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 Uganda (2001)Isle of Man (2002)
 UgandaIsle of Man
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 there are no first-order administrative divisions as defined by the US Government, but there are 24 local authorities each with its own elections
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.)
0-14 years: 17.5% (male 6,601; female 6,324)


15-64 years: 65.3% (male 24,206; female 24,010)


65 years and over: 17.2% (male 5,097; female 7,635) (2002 est.)
Agriculture - products coffee, tea, cotton, tobacco, cassava (tapioca), potatoes, corn, millet, pulses; beef, goat meat, milk, poultry cereals, vegetables; cattle, sheep, pigs, poultry
Airports 28 (2000 est.) 1 (2001)
Airports - with paved runways total:
4

over 3,047 m:
3

1,524 to 2,437 m:
1 (2000 est.)
total: 1


1,524 to 2,437 m: 1 (2002)
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.)
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Area total:
236,040 sq km

land:
199,710 sq km

water:
36,330 sq km
total: 572 sq km


land: 572 sq km


water: 0 sq km
Area - comparative slightly smaller than Oregon slightly more than three times the size of Washington, DC
Background 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. Part of the Norwegian Kingdom of the Hebrides until the 13th century when it was ceded to Scotland, the isle came under the British crown in 1765. Current concerns include reviving the almost extinct Manx Celtic language.
Birth rate 47.52 births/1,000 population (2001 est.) 11.49 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
Budget revenues:
$959 million

expenditures:
$1.04 billion, including capital expenditures of $NA (FY98/99 est.)
revenues: $485 million


expenditures: $463 million, including capital expenditures of $NA (FY00/01 est. )
Capital Kampala Douglas
Climate tropical; generally rainy with two dry seasons (December to February, June to August); semiarid in northeast temperate; cool summers and mild winters; overcast about one-third of the time
Coastline 0 km (landlocked) 160 km
Constitution 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 unwritten; note - The Isle of Man Constitution Act, 1961, does not embody the Manx Constitution
Country name conventional long form:
Republic of Uganda

conventional short form:
Uganda
conventional long form: none


conventional short form: Isle of Man
Currency Ugandan shilling (UGX) British pound (GBP); note - there is also a Manx pound
Death rate 17.97 deaths/1,000 population (2001 est.) 11.68 deaths/1,000 population (2002 est.)
Debt - external $3.6 billion (2000 est.) $NA
Dependency status - British crown dependency
Diplomatic representation from the US 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
none (British crown dependency)
Diplomatic representation in the US 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
none (British crown dependency)
Disputes - international 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 none
Economic aid - recipient $1.4 billion (2000) $NA
Economy - overview 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. Offshore banking, manufacturing, and tourism are key sectors of the economy. The government's policy of offering incentives to high-technology companies and financial institutions to locate on the island has paid off in expanding employment opportunities in high-income industries. As a result, agriculture and fishing, once the mainstays of the economy, have declined in their shares of GDP. Trade is mostly with the UK. The Isle of Man enjoys free access to EU markets.
Electricity - consumption 1.06 billion kWh (1999) -
Electricity - exports 174 million kWh (1999) -
Electricity - imports 1 million kWh (1999) -
Electricity - production 1.326 billion kWh (1999) -
Electricity - production by source fossil fuel:
0.98%

hydro:
99.02%

nuclear:
0%

other:
0% (1999)
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Elevation extremes lowest point:
Lake Albert 621 m

highest point:
Margherita Peak on Mount Stanley 5,110 m
lowest point: Irish Sea 0 m


highest point: Snaefell 621 m
Environment - current issues draining of wetlands for agricultural use; deforestation; overgrazing; soil erosion; water hyacinth infestation in Lake Victoria; poaching is widespread waste disposal (both household and industrial); transboundary air pollution
Environment - international agreements 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
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Ethnic groups 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% Manx (Norse-Celtic descent), Briton
Exchange rates 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) Manx pounds per US dollar - 0.6764 (January 2001), 0.6596 (2000), 0.6180 (1999), 0.6037 (1998), 0.6106 (1997); the Manx pound is at par with the British pound
Executive branch 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%
chief of state: Lord of Mann Queen ELIZABETH II (since 6 February 1952), represented by Lieutenant Governor Ian MACFADYEN (since NA 2002)


head of government: Chief Minister Richard CORKILL (since 6 December 2001)


cabinet: Council of Ministers


elections: the monarch is hereditary; lieutenant governor appointed by the monarch for a five-year term; the Chief Minister is elected by the Tynwald; election last held 6 December 2001 (next to be held NA December 2006)


election results: Richard CORKILL elected chief minister by the Tynwald
Exports $500.1 million (f.o.b., 1999) $NA
Exports - commodities coffee, fish and fish products, tea; electrical products, iron and steel tweeds, herring, processed shellfish, beef, lamb
Exports - partners Spain, Germany, Belgium, Netherlands, Hungary, Kenya (1999) UK
Fiscal year 1 July - 30 June 1 April - 31 March
Flag description 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 red with the Three Legs of Man emblem (Trinacria), in the center; the three legs are joined at the thigh and bent at the knee; in order to have the toes pointing clockwise on both sides of the flag, a two-sided emblem is used
GDP purchasing power parity - $26.2 billion (2000 est.) purchasing power parity - $1.4 billion (1999 est.)
GDP - composition by sector agriculture:
43%

industry:
17%

services:
40% (1998 est.)
agriculture: 1%


industry: 13%


services: 86% (2000 est.)
GDP - per capita purchasing power parity - $1,100 (2000 est.) purchasing power parity - $18,800 (1999 est.)
GDP - real growth rate 6% (2000 est.) 13.5% (1999 est.)
Geographic coordinates 1 00 N, 32 00 E 54 15 N, 4 30 W
Geography - note landlocked one small islet, the Calf of Man, lies to the southwest, and is a bird sanctuary
Heliports 1 (2000 est.) -
Highways total:
27,000 km

paved:
1,800 km

unpaved:
25,200 km (of which about 4200 km are all-weather roads) (1990)
total: 800 km


paved: 800 km


unpaved: 0 km (1999)
Household income or consumption by percentage share lowest 10%:
3%

highest 10%:
33.4% (1992)
lowest 10%: NA%


highest 10%: NA%
Imports $1.1 billion (f.o.b., 1999) $NA
Imports - commodities vehicles, petroleum, medical supplies; cereals timber, fertilizers, fish
Imports - partners Kenya 27.5%, US 21.2%, France 19.3, UK 5%, India 4% (1999) UK
Independence 9 October 1962 (from UK) none (British crown dependency)
Industrial production growth rate 7% (1999) 3.2% (FY96/97 )
Industries sugar, brewing, tobacco, cotton textiles, cement financial services, light manufacturing, tourism
Infant mortality rate 91.3 deaths/1,000 live births (2001 est.) 6.3 deaths/1,000 live births (2002 est.)
Inflation rate (consumer prices) 6.5% (2000) 2.5% (2000 est.)
International organization participation 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 none
Internet Service Providers (ISPs) 2 (2000) NA
Irrigated land 90 sq km (1993 est.) 0 sq km (1998 est.)
Judicial branch Court of Appeal (judges are appointed by the president and approved by the legislature); High Court (judges are appointed by the president) High Court of Justice (justices are appointed by the Lord Chancellor of England on the nomination of the lieutenant governor)
Labor force 8.361 million (1993 est.) 36,610 (1998)
Labor force - by occupation agriculture 82%, industry 5%, services 13% (1999 est.) agriculture, forestry and fishing 3%, manufacturing 11%, construction 10%, transport and communication 8%, wholesale and retail distribution 11%, professional and scientific services 18%, public administration 6%, banking and finance 18%, tourism 2%, entertainment and catering 3%, miscellaneous services 10%
Land boundaries 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
0 km
Land use arable land:
25%

permanent crops:
9%

permanent pastures:
9%

forests and woodland:
28%

other:
29% (1993 est.)
arable land: 0%


permanent crops: 0%


other: 100% (permanent pastures, forests, mountain, and heathland) (1998 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 English, Manx Gaelic
Legal system in 1995, the government restored the legal system to one based on English common law and customary law; accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction, with reservations English common law and Manx statute
Legislative branch 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
bicameral Tynwald consists of the Legislative Council (an 11-member body composed of the President of Tynwald, the Lord Bishop of Sodor and Man, a nonvoting attorney general, and 8 others named by the House of Keys) and the House of Keys (24 seats; members are elected by popular vote to serve five-year terms)


elections: House of Keys - last held 22 November 2001 (next to be held NA November 2006)


election results: House of Keys - percent of vote by party - Man Labor Party 17.3%, Alliance for Progressive Government 14.6%; seats by party - Man Labor Party 2, Alliance for Progressive Government 3, independents 19
Life expectancy at birth total population:
43.37 years

male:
42.59 years

female:
44.17 years (2001 est.)
total population: 77.81 years


male: 74.44 years


female: 81.36 years (2002 est.)
Literacy definition:
age 15 and over can read and write

total population:
61.8%

male:
73.7%

female:
50.2% (1995 est.)
definition: NA


total population: NA%


male: NA%


female: NA%
Location Eastern Africa, west of Kenya Western Europe, island in the Irish Sea, between Great Britain and Ireland
Map references Africa Europe
Maritime claims none (landlocked) exclusive fishing zone: 12 NM


territorial sea: 12 NM
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.)
total: 212 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 5,540,100 GRT/9,130,508 DWT


ships by type: bulk 29, cargo 34, chemical tanker 22, combination bulk 2, container 29, liquefied gas 24, petroleum tanker 46, roll on/roll off 20, specialized tanker 1, vehicle carrier 5


note: includes some foreign-owned ships registered here as a flag of convenience: Denmark 45, France 1, Germany 48, Greece 6, Hong Kong 10, Iceland 1, Italy 8, Monaco 7, Netherlands 3, Norway 5, Sweden 4, Switzerland 2, United Kingdom 70, United States 1 (2002 est.)
Military - note - defense is the responsibility of the UK
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.)
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Military manpower - fit for military service males age 15-49:
2,778,457 (2001 est.)
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National holiday Independence Day, 9 October (1962) Tynwald Day, 5 July
Nationality noun:
Ugandan(s)

adjective:
Ugandan
noun: Manxman (men), Manxwoman (women)


adjective: Manx
Natural hazards NA NA
Natural resources copper, cobalt, hydropower, limestone, salt, arable land none
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
5.41 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2002 est.)
Political parties and leaders 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]
Man Labor Party [leader NA]; Alliance for Progressive Government [leader NA]; Man Nationalist Party [leader NA]


note: most members sit as independents
Political pressure groups and leaders NA none
Population 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.)
73,873 (July 2002 est.)
Population below poverty line 55% (1993 est.) NA%
Population growth rate 2.93% (2001 est.) 0.52% (2002 est.)
Ports and harbors Entebbe, Jinja, Port Bell Castletown, Douglas, Peel, Ramsey
Radio broadcast stations AM 19, FM 4, shortwave 5 (1998) AM 1, FM 1, shortwave 0 (1998)
Radios 2.6 million (1997) NA
Railways total:
1,241 km

narrow gauge:
1,241 km 1.000-m gauge

note:
a program to rehabilitate the railroad is underway (1995)
total: 68.5 km (43.5 km electrified) (2001)
Religions Roman Catholic 33%, Protestant 33%, Muslim 16%, indigenous beliefs 18% Anglican, Roman Catholic, Methodist, Baptist, Presbyterian, Society of Friends
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.)
at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female


under 15 years: 1.04 male(s)/female


15-64 years: 1.01 male(s)/female


65 years and over: 0.67 male(s)/female


total population: 0.95 male(s)/female (2002 est.)
Suffrage 18 years of age; universal 18 years of age; universal
Telephone 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
general assessment: NA


domestic: landline, telefax, mobile cellular telephone system


international: fiber-optic cable, microwave radio relay, satellite earth station, submarine cable
Telephones - main lines in use 50,074; however, 80,868 main lines were installed (1998) 51,000 (1999)
Telephones - mobile cellular 9,000 (1998) NA
Television broadcast stations 8 (plus one low-power repeater) (1999) 0 (receives broadcasts from the UK and satellite) (1999)
Terrain mostly plateau with rim of mountains hills in north and south bisected by central valley
Total fertility rate 6.88 children born/woman (2001 est.) 1.65 children born/woman (2002 est.)
Unemployment rate NA% 0.7% (February 2002 )
Waterways Lake Victoria, Lake Albert, Lake Kyoga, Lake George, Lake Edward, Victoria Nile, Albert Nile none
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