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Geographic Statistics:
Population: 23,317,560
Independence: 9 October 1962 from UK.
Capital: Kampala.
Shared Borders: Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, Rwanda, Sudan, Tanzania
Highest Elevation: Margherita Peak on Mount Stanley; 5,110 m.
Lowest Elevation: Lake Albert; 621 m.

Environmental Statistics:
Climate: tropical; generally rainy with two dry seasons (Dec. to Feb.), June to August); semiarid in northeast
Terrain: mostly plateau with rim of mountains.
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Population Statistics:
Main Languages: English (official), Ganda or Luganda, other Niger-Congo languages, Nilo-Saharan languages, Swahili, Arabic.
Main Religions: Roman Catholic 33%, Protestant 33%, Muslim 16%, indig. beliefs 18%.
Population growth rate: 2.72% (2000 est.)
Birth rate: 48.04 births/1,000 population (2000 est.)
Death rate: 18.44 deaths/1,000 population (2000 est.)
Life expectancy at birth: total population: 42.93 years
male: 42.22 years
female: 43.67 years (2000 est.)
Total fertility rate: 6.96 children born/woman (2000 est.)
Literacy: (People age 15 and over that can read and write)
total population: 61.8%
male: 73.7%
female: 50.2% (1995 est.)

Economic Statistics:
Currency: 1 Ugandan shilling (USh) = 100 cents.
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GDP - per capita: purchasing power parity - $1,060 (1999 est.)
Inflation rate (consumer prices): 7% (1999)
Unemployment rate: N/A
Telephones - main lines in use: 54,074 (1998)
Telephones - mobile cellular: 9,000 (1998)
Number of People Per Telephone Line: 431

 


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