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UGANDA |
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| AREA
241,038 sq km (81st) |
POPULATION
35,918,915 (36th) |
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PLATFORM DATA |
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| National
Demography |
0-14 years: 48.7%
15-64 years: 21.2% 65 years and over: 2.1% |
| Life
Expectancy |
54.46 years (209th) |
| National
G.D.P |
$54.37 billion |
| Per Capital
Income |
$1,500 |
| Currency | Ugandan shillings (UGX) |
| Economic
Drivers |
coffee, fish and fish products, tea, cotton, flowers, horticultural products; gold |
| Official
Languages |
English (official) |
| Other Local
Languages |
English (official national language, taught in grade schools, used in courts of law and by most newspapers and some radio broadcasts), Ganda or Luganda, other Niger-Congo languages, Nilo-Saharan languages, Swahili, Arabic |
| Climatic
Zone |
tropical; generally rainy with two dry seasons (December to February, June to August); semiarid in northeast |
| Religious
Expression |
Roman Catholic 41.9%, Protestant 42% (Anglican 35.9%, Pentecostal 4.6%, Seventh-Day Adventist 1.5%), Muslim 12.1%, other 3.1%, none 0.9% |
| Christian Umbrella
Organization(s) |
Not Available |
| Airports
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Entebbe International Airport
See Link – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_airports_in_Uganda |
| Airstrips | Abim Airstrips Adjumani Airstrips Agago Airstrips Alebtong Airstrips Amolatar Airstrips Amudat Airstrips Amudat Airstrips Amuria Airstrips Apac Airstrips Arua Airstrips Budaka Airstrips Namayingo Airstrips Namutumba Airstrips Napak Airstrips Nebbi Airstrips Ngora Airstrips Ntoroko Airstrips Ntungamo Airstrips Nwoya Airstrips Otuke Airstrips see link – http://www.worldairstrips.com/uganda.html |
| Road Network | 20,000 km |
| Rail Network | 1,244 km |
| Corruption
Rating |
140/177 |
| Security
Rating |
20% (Heightened Security Concerns) |
| Youth Development Index (YDI | 143/170 (Medium) |
