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 Uganda (2001)Macau (2002)
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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 none (special administrative region of China)
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: 21.8% (male 52,262; female 48,439)


15-64 years: 70.9% (male 154,942; female 172,647)


65 years and over: 7.3% (male 13,616; female 19,927) (2002 est.)
Agriculture - products coffee, tea, cotton, tobacco, cassava (tapioca), potatoes, corn, millet, pulses; beef, goat meat, milk, poultry rice, vegetables
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


over 3,047 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: 25.4 sq km


land: 25.4 sq km


water: 0 sq km
Area - comparative slightly smaller than Oregon about 0.1 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. Colonized by the Portuguese in the 16th century, Macau was the first European settlement in the Far East. Pursuant to an agreement signed by China and Portugal on 13 April 1987, Macau became the Macau Special Administrative Region (SAR) of China on 20 December 1999. China has promised that, under its "one country, two systems" formula, China's socialist economic system will not be practiced in Macau and that Macau will enjoy a high degree of autonomy in all matters except foreign and defense affairs.
Birth rate 47.52 births/1,000 population (2001 est.) 12.19 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
Budget revenues:
$959 million

expenditures:
$1.04 billion, including capital expenditures of $NA (FY98/99 est.)
revenues: $1.15 billion


expenditures: $1.03 billion, including capital expenditures of $166 million (2000 est.)
Capital Kampala -
Climate tropical; generally rainy with two dry seasons (December to February, June to August); semiarid in northeast subtropical; marine with cool winters, warm summers
Coastline 0 km (landlocked) 41 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 Basic Law, approved in March 1993 by China's National People's Congress, is Macau's "mini-constitution"
Country name conventional long form:
Republic of Uganda

conventional short form:
Uganda
conventional long form: Macau Special Administrative Region


conventional short form: Macau


local long form: Aomen Tebie Xingzhengqu (Chinese); Regiao Administrativa Especial de Macau (Portuguese)


local short form: Aomen (Chinese); Macau (Portuguese)
Currency Ugandan shilling (UGX) pataca (MOP)
Death rate 17.97 deaths/1,000 population (2001 est.) 3.78 deaths/1,000 population (2002 est.)
Debt - external $3.6 billion (2000 est.) $1.5 billion (1998)
Dependency status - special administrative region of China
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
the US has no offices in Macau, and US interests are monitored by the US Consulate General in Hong Kong
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 (special administrative region of China)
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. Macau's economy two years after reversion to China remains one of the most open in the world, according to the World Trade Organization. The government collects no duty on imports and sets no restrictions on exports beyond those required by international agreements. The territory's net exports of goods and services account for 35% of GDP, with tourism and apparel exports as the mainstays. The territory therefore has been hit hard by the 2001 downturn in its key US and EU export markets. Tourism remained strong, however, driven by a surge in visitors from mainland China. In response to the expected contraction of the economy in 2002, the government has announced a stimulative income tax cut and public works program that will push the budget into deficit. China already has extended support by easing restrictions on travel to Macau and is proposing a China-Hong Kong-Macau free trade area. China's economic weight is increasingly felt, with the mainland now holding more than 50% of assets in the financial, real estate, and construction sectors. Mainlanders, however, have been excluded from bidding on the gambling industry licenses that Macau is offering to break up the territory's four-decade-old gambling monopoly. Gambling taxes account for up to 60% of revenue, and the government with Beijing's backing intends to revitalize the industry.
Electricity - consumption 1.06 billion kWh (1999) 1.476 billion kWh (2000)
Electricity - exports 174 million kWh (1999) 1 million kWh (2000)
Electricity - imports 1 million kWh (1999) 175 million kWh (2000)
Electricity - production 1.326 billion kWh (1999) 1.4 billion kWh (2000)
Electricity - production by source fossil fuel:
0.98%

hydro:
99.02%

nuclear:
0%

other:
0% (1999)
fossil fuel: 100%


hydro: 0%


nuclear: 0%


other: 0% (2000)
Elevation extremes lowest point:
Lake Albert 621 m

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


highest point: Coloane Alto 172.4 m
Environment - current issues draining of wetlands for agricultural use; deforestation; overgrazing; soil erosion; water hyacinth infestation in Lake Victoria; poaching is widespread NA
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% Chinese 95%, Macanese (mixed Portuguese and Asian ancestry), Portuguese, other
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) patacas per US dollar - 8.033 (January 2002), 8.034 (2001), 8.026 (2000), 7.992 (1999), 7.979 (1998), 7.975 (1997); note - linked to the Hong Kong dollar at the rate of 1.03 patacas per Hong Kong dollar
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: President of China JIANG Zemin (since 27 March 1993)


head of government: Chief Executive Edmund HO Hau-wah (since 20 December 1999)


cabinet: Executive Council consists of all five government secretaries, three legislators, and two businessmen


elections: chief executive chosen by a 200-member selection committee for up to two five-year terms
Exports $500.1 million (f.o.b., 1999) $2.5 billion f.o.b. (2000)
Exports - commodities coffee, fish and fish products, tea; electrical products, iron and steel clothing, textiles, cement, electronics, cameras
Exports - partners Spain, Germany, Belgium, Netherlands, Hungary, Kenya (1999) US 48%, EU 28%, China 10%, Hong Kong 7% (2000)
Fiscal year 1 July - 30 June calendar year
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 light green with a lotus flower above a stylized bridge and water in white, beneath an arc of five gold, five-pointed stars: one large in center of arc and four smaller
GDP purchasing power parity - $26.2 billion (2000 est.) purchasing power parity - $8 billion (2001 est.)
GDP - composition by sector agriculture:
43%

industry:
17%

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


industry: 25%


services: 74% (2000 est.)
GDP - per capita purchasing power parity - $1,100 (2000 est.) purchasing power parity - $17,600 (2001 est.)
GDP - real growth rate 6% (2000 est.) 0.5% (2001 est.)
Geographic coordinates 1 00 N, 32 00 E 22 10 N, 113 33 E
Geography - note landlocked essentially urban; one causeway and two bridges connect the two islands of Coloane and Taipa to the peninsula on mainland
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: 50 km


paved: 50 km


unpaved: 0 km (2001)
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) $2.3 billion c.i.f. (2000)
Imports - commodities vehicles, petroleum, medical supplies; cereals clothing, textiles, yarn, minerals, electrical machinery, fuel, livestock
Imports - partners Kenya 27.5%, US 21.2%, France 19.3, UK 5%, India 4% (1999) China 41%, Hong Kong 15%, EU 10%, Taiwan 10%, Japan 6% (2000)
Independence 9 October 1962 (from UK) none (special administrative region of China)
Industrial production growth rate 7% (1999) NA%
Industries sugar, brewing, tobacco, cotton textiles, cement tourism, gambling, clothing, textiles, electronics, footwear, toys
Infant mortality rate 91.3 deaths/1,000 live births (2001 est.) 4.44 deaths/1,000 live births (2002 est.)
Inflation rate (consumer prices) 6.5% (2000) -2% (2001 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 CCC, ESCAP (associate), IHO, IMO (associate), Interpol (subbureau), ISO (correspondent), UNESCO (associate), WMO, WToO (associate), WTrO
Internet Service Providers (ISPs) 2 (2000) 1 (2000)
Irrigated land 90 sq km (1993 est.) NA sq km
Judicial branch Court of Appeal (judges are appointed by the president and approved by the legislature); High Court (judges are appointed by the president) The Court of Final Appeal in the Macau Special Administrative Region
Labor force 8.361 million (1993 est.) 218,000 (2001)
Labor force - by occupation agriculture 82%, industry 5%, services 13% (1999 est.) restaurants and hotels 26%, manufacturing 20%, other services and agriculture 54% (2000 est.)
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
total: 0.34 km


border countries: China 0.34 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%


note: "green areas" represent 22.4% (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 Portuguese, Chinese (Cantonese)
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 based on Portuguese civil law system
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
unicameral Legislative Council or LEGCO (27 seats; 10 elected by popular vote, 10 by indirect vote, and 7 appointed by the chief executive; members serve four-year terms)


elections: last held 23 September 2001 (next to be held NA 2005)


election results: percent of vote - NA%; seats by political bloc - Entertainment Industry 3, pro-democracy 2, pro-Beijing Labor Union 2, pro-Beijing Neighborhood Association 2, pro-business 1
Life expectancy at birth total population:
43.37 years

male:
42.59 years

female:
44.17 years (2001 est.)
total population: 81.78 years


male: 78.97 years


female: 84.73 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: age 15 and over can read and write


total population: 90%


male: 93%


female: 86% (1981 est.)
Location Eastern Africa, west of Kenya Eastern Asia, bordering the South China Sea and China
Map references Africa Southeast Asia
Maritime claims none (landlocked) not specified
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.)
none (2002 est.)
Military - note - responsibility for defense reverted to China on 20 December 1999
Military branches Army, Air Wing, Marine Unit no regular indigenous military forces; responsibility for defense reverted to China on 20 December 1999; there is a local police force
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.)
males age 15-49: 128,005 (2002 est.)
Military manpower - fit for military service males age 15-49:
2,778,457 (2001 est.)
males age 15-49: 70,508 (2002 est.)
National holiday Independence Day, 9 October (1962) National Day (Anniversary of the Founding of the People's Republic of China), 1 October (1949); note - 20 December 1999 is celebrated as Macau Special Administrative Region Establishment Day
Nationality noun:
Ugandan(s)

adjective:
Ugandan
noun: Chinese


adjective: Chinese
Natural hazards NA typhoons
Natural resources copper, cobalt, hydropower, limestone, salt, arable land NEGL
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
9.08 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]
there are no formal political parties, however, there are civic associations that, for purposes of legislative voting, join together to form political blocs
Political pressure groups and leaders NA Catholic Church [Domingos LAM, bishop]; Macau Society of Tourism and Entertainment or STDM [Stanley HO, managing director]; Union for Democracy Development [Antonio NG Kuok-cheong, leader]
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.)
461,833 (July 2002 est.)
Population below poverty line 55% (1993 est.) NA%
Population growth rate 2.93% (2001 est.) 1.75% (2002 est.)
Ports and harbors Entebbe, Jinja, Port Bell Macau
Radio broadcast stations AM 19, FM 4, shortwave 5 (1998) AM 0, FM 2, shortwave 0 (1998)
Radios 2.6 million (1997) 160,000 (1997)
Railways total:
1,241 km

narrow gauge:
1,241 km 1.000-m gauge

note:
a program to rehabilitate the railroad is underway (1995)
0 km
Religions Roman Catholic 33%, Protestant 33%, Muslim 16%, indigenous beliefs 18% Buddhist 50%, Roman Catholic 15%, none and other 35% (1997 est.)
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: 1.08 male(s)/female


15-64 years: 0.9 male(s)/female


65 years and over: 0.68 male(s)/female


total population: 0.92 male(s)/female (2002 est.)
Suffrage 18 years of age; universal direct election 18 years of age, universal for permanent residents living in Macau for the past seven years; indirect election limited to organizations registered as "corporate voters" (257 are currently registered) and a 300-member Election Committee drawn from broad regional groupings, municipal organizations, and central government bodies
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: fairly modern communication facilities maintained for domestic and international services


domestic: NA


international: HF radiotelephone communication facility; access to international communications carriers provided via Hong Kong and China; satellite earth station - 1 Intelsat (Indian Ocean)
Telephones - main lines in use 50,074; however, 80,868 main lines were installed (1998) 176,902 (November 2001)
Telephones - mobile cellular 9,000 (1998) 158,251 (November 2001)
Television broadcast stations 8 (plus one low-power repeater) (1999) 0 (receives Hong Kong broadcasts) (1997)
Terrain mostly plateau with rim of mountains generally flat
Total fertility rate 6.88 children born/woman (2001 est.) 1.31 children born/woman (2002 est.)
Unemployment rate NA% 6.5% (2001 est.)
Waterways Lake Victoria, Lake Albert, Lake Kyoga, Lake George, Lake Edward, Victoria Nile, Albert Nile none
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