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 Holy See (Vatican City) (2001)Uganda (2001)
 Holy See (Vatican City)Uganda
Administrative divisions - 45 districts; Adjumani, Apac, Arua, Bugiri, Bundibugyo, Bushenyi, Busia, Gulu, Hoima, Iganga, Jinja, Kabale, Kabarole, Kalangala, Kampala, Kamuli, Kapchorwa, Kasese, Katakwi, Kibale, Kiboga, Kisoro, Kitgum, Kotido, Kumi, Lira, Luwero, Masaka, Masindi, Mbale, Mbarara, Moroto, Moyo, Mpigi, Mubende, Mukono, Nakasongola, Nebbi, Ntungamo, Pallisa, Rakai, Rukungiri, Sembabule, Soroti, Tororo
Age structure - 0-14 years:
51.08% (male 6,150,038; female 6,100,880)

15-64 years:
46.78% (male 5,613,499; female 5,607,526)

65 years and over:
2.14% (male 244,216; female 269,553) (2001 est.)
Agriculture - products - coffee, tea, cotton, tobacco, cassava (tapioca), potatoes, corn, millet, pulses; beef, goat meat, milk, poultry
Airports none 28 (2000 est.)
Airports - with paved runways - total:
4

over 3,047 m:
3

1,524 to 2,437 m:
1 (2000 est.)
Airports - with unpaved runways - total:
24

2,438 to 3,047 m:
1

1,524 to 2,437 m:
6

914 to 1,523 m:
9

under 914 m:
8 (2000 est.)
Area total:
0.44 sq km

land:
0.44 sq km

water:
0 sq km
total:
236,040 sq km

land:
199,710 sq km

water:
36,330 sq km
Area - comparative about 0.7 times the size of The Mall in Washington, DC slightly smaller than Oregon
Background Popes in their secular role ruled much of the Italian peninsula for more than a thousand years until the mid 19th century, when many of the Papal States were seized by the newly united Kingdom of Italy. In 1870, the pope's holdings were further circumscribed when Rome itself was annexed. Disputes between a series of "prisoner" popes and Italy were resolved in 1929 by three Lateran Treaties, which established the independent state of Vatican City and granted Roman Catholicism special status in Italy. In 1984, a concordat between the Vatican and Italy modified certain of the earlier treaty provisions, including the primacy of Roman Catholicism as the Italian state religion. Present concerns of the Holy See include the failing health of Pope John Paul II, interreligious dialogue and reconciliation, and the adjustment of church doctrine in an era of rapid change and globalization. About 1 billion people worldwide profess the Catholic faith. Uganda achieved independence from the UK in 1962. The dictatorial regime of Idi AMIN (1971-79) was responsible for the deaths of some 300,000 opponents; guerrilla war and human rights abuses under Milton OBOTE (1980-85) claimed another 100,000 lives. During the 1990s the government promulgated non-party presidential and legislative elections.
Birth rate - 47.52 births/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Budget revenues:
$209.6 million

expenditures:
$198.5 million, including capital expenditures of $NA (1997)
revenues:
$959 million

expenditures:
$1.04 billion, including capital expenditures of $NA (FY98/99 est.)
Capital Vatican City Kampala
Climate temperate; mild, rainy winters (September to mid-May) with hot, dry summers (May to September) tropical; generally rainy with two dry seasons (December to February, June to August); semiarid in northeast
Coastline 0 km (landlocked) 0 km (landlocked)
Constitution Apostolic Constitution of 1967 (effective 1 March 1968) 8 October 1995; adopted by the interim, 284-member Constituent Assembly, charged with debating the draft constitution that had been proposed in May 1993; the Constituent Assembly was dissolved upon the promulgation of the constitution in October 1995
Country name conventional long form:
The Holy See (State of the Vatican City)

conventional short form:
Holy See (Vatican City)

local long form:
Santa Sede (Stato della Citta del Vaticano)

local short form:
Santa Sede (Citta del Vaticano)
conventional long form:
Republic of Uganda

conventional short form:
Uganda
Currency Italian lira (ITL); euro (EUR) Ugandan shilling (UGX)
Death rate - 17.97 deaths/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Debt - external - $3.6 billion (2000 est.)
Diplomatic representation from the US chief of mission:
Ambassador (vacant)

embassy:
Villa Domiziana, Via delle Terme Deciane 26, 00162 Rome

mailing address:
PSC 59, Box F, APO AE 09624

telephone:
[39] (06) 4674-3428

FAX:
[39] (06) 5758346
chief of mission:
Ambassador Martin G. BRENNAN

embassy:
Parliament Avenue, Kampala

mailing address:
P. O. Box 7007, Kampala

telephone:
[256] (41) 259792, 259793, 259795

FAX:
[256] (41) 259794
Diplomatic representation in the US chief of mission:
Apostolic Nuncio Archbishop Gabriele MONTALVO

chancery:
3339 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20008

telephone:
[1] (202) 333-7121
chief of mission:
Ambassador Edith Grace SSEMPALA

chancery:
5911 16th Street NW, Washington, DC 20011

telephone:
[1] (202) 726-7100 through 7102, 0416

FAX:
[1] (202) 726-1727
Disputes - international none the Ugandan military is deployed to the Democratic Republic of Congo in support of rebel forces in that country's civil war; a resurvey of the latitudinal boundary with Tanzania in 2000 revealed a 300-meter discrepancy that both sides are currently adjudicating
Economic aid - recipient none $1.4 billion (2000)
Economy - overview This unique, noncommercial economy is supported financially by contributions (known as Peter's Pence) from Roman Catholics throughout the world, the sale of postage stamps and tourist mementos, fees for admission to museums, and the sale of publications. The incomes and living standards of lay workers are comparable to, or somewhat better than, those of counterparts who work in the city of Rome. Uganda has substantial natural resources, including fertile soils, regular rainfall, and sizable mineral deposits of copper and cobalt. Agriculture is the most important sector of the economy, employing over 80% of the work force. Coffee is the major export crop and accounts for the bulk of export revenues. Since 1986, the government - with the support of foreign countries and international agencies - has acted to rehabilitate and stabilize the economy by undertaking currency reform, raising producer prices on export crops, increasing prices of petroleum products, and improving civil service wages. The policy changes are especially aimed at dampening inflation and boosting production and export earnings. In 1990-2000, the economy turned in a solid performance based on continued investment in the rehabilitation of infrastructure, improved incentives for production and exports, reduced inflation, gradually improved domestic security, and the return of exiled Indian-Ugandan entrepreneurs. Ongoing Ugandan involvement in the war in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, corruption within the government, and slippage in the government's determination to press reforms raise doubts about the continuation of strong growth. In 2000, Uganda qualified for enhanced HIPC debt relief worth $1.3 billion and Paris Club debt relief worth $145 million. These amounts combined with the original Highly Indebted Poor Countries HIPC debt relief add up to about $2 billion. Growth for 2001 should be somewhat lower than in 2000, because of a decline in the price of coffee, Uganda's principal export.
Electricity - consumption NA kWh 1.06 billion kWh (1999)
Electricity - exports - 174 million kWh (1999)
Electricity - imports NA kWh; note - electricity supplied by Italy 1 million kWh (1999)
Electricity - production - 1.326 billion kWh (1999)
Electricity - production by source fossil fuel:
NA%

hydro:
NA%

nuclear:
NA%

other:
NA%
fossil fuel:
0.98%

hydro:
99.02%

nuclear:
0%

other:
0% (1999)
Elevation extremes lowest point:
unnamed location 19 m

highest point:
unnamed location 75 m
lowest point:
Lake Albert 621 m

highest point:
Margherita Peak on Mount Stanley 5,110 m
Environment - current issues NA draining of wetlands for agricultural use; deforestation; overgrazing; soil erosion; water hyacinth infestation in Lake Victoria; poaching is widespread
Environment - international agreements party to:
none of the selected agreements

signed, but not ratified:
Air Pollution, Environmental Modification
party to:
Biodiversity, Climate Change, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Life Conservation, Nuclear Test Ban, Ozone Layer Protection, Wetlands

signed, but not ratified:
Environmental Modification
Ethnic groups Italians, Swiss, other Baganda 17%, Karamojong 12%, Basogo 8%, Iteso 8%, Langi 6%, Rwanda 6%, Bagisu 5%, Acholi 4%, Lugbara 4%, Bunyoro 3%, Batoro 3%, non-African (European, Asian, Arab) 1%, other 23%
Exchange rates euros per US dollar - 1.0659 (January 2001), 1.0854 (2000), 0.9386 (1999); Vatican lire per US dollar - 2,099 (2000), 1817.2 (1999), 1,736.2 (1998), 1,703.1 (1997), 1,542.9 (1996); note - the Vatican lira is at par with the Italian lira; the Vatican will start using euros in 2002 in conjunction with Italy at a fixed rate of 1,936.17 lire per euro Ugandan shillings per US dollar - 1,700 (February 2001), 1,830.4 (January 2001), 1,644.5 (2000), 1,454.8 (1999), 1,240.2 (1998), 1,083.0 (1997), 1,046.1 (1996)
Executive branch chief of state:
Pope JOHN PAUL II (since 16 October 1978)

head of government:
Secretary of State Cardinal Angelo SODANO (since 2 December 1990)

cabinet:
Pontifical Commission appointed by the pope

elections:
pope elected for life by the College of Cardinals; election last held 16 October 1978 (next to be held after the death of the current pope); secretary of state appointed by the pope

election results:
Karol WOJTYLA elected pope
chief of state:
President Lt. Gen. Yoweri Kaguta MUSEVENI (since seizing power 29 January 1986); note - the president is both chief of state and head of government

head of government:
President Lt. Gen. Yoweri Kaguta MUSEVENI (since seizing power 29 January 1986); Prime Minister Apollo NSIBAMBI (since 5 April 1999); note - the president is both chief of state and head of government; the prime minister assists the president in the supervision of the cabinet

cabinet:
Cabinet appointed by the president from among elected legislators

elections:
president reelected by popular vote for a five-year term; election last held 12 March 2001 (next to be held NA 2006); note - first popular election for president since independence in 1962 was held in 1996; prime minister appointed by the president

election results:
Lt. Gen. Yoweri Kaguta MUSEVENI elected president; percent of vote - Lt. Gen. Yoweri Kaguta MUSEVENI 69.3%, Kizza BESIGYE 27.8%
Exports - $500.1 million (f.o.b., 1999)
Exports - commodities - coffee, fish and fish products, tea; electrical products, iron and steel
Exports - partners - Spain, Germany, Belgium, Netherlands, Hungary, Kenya (1999)
Fiscal year calendar year 1 July - 30 June
Flag description two vertical bands of yellow (hoist side) and white with the crossed keys of Saint Peter and the papal miter centered in the white band six equal horizontal bands of black (top), yellow, red, black, yellow, and red; a white disk is superimposed at the center and depicts a red-crested crane (the national symbol) facing the hoist side
GDP - purchasing power parity - $26.2 billion (2000 est.)
GDP - composition by sector - agriculture:
43%

industry:
17%

services:
40% (1998 est.)
GDP - per capita - purchasing power parity - $1,100 (2000 est.)
GDP - real growth rate - 6% (2000 est.)
Geographic coordinates 41 54 N, 12 27 E 1 00 N, 32 00 E
Geography - note urban; landlocked; enclave of Rome, Italy; world's smallest state; outside the Vatican City, 13 buildings in Rome and Castel Gandolfo (the pope's summer residence) enjoy extraterritorial rights landlocked
Heliports 1 (2000 est.) 1 (2000 est.)
Highways none; all city streets total:
27,000 km

paved:
1,800 km

unpaved:
25,200 km (of which about 4200 km are all-weather roads) (1990)
Household income or consumption by percentage share lowest 10%:
NA%

highest 10%:
NA%
lowest 10%:
3%

highest 10%:
33.4% (1992)
Imports NA kWh; note - electricity supplied by Italy $1.1 billion (f.o.b., 1999)
Imports - commodities - vehicles, petroleum, medical supplies; cereals
Imports - partners - Kenya 27.5%, US 21.2%, France 19.3, UK 5%, India 4% (1999)
Independence 11 February 1929 (from Italy) 9 October 1962 (from UK)
Industrial production growth rate - 7% (1999)
Industries printing and production of a small amount of mosaics and staff uniforms; worldwide banking and financial activities sugar, brewing, tobacco, cotton textiles, cement
Infant mortality rate - 91.3 deaths/1,000 live births (2001 est.)
Inflation rate (consumer prices) - 6.5% (2000)
International organization participation CE (observer), IAEA, ICFTU, Intelsat, IOM (observer), ITU, NAM (guest), OAS (observer), OPCW, OSCE, UN (observer), UNCTAD, UNHCR, UPU, WHO (observer), WIPO, WToO (observer), WTrO (observer) ACP, AfDB, C, CCC, EADB, ECA, FAO, G-77, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICFTU, ICRM, IDA, IDB, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, IGAD, ILO, IMF, Intelsat, Interpol, IOC, IOM, ISO (correspondent), ITU, NAM, OAU, OIC, OPCW, PCA, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNHCR, UNIDO, UPU, WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WToO, WTrO
Internet Service Providers (ISPs) 93 (Holy See and Italy) (2000) 2 (2000)
Irrigated land 0 sq km (1993) 90 sq km (1993 est.)
Judicial branch none; normally handled by Italy Court of Appeal (judges are appointed by the president and approved by the legislature); High Court (judges are appointed by the president)
Labor force NA 8.361 million (1993 est.)
Labor force - by occupation agriculture NA%, industry NA%, services NA%; note - dignitaries, priests, nuns, guards, and 3,000 lay workers live outside the Vatican agriculture 82%, industry 5%, services 13% (1999 est.)
Land boundaries total:
3.2 km

border countries:
Italy 3.2 km
total:
2,698 km

border countries:
Democratic Republic of the Congo 765 km, Kenya 933 km, Rwanda 169 km, Sudan 435 km, Tanzania 396 km
Land use arable land:
0%

permanent crops:
0%

permanent pastures:
0%

forests and woodland:
0%

other:
100% (urban area)
arable land:
25%

permanent crops:
9%

permanent pastures:
9%

forests and woodland:
28%

other:
29% (1993 est.)
Languages Italian, Latin, French, various other 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
Legal system NA in 1995, the government restored the legal system to one based on English common law and customary law; accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction, with reservations
Legislative branch unicameral Pontifical Commission unicameral National Assembly (276 members - 214 directly elected by popular vote, 62 nominated by legally established special interest groups and approved by the president - women 39, army 10, disabled 5, youth 5, labor 3; members serve five-year terms)

elections:
last held 27 June 1996 (next to be held May or June 2001);

election results:
percent of vote by party - NA%; seats by party - NA; note - election campaigning by party was not permitted
Life expectancy at birth - total population:
43.37 years

male:
42.59 years

female:
44.17 years (2001 est.)
Literacy definition:
NA

total population:
100%

male:
NA%

female:
NA%
definition:
age 15 and over can read and write

total population:
61.8%

male:
73.7%

female:
50.2% (1995 est.)
Location Southern Europe, an enclave of Rome (Italy) Eastern Africa, west of Kenya
Map references Europe Africa
Maritime claims none (landlocked) none (landlocked)
Merchant marine - total:
3 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 5,091 GRT/8,229 DWT

ships by type:
roll on/roll off

note:
these ships are in cargo and passenger service on Uganda's inland waterways (2000 est.)
Military - note defense is the responsibility of Italy; Swiss Papal Guards are posted at entrances to the Vatican City to provide security and protect the Pope -
Military branches - Army, Air Wing, Marine Unit
Military expenditures - dollar figure - $95 million (FY98/99)
Military expenditures - percent of GDP - 1.9% (FY98/99)
Military manpower - availability - males age 15-49:
5,118,755 (2001 est.)
Military manpower - fit for military service - males age 15-49:
2,778,457 (2001 est.)
National holiday Coronation Day of Pope JOHN PAUL II, 22 October (1978) Independence Day, 9 October (1962)
Nationality noun:
none

adjective:
none
noun:
Ugandan(s)

adjective:
Ugandan
Natural hazards NA NA
Natural resources none copper, cobalt, hydropower, limestone, salt, arable land
Net migration rate - -0.29 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2001 est.)

note:
according to the UNHCR, by the end of 1999, Uganda was host to 218,000 refugees from a number of neighboring countries, including: Sudan 200,600, Rwanda 8,000, and Democratic Republic of the Congo 8,000
Political parties and leaders none only one political organization, the National Resistance Movement or NRM [President MUSEVENI, chairman] is allowed to operate unfettered; note - the president maintains that the NRM is not a political party, but a movement which claims the loyalty of all Ugandans

note:
the new constitution requires the suspension of political parties while the Movement system is in governanace; of the political parties that exist but are prohibited from sponsoring candidates, the most important are the Ugandan People's Congress or UPC [Milton OBOTE]; Democratic Party or DP [Paul SSEMOGERERE]; Conservative Party or CP [Joshua S. MAYANJA-NKANGI]; Justice Forum [Muhammad Kibirige MAYANJA]; and National Democrats Forum [Chapaa KARUHANGA]
Political pressure groups and leaders none (exclusive of influence exercised by church officers) NA
Population 890 (July 2001 est.) 23,985,712

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 2001 est.)
Population below poverty line NA% 55% (1993 est.)
Population growth rate 1.15% (2001 est.) 2.93% (2001 est.)
Ports and harbors none Entebbe, Jinja, Port Bell
Radio broadcast stations AM 3, FM 4, shortwave 2 (1998) AM 19, FM 4, shortwave 5 (1998)
Radios NA 2.6 million (1997)
Railways total:
862 m; note - a spur of the Italian Railways system, serving Rome's Saint Peter's station

standard gauge:
862 m 1.435-m gauge (1999)
total:
1,241 km

narrow gauge:
1,241 km 1.000-m gauge

note:
a program to rehabilitate the railroad is underway (1995)
Religions Roman Catholic Roman Catholic 33%, Protestant 33%, Muslim 16%, indigenous beliefs 18%
Sex ratio - at birth:
1.03 male(s)/female

under 15 years:
1.01 male(s)/female

15-64 years:
1 male(s)/female

65 years and over:
0.91 male(s)/female

total population:
1 male(s)/female (2001 est.)
Suffrage limited to cardinals less than 80 years old 18 years of age; universal
Telephone system general assessment:
automatic exchange

domestic:
tied into Italian system

international:
uses Italian system
general assessment:
seriously inadequate; two cellular systems have been introduced, but a sharp increase in the number of main lines is essential; e-mail and Internet services are available

domestic:
intercity traffic by wire, microwave radio relay, and radiotelephone communication stations, fixed and mobile cellular systems for short range traffic

international:
satellite earth stations - 1 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean) and 1 Inmarsat; analog links to Kenya and Tanzania
Telephones - main lines in use NA 50,074; however, 80,868 main lines were installed (1998)
Telephones - mobile cellular NA 9,000 (1998)
Television broadcast stations 1 (1996) 8 (plus one low-power repeater) (1999)
Terrain low hill mostly plateau with rim of mountains
Total fertility rate - 6.88 children born/woman (2001 est.)
Unemployment rate - NA%
Waterways none Lake Victoria, Lake Albert, Lake Kyoga, Lake George, Lake Edward, Victoria Nile, Albert Nile
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