 July-30 June Communications

GDP

$4.8 billion in 1982 (est.)

Government leader

Dr. (Apollo) Milton OBOTE, President

Government leaders

Shaykh Zayid bin Sultan Al NUHAYYAN of Abu Dhabi, President; Shaykh Rashid ibn Sa'id Al MAKTUM of Dubai, Vice President and Prime Minister

Highways

26,763 km total; 1,934 km paved; 4,829 km crushed stone, gravel, and laterite; remainder earth roads and tracks

Imports

$345 million (f.o.b., 1982/83 est.); petroleum products, machinery, cotton piece goods, metals, transport equipment, food

Inland waterways

Lake Victoria, Lake Albert, Lake Kyoga, Lake George, and Lake Edward; Kagera River and Victoria Nile

Labor force

estimated 4.5 million; about 250,000 in paid labor; remainder in subsistence activities

541,000 (1980 est.); 85% industry and commerce, 5% agriculture, 5% services, 5% government; 80% of labor force is foreign Government

Land boundaries

2,680 km People

1,094 km (does not include boundaries between adjacent UAE states) Water

Language

English (official); Luganda and Swahili widely used; other Bantu and Nilotic languages

Arabic (official); Farsi and English widely spoken in major cities; Hindi, Urdu

Legal system

provisional government plans to restore system based on English common law and customary law to reinstitute a normal judicial system; legal education at Makerere University, Kampala; accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction, with reservations

secular codes are being introduced by the UAE Government and in several member shaykhdoms; Islamic law remains influential

Limits of territorial waters (claimed)

3 nm for all states except Sharjah (12 nm); fishing 200 nm; exclusive economic zone 200 nm

Literacy

52%

56.3% est.

Major industries

agricultural processing (textiles, sugar, coffee, plywood, beer), cement, copper smelting, corrugated iron sheet, shoes, fertilizer

Major trade partners

Kenya, US, UK

Member of

Af DB, Commonwealth, FAO, G-77, GATT, IAEA, IBRD, ICAC, ICAO, ICO, IDA, IDB— Islamic Development Bank, IFAD, IFC, ILO, IMF, INTELSAT, INTERPOL, ISO, ITU, NAM, OAU, QIC, UN, UNESCO, UPU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO Economy

Arab League, FAO, G-77, GATT (de facto), GCC, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, IDA, IDB — Islamic Development Bank, IFAD, IFC, ILO, IMF, IMO, INTELSAT, INTERPOL, ITU, NAM, OAPEC, QIC, OPEC, UN, UNESCO, UPU, WHO, WIPO, WTO

Member states

Abu Dhabi, Ajman, Dubai, al Fujayrah, Ra's al-Khaymah, Sharjah, Umm al-Qaywayn

Military manpower

males 15-49, about 3,123,000; about 1,681,000 fit for military SAUDI ARABIA Land 82,880 km2; almost all desert, waste, or urban

Monetary conversion rate

244. 1 Uganda shillings=US$l (February 1984)

National holiday

Independence Day, 9 October

2 December

Nationality

noun — Ugandan(s); adjective — Ugandan

Noun — Emirian(s), adjective — Emirian

Official name

Republic of Uganda

United Arab Emirates (composed of former Trucial States)

Organized labor

125,000 union members Government

Political or pressure groups

none; a few small clandestine groups are active

Political parties

Ugandan People's Congress (UPC), Democratic Party (DP), Uganda Patriotic Movement (UPM)

Political subdivisions

10 provinces and 34 districts

Population

14,819,000 (July 1984), average annual growth rate 3.2%

1,523,000 (July 1984), average annual growth rate 10.3%

Railroads

1,216 km, 1.000-meter gauge single track

Religion

33% Roman Catholic, 33% Protestant, 16% Muslim, rest indigenous beliefs

Muslim 96%; Christian, Hindu, and other 4%

Suffrage

universal adult

none

Telecommunications

fair system with radio-relay and communications stations in use; 46,400 telephones (0.3 per 100 popl.); 9 AM, no FM, 9 TV stations; 1 Atlantic Ocean INTELSAT station Defense Forces

Type

republic

federation; constitution signed December 1971, which delegated specified powers to the United Arab Emirates central government and reserved other powers to member shaykhdoms

Voting strength

(December 1980 election) National Assembly— UPC, 74; DP, 51; UPM, 1