Uganda

• tropical;
• generally rainy with two dry seasons (December to February, June to August);
• semiarid in northeast

• draining of wetlands for agricultural use;
• deforestation;
• overgrazing;
• soil erosion;
• water hyacinth infestation in Lake Victoria;
• widespread poaching

party to:

Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Life Conservation, Ozone Layer Protection, Wetlands

signed, but not ratified:

Environmental Modification

at birth:

1.03 male(s)/female

under 15 years:

1.014 male(s)/female

15-64 years:

1.006 male(s)/female

65 years and over:

0.74 male(s)/female

total population:

1.004 male(s)/female (2007 est.)

degree of risk:

very high

food or waterborne diseases:

bacterial diarrhea, hepatitis A, and typhoid fever

vectorborne diseases:

malaria and African trypanosomiasis (sleeping sickness) are high risks in some locations

water contact disease:

schistosomiasis (2007)

noun:

Ugandan(s)

adjective:

Ugandan

conventional long form:

Republic of Uganda

conventional short form:

Uganda

name:

Kampala

geographic coordinates:

0 19 N, 32 25 E

time difference:

UTC+3 (8 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time)

• Conservative Party or CP [Ken LUKYAMUZI];
• Democratic Party or DP [Kizito SSEBAANA];
• Forum for Democratic Change or FDC [Kizza BESIGYE];
• Justice Forum or JEEMA [Muhammad Kibirige MAYANJA];
• National Democrats Forum [Chapaa KARUHANGA];
• National Resistance Movement or NRM [Yoweri MUSEVENI];
• Ugandan People's Congress or UPC [Miria OBOTE]

note: a national referendum in July 2005 opened the way for Uganda's transition to a multi-party political system

chief of mission:

Ambassador Perezi Karukubiro KAMUNANWIRE

chancery:

5911 16th Street NW, Washington, DC 20011

telephone:

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

FAX:

[1] (202) 726-1727

chief of mission:

Ambassador Steven BROWNING

embassy:

1577 Ggaba Road, Kampala

mailing address:

P. O. Box 7007, Kampala

telephone:

[256] (41) 234-142

FAX:

[256] (41) 258-451

• 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

agriculture:

82%

industry:

5%

services:

13% (1999 est.)

lowest 10%:

2.3%

highest 10%:

37.7% (2002)

general assessment:

• seriously inadequate;
• 2 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:

• country code - 256;
• satellite earth stations - 1 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean) and 1 Inmarsat;
• analog links to Kenya and Tanzania

total:

1,244 km

narrow gauge:

1,244 km 1.000-m gauge (2006)

total:

70,746 km

paved:

16,272 km

unpaved:

54,474 km (2003)

• 18-26 years of age for compulsory and voluntary military duty;
• 18-30 years of age for professionals;
• 9-year service obligation;
• the government has stated that recruitment below 18 years of age could occur with proper consent and that "no person under the apparent age of 13 years shall be enrolled in the armed forces" (2007)

males age 18-49:

5,012,620

females age 18-49:

4,855,858 (2005 est.)

males age 18-49:

2,889,808

females age 18-49:

2,780,135 (2005 est.)

• Uganda is subject to armed fighting among hostile ethnic groups, rebels, armed gangs, militias, and various government forces that extend across its borders;
• Uganda hosts 209,860 Sudanese, 27,560 Congolese, and 19,710 Rwandan refugees, while Ugandan refugees as well as members of the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) seek shelter in southern Sudan and the Democratic Republic of the Congo's Garamba National Park;
• LRA forces have also attacked Kenyan villages across the border

refugees (country of origin):

212,857 (Sudan), 20,564 (Democratic Republic of Congo), 20,213 (Rwanda)

IDPs:

1.2-1.7 million (350,000 IDPs returned in 2006 following ongoing peace talks between the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) and the Government of Uganda) (2006)