1985 Edition

Agriculture

limited; coconut palms, copra

main cash crop — coffee (180,600 metric tons produced in 1983/84, est.); other cash crops — cotton, tobacco, tea, sugar, fish, livestock

Aid

economic commitments — Western (non-US) countries, ODA (1970-79), $22 million

Airfields

1 usable with runways 1,2202,439 m

38 total, 34 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

Branches

executive — Prime Minister and Cabinet; unicameral legislature — 12-member House of Parliament judicial — High Court, 8 island courts with limited jurisdication

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), paramilitary Police Special Force

Budget

(1983 est.) revenues, $2.59 million; expenditures, $3.6 million

revenues, $473 million (FY82/83); grants, $5 million, current expenditures, $434 million; development expenditures, $85 million; other, $157 million

Capital

Funafuti

Kampala

Civil air

no major transport aircraft

5 major transport aircraft

Communists

possibly a few sympathizers

Elections

last general election September 1981, next September 1985

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

Electric power

2,600 kW capacity (1984); 3 million kWh produced (1984), 375 kWh per capita

200,000 kW capacity (1984); 525 million kWh produced (1984), 35 kWh per capita

Ethnic divisions

99% African, 1% European, Asian, Arab

Exports

copra— $26,789 (1981)

$380 million (f.o.b., 1983/84 est.); coffee (98%), cotton, tea

Fiscal year

1 July-30 June Communications

GDP

$4.8 billion in 1982 (est); real growth rate 5.0% (1983/84 est.)

GNP

$4 million (1980 est), $570 per capita

Government leader

Dr. (Apollo) Milton OBOTE, President (since December 1980)

Government leaders

Dr. Tomasi PUAPUA, Prime Minister (since September 1981); Sir Eiatau Penitala TEO, Governor General (since October 1978)

Highways

8 km gravel

27,540 km total; 2,504 km paved; 5,036 km crushed stone, gravel, and laterite; remainder earth roads and tracks

Imports

$2.8 million (1981); food and mineral fuels

$509 million (c.i.f., 1983/84 est.); petroleum products, machinery, cotton piece goods, metals, transport equipment, food

Inland waterways

none

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

Labor force

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

Land boundaries

2,680 km People

Language

Tuvaluan, English

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

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

Literacy

less than 50% Government

52%

Major industries

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

Major trade partners

UK, Australia

exports — 41% US, 10% UK, 8% France; imports— 32% Kenya, 18% UK, 11%FRG(1982)

Member of

GATT (de facto), SPC, UPU Economy

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

Military manpower

males 15-49, about 3,223,000; about 1,735,000 fit for military

Monetary conversion rate

1.0778 Australian dollars=US$l (February 1984) Communications

495.0 Uganda shillings=US$l (31 October 1984)

National holiday

Independence Day, 9 October

Nationality

noun — Ugandan(s); adjective — Ugandan

Official name

Tuvalu

Republic of Uganda

Organized labor

125,000 union members Government

Political parties

none

Ugandan People's Congress (UPC), Democratic Party (DP)

Political subdivisions

10 provinces and 34 districts

Population

14,733,000 (July 1985), average annual growth rate 3.2%

Ports

2 minor (Funafuti) and Nukufetau

Railroads

none

1,216 km, 1.000-meter gauge single track

Religion

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

Suffrage

universal adult

Telecommunications

1 AM station; about 300 radio telephones (0.5 per 100 popl.); 4,000 radio sets Land 235,885 km2; slightly smaller than Oregon; 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

fair system with radio-relay and communications stations in use; 61,600 telephones (0.5 per 100 popl.); 9 AM, no FM, 9 TV stations; 1 Atlantic Ocean INTELSAT station Defense Forces

Type

independent state with special membership" in the Commonwealth, recognizing Elizabeth II as head of state

republic

Voting strength

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