 Uganda
Facts and Figures
Source: CIA World Factbook |
| Coordinates |
1 00 N, 32 00 E |
| Area |
total: 236,040 sq km land: 199,710 sq km water: 36,330 sq km |
| Climate |
tropical; generally rainy with two dry seasons (December to February, June to August); semiarid in northeast |
| Terrain |
mostly plateau with rim of mountains |
| Population |
30,262,610 note: estimates for this country explicitly take into account the effects of excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in lower life expectancy, higher infant mortality and death rates, lower population and growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July 2007 est.) |
| 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 (most widely used of the Niger-Congo languages, preferred for native language publications in the capital and may be taught in school), other Niger-Congo languages, Nilo-Saharan languages, Swahili, Arabic |
| Imports |
capital equipment, vehicles, petroleum, medical supplies; cereals |
| Exports |
coffee, fish and fish products, tea, cotton, flowers, horticultural products; gold |
| Hazards |
NA |
| Resources |
copper, cobalt, hydropower, limestone, salt, arable land |
| Geography |
landlocked; fertile, well-watered country with many lakes and rivers |
| Nationality |
noun: Ugandan(s) adjective: Ugandan |
| Capital |
name: Kampala geographic coordinates: 0 19 N, 32 25 E time difference: UTC+3 (8 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time) |
| Internet Country Code |
.ug |
| Internet Users |
500,000 (2005) |
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