Uganda

Uganda - political, economic, geographical, and people aspects.

1. Uganda

2. Geographical
aspects

3. Source:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:LocationUganda.s vg
Uganda: 236,000 km
2
of which% is arableland.
Uganda is more than5 x largerthanSwitzerland.

4. People
aspects

5. USD 43,900. USD 1,300.
GDP per capita
6.15 million. 3.2 million.
Internet users
German, French, Italian,
Rumantsch, English.
81 years.
7.65 million people.
Switzerland
54 years.
Life expectancy
Uganda
English, Swahili.
36 million people.
Population Languages
spoken
Sources https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world- factbook/geos/ug.html http://www.prb.org/DataFinder/Geography/Data.aspx?loc=290 http://www.countrystat.org/uga/cont/pages/page/indi cators/en https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world- factbook/geos/sz.html

6. Stephen Kiprotichof
Uganda wins gold at
the 2012 Olympics in
London.
Source:
http://www.monitor.co.ug/-/691150/1478188/-/db8qis/ -/index.html

7. Sources
Gapminder Foundation and DataMarket.
http://datamarket.com/data/set/1cfl/total-populatio n#!display=line&ds=1cfl!r3d=i
Population increasein Uganda

8. Sources http://www.weltbevoelkerung.de/pdf/dsw_datenreport_07.pdf http://www.prb.org/DataFinder/Geography/Data.aspx?loc=290Numberof childrenper woman

9. Source http://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SP.DYN.LE00.IN/ countries/UG-ZF-?display=graph
Life expectancyat birth

10. Fertilityrate and lifeexpectancy
Source http://www.google.com/publicdata/explore?ds=d5bncppjof8f9_&ctype=b&strail=false&nselm=s&met_x=sp_dyn_le00_in&scale_x=lin&ind_x=false&met_y=sp_dyn_tfrt _in&scale_y=lin&ind_y=false&met_s=sp_pop_totl&scale_s=lin&ind_s=false&dimp_c=country:region&ifdim=country&iconSize=0.5&uniSize=0.035#!ctype=b&strail=fal se&bcs=d&nselm=s&met_x=sp_dyn_le00_in&scale_x=lin&ind_x=false&met_y=sp_dyn_tfrt_in&scale_y=lin&ind_y=false&met_s=sp_pop_totl&scale_s=lin&ind_s=false &dimp_c=country:region&idim=country:UGA&ifdim=country&hl=en_US&dl=en_US&ind=false

11. Political
aspects

12. Uganda is a partlyfreecountry
Source:
http://freedomhouse.org/images/File/fiw/FIW2011_SSA_Map_1st%20draft.pdf

13. Source:
http://www.eiu.com/index.asp?layout=infographics&info_name=infographic_democracyDemocracyaroundthe world

14. Mr. Oyo Nyimba, King of Toro,
one of Uganda’s 4 major cultural kingdoms,
is the world’s youngest king
Sources http://www.tagesanzeiger.ch/ausland/naher-osten-und-afrika/Der-juengste-Koenig-der-Welt/story/25291594 http://www1.voanews.com/english/news/africa/east/African-King-Assumes-Power-91405624.html

15. Economic
aspects

16. Sources https://www.mckinseyquarterly.com/Economic_Studies/Productivity_Performance/Whats_driving_Africas_growth_2601 https://www.mckinseyquarterly.com/Economic_Studies/Productivity_Performance/Sizing_Africas_business_opportunities_2633
Uganda has a relativelyhigh
economicdiversification

17. 20 –40% of householdshave
accessto financialservices
Source:
http://www.weforum.org/pdf/AFCR09/AFCR09_full_report.pdf
Uganda

18. Housing

19. Typical compound with thatched rondavels
/ huts built of stick frames packed with
mud, or sometimes with bricks faced with
mud, and covered with a straw or reed roof.
Source https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world- factbook/photo_gallery/ug/photo_gallery_B1_ug_9.html

20. A frame for a rondavel/ hut / house is
usually only 3 -5 meters in diameter.
Source https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world- factbook/photo_gallery/ug/photo_gallery_B1_ug_10.html

21. Telecommmunications

22. MTN Uganda.
http://www.mtn.co.ug/
Uganda Telecom.
http://www.utl.co.ug/
Warid.
http://www.waridtel.co.ug/
Orange.
http://www.orange.ug/

23. Education

24. % of 17-22 yearsoldswithfewer
than4 yearsof education
Source:
http://www.economist.com/displayStory.cfm?story_id=15375081

25. Coffee

26. Rugasira[founderof GoodAfrican] has followedhis
ownadvice. The companybuilta global coffee-
exportingbusiness by sharingprofits 50/50 withits
10,000 farmers and theircommunities, most of whom
arein the Ruwenzori Mountainareaof Uganda.
Sources
Mahajan, Vijay: Africa Rising, p. 204.
http://www.goodafrican.com/

27. The introduction of a new Arabica coffee variety
increases yields for coffee farmers in the Rwenzori
mountainous sub-region.
Each coffee tree of the new variety yields 4 kg
compared to the old variety that produces 2 kg.
Source
http://www.newvision.co.ug/news/631242-rwenzori-coffee-farmers-get-new-variety.html

28. Forestryand
wildlife

29. Source https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world- factbook/photo_gallery/ug/photo_gallery_B1_ug_2.html From Uganda Wildlife Education Center / zoo near Kampala, Uganda.
The African Grey Crowned Crane,
Uganda's national bird

30. African violet flowers
Source https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world- factbook/photo_gallery/ug/photo_gallery_B1_ug_17.html

31. BujagaliFalls on the Nile,
close to Jinja, Uganda
Sources
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world- factbook/photo_gallery/ug/photo_gallery_B1_ug_19.html https://maps.google.com/maps?q=uganda,+jinja,+Bujagali+Falls&hl=en&ll=- 0.593251,36.782227&spn=15.530054,23.269043&sll=37.0625,- 95.677068&sspn=48.956293,93.076172&hq=Bujagali+Falls&hnear=Jinja,+Eastern+Region,+Uganda&t=m&z=6