1986 Edition

CIA World Factbook 1986 (Internet Archive)

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Uganda

1986 Edition · 70 data fields

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Geography

Agriculture

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

Airfields

39 total, 34 usable; 5 with permanent-surface runways; 1 with runways over 3,659 m, 3 with runways 2,440-3,659 m, 11 with runways 1,2202,439 m

Area

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

Branches

present government, which assumed power in January 1986, consists of a National Resistance Council headed by the President; the constitution has been suspended and the unicameral legislature (National Assembly) has been dissolved

new government plans to reorganize national army; formerly, the defense forces consisted of the Uganda National Liberation Army (including army and air force) and a paramilitary Police Special 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

current receipts 7.7% of GDP (FY83/84); expenditures, 6.4% of GDP; capital expenditures, 1 . 1 % of GDP

Capital

Kampala

Abu Dhabi

Civil air

5 major transport aircraft

Coastline

1,448 km People

Communists

possibly a few sympathizers

Elections

none scheduled

none

Electric power

200,000 kW capacity (1985); 438 million kWh produced (1985), 29 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

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

Fiscal year

1 July-30 June Communications

GDP

$5.9 billion in 1983 (est), approximately $220 per capita; real growth rate 5.0% (1983/84 est.)

Government leader

Yoweri Kaguta MUSEVENI, Head of State and Chairman of the National Resistance Council (since January 1986)

Government leaders

Shaykh Zayid bin Sultan Al NUHAYYAN of Abu Dhabi, President (since December 1971); Shaykh Rashid ibn Sa'id Al MAKTUM of Dubayy, Vice President (since 1971) and Prime Minister (since April 1979)

Highways

30,500 km total; 3,500 km paved; 7,000 km crushed stone, gravel, and laterite; remainder earth roads and tracks Uganda (continued) United Arab Emirates

Imports

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

Infant mortality rate

92/1,000(1985)

44/1,000(1983)

Inland waterways

Lake Victoria, Lake Albert, Lake Kyoga, Lake George, Lake Edward; Victoria Nile, Albert Nile; principal inland water ports are at Jinja and Port Bell, both on Lake Victoria

Labor force

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

567,000 (1984 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

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

Life expectancy

men 48, women 50

men 68, women 73

Limits of territorial waters (claimed)

to agreed center boundaries or median lines

Literacy

52.3%

56.3% est.

Major industries

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

Major trade partners

exports — 31% US, 12% UK, 10% France; imports— 32% Kenya, 11% UK, 11%FRG(1983)

Member of

Af DB, Commonwealth, FAO, G-77, GATT, IAEA, IBRD, ICAC, ICAO, ICO, IDA, IDE— 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, IDE — Islamic Development Bank, IFAD, IFC, ILO, IMF, IMO, INTELSAT,

Member states

Abu Dhabi, 'Ajman, Dubayy, Al Fujayrah, Ra's al Khaymah, Ash Shariqah, Umm al Qaywayn

Military manpower

males 15-49, about 3,316,000; about 1,785,000 fit for military service Persian Gulf R'M.1. . Khayrr Umm al Qaywayn. Aih Shiriq.h,/'Ajminl Boundary representation not necessarily authonlat See rtfionil nup VI Land 83,600 km2; the size of Maine; almost all desert, waste, or urban

Monetary conversion rate

1,400 Uganda shillings=US$l (December 1985)

National holiday

Independence Day, 9 October

2 December

Nationality

noun — Ugandan(s); adjective — Ugandan

Noun — Emirian(s), adjective — Emirian

Natural resources

copper, cobalt, limestone

Official name

Republic of Uganda

United Arab Emirates (composed of former Trucial States)

Organized labor

125,000 union members Government

Other political parties or pressure groups

Uganda National Liberation Army (UNLA), Uganda Freedom Movement (UFM), Federal Democratic Movement of Uganda (FEDEMU), Uganda National Rescue Front (UNRF)

Political or pressure groups

none; a few small clandestine groups are active

Political parties

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

Political subdivisions

10 provinces and 34 districts

Population

15,158,000 (July 1986), average annual growth rate 3.1%

1,326,000 (July 1986), average annual growth rate 3. 1 %

Railroads

1,300 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