1987 Edition
CIA World Factbook 1987 (Internet Archive)
Geography
Climate
tropical; generally rainy with two dry seasons (December to February, June to August); semiarid in northeast
Comparative area
slightly smaller than Oregon
Environment
straddles Equator; deforestation; overgrazing; soil erosion
Land boundaries
2,680 km total
Land use
23% arable land; 9% permanent crops; 25% meadows and pastures; 30% forest and woodland; 13% other; includes NEGL% irrigated
Special notes
landlocked
Telecommunications
fair system with radio-relay and radio communications stations in use; 61,600 telephones (0.5 per 100 popl.); 9 AM, no FM, 9 TV stations; 1 Atlantic Ocean INTELSAT station
Terrain
mostly plateau with rim of mountains
Total area
236,040 km?; land area: 199,710 km?
People and Society
Ethnic divisions
99% African, 1% European, Asian, Arab
Labor force
estimated 4.5 million; about 250,000 in paid labor; remainder in subsistence activities
Language
English (official), Luganda and Swahili widely used; other Bantu and Nilotic languages Infant mortality rate; 92/],000 (1985)
Life expectancy
men 48, women 50
Literacy
52%
Nationality
noun—Ugandan(s); adjective—Ugandan
Organized labor
125,000 union members
Population
15,908,896 (July 1987), average annual growth rate 3.70%
Religion
833% Roman Catholic, 33% Protestant, 16% Muslim, rest indigenous beliefs
Government
Administrative divisions
10 provinces and 34 districts
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
Capital
Kampala
Communists
possibly a few sympathizers
Elections
none scheduled
Government leader
Yoweri Kaguta MUSEVENI, Head of State and Chairman of the National Resistance Council (since January 1986)
Legal system
government plans to restore system based on English common law and customary law and reinstitute a normal judicial system; accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction, with reservations
Member of
Af{DB, Commonwealth, FAO, G-77, GATT, IAEA, IBRD, ICAC, ICAO, ICO, IDA, IDB—Islamic Development Bank, IFAD, IFC, 1LO, IMF, INTELSAT, INTERPOL, ISO, ITU, NAM, OAU, OIC, UN, UNESCO, UPU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO
National holiday
Independence Day, 9 October
Official name
Republic of Uganda
Political parties
Uganda Patriotic Movement (UPM), Ugandan People’s Congress (UPC), Democratic Party (DP), Conservative Party (CP); all are proscribed from conducting public political activities 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), Uganda People’s Democratic Movement (UPDM)
Suffrage
universal adult
Type
republic
Economy
Agriculture
cash crops—coffee (150,000 metric tons produced (1984/85 est.), cotton, tobacco, tea, sugar, fish, livestock
Budget
in percent of GDP—tax revenues 11.6%, grants 1.6%, expenditures, 15.5% (FY85/86)
Electric power
164,000 kW capacity; 287 million kWh produced, 18 kWh per capita (1986)
Exports
$352 million (f.0.b., 1985/86 est.); coffee (over 90%), cotton, tea
Fiscal year
1 July-30 June
GDP
$5.9 billion; $220 per capita (1983 est.)
Imports
$325 million (c.i.f., 1985/86 est.); petroleum products, machinery, cotton piece goods, metals, transport equipment, food
Major industries
agricultural processing (coffee, plywood, beer)
Major trade partners
exports—27% US, 14% UK, 9% Spain; imports—39% Kenya, 17% UK, 7% Japan (1985)
Monetary conversion rate
400 Uganda shillings=US$1 (December 1986)
Natural resources
copper, cobalt, limestone
Communications
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 1,220-2,4389 m
Civil air
4 major transport aircraft
Highways
30,500 km total; 3,500 km paved; 7,000 km crushed stone, gravel, and laterite; remainder earth roads and tracks
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
Railroads
1,300 km, 1.000-meter gauge single track
Military and Security
Branches
National Resistance Army (NRA)
Military manpower
males 15-49, about 8,393,000; about 1,831,000 fit for military service