Uganda
- Official Name:
- Republic of Uganda (Uganda)
- Area:
- 236.040 km 2
- Population (2007):
- 30.262.610 inhabitants
- Coastline:
- 0 km. None
- Capital:
- Kampala
- Maritime Ports and terminals:
- Entebbe, Jinja, Port Bell
- Maritime claims:
-
- Territorial sea: None
- Exclusive economic zone: None
- Continental shelf: None
- Political divisions:
- 56 districts; Adjumani, Apac, Arua, Bugiri, Bundibugyo, Bushenyi, Busia, Gulu, Hoima, Iganga, Jinja, Kabale, Kabarole, Kaberamaido, Kalangala, Kampala, Kamuli, Kamwenge, Kanungu, Kapchorwa, Kasese, Katakwi, Kayunga, Kibale, Kiboga, Kisoro, Kitgum, Kotido, Kumi, Kyenjojo, Lira, Luwero, Masaka, Masindi, Mayuge, Mbale, Mbarara, Moroto, Moyo, Mpigi, Mubende, Mukono, Nakapiripirit, Nakasongola, Nebbi, Ntungamo, Pader, Pallisa, Rakai, Rukungiri, Sembabule, Sironko, Soroti, Tororo, Wakiso, Yumbe Note: as of a July 2005, 13 new districts were reportedly added bringing the total up to 69; the new districts are Amolatar, Amuria, Budaka, Butaleja, Ibanda, Kaabong, Kabingo, Kaliro, Kiruhura, Koboko, Manafwa, Mityana, Nakaseke; a total of ten more districts are in the process of being added
- Language(s):
- 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
- National holiday:
- Independence Day, 9 October (1962)
- Nationality:
- Ugandan(s)
- Official time:
- UTC 3.
- Member of:
- ACP, AfDB, AU, C, COMESA, EADB, FAO, G-77, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICCt, ICRM, IDA, IDB, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, IGAD, ILO, IMF, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO (correspondent), ITU, ITUC, MIGA, NAM, OIC, OPCW, PCA, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNHCR, UNIDO, UNMIS, UNWTO, UPU, WCO, WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO
- Internet country code:
- .ug
Economic Profile
- Currency:
-
Ugandan shilling (UGX) - GDP - per capita (PPP):
- USD1.900 (2006 est.)
- GDP (official exchange rate):
- (2006 est.) USD 8.526.000.000
- PIB (Real growth rate:
- 5,3% (2006 est.)
- GDP (Composition by sector): (2006 est.)
-
- Agriculture:29,4%
- Industry: 22,1%
- Services: 48,5%
- Labor force:
- 13.760.000 (2006 est.)
- Labor force - by occupation (1999):
-
- Agriculture 82%
- Industry: 5%
- Services 13%
- Unemployment rate:
- ND
- Inflation rate (Consumer prices):
- 6% (2006 est)
- Investment (Gross Fixed):
- 23,5% del PIB (2006 est.)
- Budget:
-
- Revenues: USD1.943.000.000
- Expenditures: USD1.994.000.000
- Public debt:
- 29,3% of GDP (2006 est.)
- Current account balance:
- USD-423.000.000 (2006 est.)
- Exports:
- USD 961.700.000 FOB (2006 est.)
- Exports - Commodities:
- Coffee, fish and fish products, tea, cotton, flowers, horticultural products; gold
- Exports - Partners:
- Belgium 11,4%, Netherlands 11,1%, France 8,2%, Germany 5,9%, Rwanda 4,6% (2005)
- Imports:
- USD 1.945.000.000 FOB (2006 est.)
- Imports - Commodities:
- Capital equipment, vehicles, petroleum, medical supplies; cereals
- Imports - partners:
- Kenya 34,6%, UAE 8,5%, South Africa 5,7%, India 5,6%, China 5,1%, UK 4,4%, US 4% (2005)
- Reserves of foreign exchange and gold:
- USD 1.40.000.000 (2006 est.)
- Debt - external:
- USD 1.456.000.000 (2006)
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