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| UGANDA>Why Uganda? :: Fact File :: General Information :: Culture :: Accomodation :: National Parks :: Other Places of Interest :: |
| UGANDAN FACT FILEGEOGRAPHY Location:Eastern Africa, west of Kenya Geographic coordinates: 1 00 N, 32 00 E Map references: Africa Area: total: 236,040 sq km land: 199,710 sq km water: 36,330 sq km Border countries: Democratic Republic of the Congo 765 km, Kenya 933 km, Rwanda 169 km, Sudan 435 km, Tanzania 396 km Coastline: 0 km (landlocked) Climate: tropical; generally rainy with two dry seasons (December to February, June to August); semiarid in northeast Terrain: mostly plateau with rim of mountains Elevation extremes:lowest point: Lake Albert 621 m highest point: Margherita Peak on Mount Stanley 5,110 m Natural Resources: copper, cobalt, hydropower, limestone, salt, arable land Land use:arable land: 25% permanent crops: 9% permanent pastures: 9% forests and woodland: 28% other: 29% (1993 est.) PEOPLEPopulation:23,317,560 Age structure:0-14 years: 51% (male 5,986,645; female 5,936,754) 15-64 years: 47% (male 5,443,613; female 5,448,563) 65 years and over: 2% (male 240,819; female 261,166) (2000 est.) 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.) |
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