Uganda

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

total:

0.3 cu km/yr (43%/17%/40%)

per capita:

10 cu m/yr (2002)

• 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

noun:

Ugandan(s)

adjective:

Ugandan

at birth:

1.03 male(s)/female

under 15 years:

1.01 male(s)/female

15-64 years:

1.01 male(s)/female

65 years and over:

0.7 male(s)/female

total population:

1.01 male(s)/female (2011 est.)

degree of risk:

very high

food or waterborne diseases:

bacterial diarrhea, hepatitis A, and typhoid fever

vectorborne diseases:

malaria, plague, and African trypanosomiasis (sleeping sickness)

water contact disease:

schistosomiasis

animal contact disease:

rabies (2009)

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)

• unicameral National Assembly (372 seats; 215 members elected by popular vote, 104 nominated by legally established special interest groups [women 79, army 10, disabled 5, youth 5, labor 5], 13 ex-officio members; members to serve five-year terms);
• note - the composition of the National Assembly has changed but the the details are not yet available

elections:

last held on 18 February 2011 (next to be held in 2016)

election results:

percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - NRM 279, FDC 34, DP 11, UPC 9, CP 1, JEEMA 1, independents 37

• Conservative Party or CP [Ken LUKYAMUZI];
• Democratic Party or DP [Kizito SSEBAANA];
• Forum for Democratic Change or FDC [Kizza BESIGYE];
• Inter-Party Co-operation or IPC (a coalition of opposition groups);
• Justice Forum or JEEMA [Muhammad Kibirige MAYANJA];
• National Resistance Movement or NRM [Yoweri MUSEVENI];
• Peoples Progressive Party or PPP [Bidandi SSALI];
• 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

• Lord's Resistance Army or LRA [Joseph KONY];
• Young Parliamentary Association [Henry BANYENZAKI];
• Parliamentary Advocacy Forum or PAFO;
• National Association of Women Organizations in Uganda or NAWOU [Florence NEKYON];
• The Ugandan Coalition for Political Accountability to Women or COPAW

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 Jerry P. LANIER

embassy:

1577 Ggaba Road, Kampala

mailing address:

P. O. Box 7007, Kampala

telephone:

[256] (414) 259 791 through 93, 95

FAX:

[256] (414) 258-794

• 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;
• black symbolizes the African people, yellow sunshine and vitality, red African brotherhood;
• the crane was the military badge of Ugandan soldiers under the UK

name:

"Oh Uganda, Land of Beauty!"

lyrics/music:

George Wilberforce KAKOMOA

note: adopted 1962

agriculture:

82%

industry:

5%

services:

13% (1999 est.)

lowest 10%:

2.4%

highest 10%:

36.1% (2009)

general assessment:

• mobile cellular service is increasing rapidly, but the number of main lines is still deficient;
• work underway on a national backbone information and communications technology infrastructure;
• international phone networks and Internet connectivity provided through satellite and VSAT applications

domestic:

• intercity traffic by wire, microwave radio relay, and radiotelephone communication stations, fixed and mobile-cellular systems for short-range traffic;
• mobile-cellular teledensity about 30 per 100 persons in 2009

international:

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

• public broadcaster, Uganda Broadcasting Corporation (UBC), operates radio and television networks;
• Uganda first began licensing privately-owned stations in the 1990s;
• by 2007 there were nearly 150 radio and 35 TV stations, mostly based in and around Kampala;
• transmissions of multiple international broadcasters are available in Kampala (2007)

total:

1,244 km

country comparison to the world: 82

narrow gauge:

1,244 km 1.000-m gauge (2010)

total:

70,746 km

country comparison to the world: 67

paved:

16,272 km

unpaved:

54,474 km (2003)

• 18-26 years of age for voluntary military duty;
• 18-30 years of age for professionals;
• no conscription;
• 9-year service obligation;
• the government has stated that recruitment under 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";
• Ugandan citizenship and secondary education required (2010)

males age 16-49:

7,249,271

females age 16-49:

7,025,439 (2010 est.)

males age 16-49:

4,313,068

females age 16-49:

4,200,901 (2010 est.)

male:

423,923

female:

420,236 (2010 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):

• 215,700 (Sudan);
• 28,880 (Democratic Republic of Congo);
• 24,900 (Rwanda)

IDPs:

1.27 million (350,000 IDPs returned in 2006 following ongoing peace talks between the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) and the Government of Uganda) (2007)