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Republic of Uganda
President: Yoweri Museveni (1986)
Prime Minister: Apolo Nsibambi (1999)
Area: 91,135 sq mi (236,040 sq km)
Note: We give
the information above in the Christian Personals Primer
so that you will have a little background on the country before
you contact a perspective mate, just in case you don't know the
basics. Perhaps this info will give you something to talk about
Population (2004 est.): 26,404,543 (growth rate: 3.0%);
birth rate: 46.3/1000; infant mortality rate: 86.2/1000; life
expectancy: 45.3; density per sq mi: 290
Capital and largest city (2003 est.): Kampala,
1,461,600 (metro. area), 1,244,000 (city proper)
Monetary unit: Ugandan new shilling
Languages: English (official), Ganda or
Luganda, other Niger-Congo languages, Nilo-Saharan languages,
Swahili, Arabic
Ethnicity/race: Baganda 17%, Ankole 8%, Basoga
8%, Iteso 8%, Bakiga 7%, Langi 6%, Rwanda 6%, Bagisu 5%, Acholi
4%, Lugbara 4%, Batoro 3%, Bunyoro 3%, Alur 2%, Bagwere 2%,
Bakonjo 2%, Jopodhola 2%, Karamojong 2%, Rundi 2%, non-African
(European, Asian, Arab) 1%, other 8%
Religions: Roman Catholic 33%, Protestant 33%,
Islam 16%, indigenous beliefs 18%
Literacy rate: 70% (2003 est.)
Communications: Telephones: main lines in use: 50,074;
however, 80,868 main lines were installed (1998); mobile
cellular: 9,000 (1998). Radio broadcast stations: AM 7,
FM 33, shortwave 2 (2001). Radios: 5 million (2001).
Television broadcast stations: 8 (plus one low-power
repeater) (2001). Televisions: 500,000 (2001). Internet
Service Providers (ISPs): 2 (2000). Internet users:
60,000 (2002).
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