Uganda

Overview UGANDA Throughout this project, i learned a lot about the country. I learned that there are many diseases being spread and killing millions of people every year. There are many children living without a family. Entire villages have been destroyed and many are now homeless. I think this project helped me to see just how well off the United State is and how greatful we all should be to live here. (Hayley)

**While doing this project... I learned sooo much about this awesome place. I feel bad for the children as young as seven living without a home or family. on On a much happier note...I learned a lot about Uganda's Geography. I also found some fun (kinda) facts online and thought they would tie this whole projects together. As Hayley said above ^ I am aswell very fortunate and grateful to live in the United States of America. Thank you! Lindsay Carr**

Statistics Uganda's population is very young. 51 percent is 14 years old or younger and only 2 percent is 65 or older (Karli) 26,907,000 *Capital Kampala; 1,246,000 *Area 241,139 square kilometers (93,104 square miles)  *Language English, Ganda or Luganda, many local languages *Religion Roman Catholic, Protestant, indigenous beliefs, Muslim
 *  *Population

||  *Currency Ugandan shilling *Life Expectancy 44 *GDP per Capita U.S. $1,200 *Literacy Percent 70

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Geography

(Karli) Uganda is slightly smaller than Oregon,tropical; generally rainy with two dry seasons, it's tarrain is mostly plateaus with rims of mountains.(Karli) History

The very first people to get there were Arab traders in search of slaves and ivory, in the 1840's. After them, two British men, Speke in 1862 and Stanley in 1875. (Lindsay)

The earliest human inhabitants in a contemporary Uganda were hunter-gathers. Remnants of these people are today to be found among the in western Uganda. (Hayley)
Economy Agriculture is the most important part of the whole economy in Uganda. There is fertile soil and plenty of rain. Coffee is the biggest part. (Hayley) Uganda's main industries include: sugar, brewing, tobacco, cotton textiles, and cement. Some of the agricultural products include: coffee, tea, cotton, tobacco, cassava (tapioca), potatoes, corn, millet, pulses; beef, goat meat, milk, poultry, and cut flowers.(Lindsay)

In Uganda, the Free Rice Foundation ([|www.freerice.com]) helps to feed 66,000 school children for a week. (Hayley)

Uganda's Economy is agriculture based. Over 80% of it's population is employed. It's main export crop is tea and cotton products. (Karli) //industry:// 21.2% //services:// 42.8% (2004 est.) || //highest 10%:// 21% (2000) || //expenditures:// $1.433 billion, including capital expenditures of $NA (FY98/99 est.) (2004 est.) || (Hayley)
 * GDP: || purchasing power parity - $36.1 billion (2004 est.) ||
 * GDP - real growth rate: || 4.4% (2004 est.) ||
 * GDP - per capita: || purchasing power parity - $1,400 (2004 est.) ||
 * GDP - composition by sector: || //agriculture:// 36.1%
 * Investment (gross fixed): || 20.3% of GDP (2004 est.) ||
 * Population below poverty line: || 35% (2001 est.) ||
 * Household income or consumption by percentage share: || //lowest 10%:// 4%
 * Distribution of family income - Gini index: || 37.4 (1996) ||
 * Inflation rate (consumer prices): || 7.9% (2004 est.) ||
 * Labor force: || 12.09 million (2004 est.) ||
 * Labor force - by occupation: || agriculture 82%, industry 5%, services 13% (1999 est.) ||
 * Unemployment rate: || NA (2002 est.) ||
 * Budget: || //revenues:// $1.123 billion
 * Public debt: || 62.2% of GDP (2004 est.) ||
 * Agriculture - products: || coffee, tea, cotton, tobacco, cassava (tapioca), potatoes, corn, millet, pulses; beef, goat meat, milk, poultry, cut flowers ||
 * Industries: || sugar, brewing, tobacco, cotton textiles, cement ||
 * Industrial production growth rate: || 5% (2004 est.) ||
 * Electricity - production: || 1.928 billion kWh (2001) ||
 * Electricity - consumption: || 1.62 billion kWh (2001) ||
 * Electricity - exports: || 174 million kWh (2001) ||
 * Electricity - imports: || 1 million kWh (2001) ||
 * Oil - production: || 0 bbl/day (2001 est.) ||
 * Oil - consumption: || 8,750 bbl/day (2001 est.) ||
 * Oil - exports: || NA (2001) ||
 * Oil - imports: || NA (2001) ||
 * Current account balance: || $-237 million (2004 est.) ||
 * Exports: || $495 million f.o.b. (2004 est.) ||
 * Exports - commodities: || coffee, fish and fish products, tea; gold, cotton, flowers, horticultural products ||
 * Exports - partners: || Kenya 14.7%, Switzerland 13.7%, Netherlands 9.2%, UK 6.4%, South Africa 5.6% (2003) ||
 * Imports: || $1.179 billion f.o.b. (2003 est.) ||
 * Imports - commodities: || capital equipment, vehicles, petroleum, medical supplies; cereals ||
 * Imports - partners: || Kenya 26%, India 7.4%, South Africa 7.2%, Japan 6.6%, UK 6.3%, UAE 5.8%, US 5.7%, China 5.1% (2003) ||
 * Reserves of foreign exchange & gold: || $1.08 billion (2004 est.) ||
 * Debt - external: || $3.818 billion (2004 est.) ||
 * Economic aid - recipient: || $1.4 billion (2000) ||
 * Currency: || Ugandan shilling (UGX) ||
 * Currency code: || UGX ||
 * Exchange rates: || Ugandan shillings per US dollar - 1,963.72 (2003), 1,797.55 (2002), 1,755.66 (2001), 1,644.48 (2000), 1,454.83 (1999) ||
 * Fiscal year: || 1 July - 30 June ||

Government The President of Uganda, Yoweri Museveini, was elected to serve a 5 year term. (Karli) [|Yoweri Museveni], [|President of Uganda]

In 1988 the government instaled sewage systems in many small towns including Rakai,Nebbi,and Bushenyi to try and improve heath of the towns. (Brandon)

Yoweri Kaguta Museveni is the president of Uganda. Yoweri Kaguta Museveni is married to Janet Kataaha Museveni. They have a son, Muhoozi and three daughters, Natasha, Patience and Diana; as well as grandsons and granddaughters. He became the president of Uganda in January 1986. (Hayley) Religion It is estimated that 66 percent of the population of Uganda is Christian, 19 percent are Muslim, and 19 percent are believers of other religions. (Karli)

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Religions in Uganda (Hayley)
 * Christianity
 * Islam
 * Judaism
 * Hinduism
 * Bahá'í Faith

Culture

media type="youtube" key="DGMbQQ3wQKA" height="364" width="445"< choir performs for American Idol. (Hayley) Uganda's Coat of Arms (Karli) media type="youtube" key="3ysGDRX8Og4" width="425" height="350"These are some Ugandan drummers!!! Wooohoooo!!!!(Lindsay)

Uganda's population eat two meals a day, lunch and supper, the meals consist of,white potatoes, yams, corn, cabbage, pumpkin, tomatoes, millet, peas, sorghum, beans, groundnuts (peanuts), goat meat, milk, //matoke// (a staple made from bananas), millet bread, cassava (tapioca or manioc), sweet potatoes, chicken and beef stews, and freshwater fish.] (Karli)

Social Problems For the past twenty years, Uganda has been in dissagreement with the laws of the government and the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA). Because so many thousand people lost their lives while fighting, the LRA had to take children to serve as soldiers. (Hayley)

Uganda's social problems include: Poverty, HIV/AIDS, and a bad schooling system. (Karli)

More than 820,000 people live with HIV/AIDS,there are also 110,000 HIV related deaths in uganda ayear. (Brandon)

<span style="font-size: 140%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">If you would like to help the people in Uganda and other countries in the same position, you can donate to these charities: [|www.**africa**action.org/**support**/index.php] [|www.LetsGo**Africa**.org] [|www.UgandaRuralFund.org] www.OutsideTheDream.org www.one.org [|www.village2villageproject.org/]

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|| <span style="font-size: 130%; color: #23afaf; font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif;"> Population of cities in Uganda: || (Hayley)
 * ~  ||~ Name ||~ Adm. ||~ C Cf 1969-08-18 ||~ C Cf 1980-01-18 ||~ C Cf 1991-01-12 ||~ C Cf 2002-09-13 ||~ C P 2008-07-01 ||
 * < || Abim || NOR || ... || ... || ... || ... || 15,500 ||
 * < || Adjumani || NOR || ... || ... || 2,108 || 19,876 || 28,700 ||
 * < || Amolatar || NOR || ... || ... || ... || ... || 13,500 ||
 * < || Amuru || NOR || ... || ... || ... || ... || 34,400 ||
 * < || Apac || NOR || 378 || ... || 5,783 || 10,137 || 12,400 ||
 * < || Arua || NOR || 10,837 || 9,663 || 22,217 || 43,929 || 53,600 ||
 * < || Bombo || CEN || 583 || 5,573 || 10,566 || 16,699 || 19,400 ||
 * < || Budaka || EAS || ... || ... || ... || ... || 19,900 ||
 * < || Bugembe || EAS || ... || ... || ... || ... || 30,600 ||
 * < || Bugiri || EAS || ... || ... || 3,321 || 17,046 || 22,500 ||
 * < || Bukedea || EAS || ... || ... || ... || ... || 32,200 ||
 * < || Buliisa || WES || ... || ... || ... || ... || 26,100 ||
 * < || Bundibugyo || WES || 2,931 || ... || 6,845 || 13,782 || 18,500 ||
 * < || Busembatya || EAS || ... || ... || ... || ... || 14,100 ||
 * < || Busia || EAS || 1,146 || 8,663 || 27,967 || 36,630 || 43,200 ||
 * < || Buwenge || EAS || ... || ... || 4,946 || 14,461 || 16,800 ||
 * < || Bwera-Mpondwe || WES || ... || ... || ... || ... || 14,900 ||
 * < || Dokolo || NOR || ... || ... || ... || ... || 16,200 ||
 * < || Entebbe || CEN || 21,096 || 21,289 || 42,763 || 55,086 || 70,200 ||
 * < || Fort Portal || WES || 7,947 || 26,806 || 32,789 || 40,993 || 44,900 ||
 * < || Gulu || NOR || 18,170 || 14,958 || 38,297 || 119,430 || 141,500 ||
 * < || Hima || WES || ... || ... || ... || ... || 26,600 ||
 * < || Hoima || WES || 2,339 || ... || 4,616 || 27,934 || 36,800 ||
 * < || Ibanda || WES || 129 || ... || 2,974 || 22,728 || 26,400 ||
 * < || Iganga || EAS || 5,958 || 9,899 || 19,740 || 39,472 || 48,200 ||
 * < || Ishaka-Bushenyi || WES || 1,049 || 2,116 || 14,195 || 22,422 || 25,200 ||
 * < || Isingiro || WES || ... || ... || ... || ... || 20,100 ||
 * < || Jinja || EAS || 47,872 || 45,060 || 65,169 || 71,213 || 82,800 ||
 * < || Kaabong || NOR || ... || ... || 5,158 || 30,728 || 19,500 ||
 * < || Kabale || WES || 8,234 || 21,469 || 29,246 || 41,344 || 43,500 ||
 * < || Kabwohe-Itendero || WES || ... || ... || ... || 15,355 || 17,300 ||
 * < || Kagadi || WES || ... || ... || ... || ... || 18,500 ||
 * < || Kakinga || WES || ... || ... || ... || ... || 20,200 ||
 * < || Kaliro || EAS || ... || ... || ... || ... || 12,300 ||
 * < || Kalisizo || CEN || ... || ... || ... || ... || 31,000 ||
 * < || Kalongo || NOR || ... || ... || ... || ... || 12,900 ||
 * < || Kampala || CEN || 330,700 || 458,503 || 774,241 || 1,189,142 || 1,480,200 ||
 * < || Kamuli || EAS || 2,916 || ... || 6,495 || 11,344 || 13,700 ||
 * < || Kamwenge || WES || ... || ... || 1,349 || 13,321 || 15,300 ||
 * < || Kanungu || WES || 321 || ... || ... || 12,883 || 14,600 ||
 * < || Kapchorwa || EAS || ... || ... || ... || 8,747 || 11,300 ||
 * < || Kasese || WES || 7,213 || 9,917 || 18,750 || 53,907 || 66,600 ||
 * < || Kayunga || CEN || 745 || 2,813 || 14,169 || 19,797 || 22,200 ||
 * < || Kiboga || CEN || 641 || ... || 5,277 || 11,956 || 15,200 ||
 * < || Kihiihi || WES || ... || ... || ... || ... || 18,100 ||
 * < || Kira || CEN || ... || ... || ... || ... || 158,300 ||
 * < || Kiruhura || WES || ... || ... || ... || ... || 12,500 ||
 * < || Kisoro || WES || 1,068 || ... || 7,485 || 11,328 || 12,400 ||
 * < || Kitgum || NOR || 3,242 || 4,961 || 12,978 || 41,821 || 52,900 ||
 * < || Koboko || NOR || ... || ... || 4,495 || 29,727 || 42,600 ||
 * < || Kotido || NOR || 1,681 || ... || 4,544 || 13,694 || 18,800 ||
 * < || Kumi || EAS || 1,522 || 1,633 || 11,749 || 8,807 || 11,400 ||
 * < || Kyenjojo || WES || 214 || ... || 1,427 || 15,038 || 18,600 ||
 * < || Lira || NOR || 7,340 || 9,122 || 27,568 || 80,879 || 98,300 ||
 * < || Lugazi || CEN || ... || 10,439 || 18,828 || 27,979 || 32,700 ||
 * < || Lukaya || CEN || ... || ... || 6,368 || 14,147 || 15,000 ||
 * < || Luwero || CEN || 715 || 4,190 || 11,112 || 23,497 || 27,300 ||
 * < || Manafwa || EAS || ... || ... || ... || ... || 14,300 ||
 * < || Masaka || CEN || 12,987 || 29,123 || 49,585 || 67,768 || 71,700 ||
 * < || Masindi || WES || ... || 4,958 || 10,839 || 28,300 || 38,600 ||
 * < || Mayuge || EAS || ... || ... || ... || 8,715 || 10,700 ||
 * < || Mbale || EAS || 23,544 || 28,039 || 53,987 || 71,130 || 84,100 ||
 * < || Mbarara || WES || 16,078 || 23,255 || 41,031 || 69,363 || 97,500 ||
 * < || Mityana || CEN || 2,263 || 2,547 || 22,579 || 34,116 || 37,400 ||
 * < || Moroto || NOR || 5,488 || ... || 10,517 || 7,380 || 10,300 ||
 * < || Moyo || NOR || 2,656 || ... || 6,679 || 12,074 || 18,800 ||
 * < || Mpigi || CEN || 3,401 || ... || 7,283 || 10,272 || 11,200 ||
 * < || Mubende || CEN || 2,263 || 6,629 || 9,301 || 15,996 || 19,900 ||
 * < || Mukono || CEN || 3,565 || 5,783 || 7,406 || 46,506 || 54,400 ||
 * < || Nagongera || EAS || ... || ... || ... || ... || 11,000 ||
 * < || Nansana || CEN || ... || ... || ... || ... || 79,100 ||
 * < || Nebbi || NOR || ... || ... || 6,969 || 22,741 || 26,600 ||
 * < || Njeru || CEN || 4,637 || 3,880 || 36,731 || 51,236 || 59,900 ||
 * < || Nkonkonjeru || CEN || ... || ... || ... || 11,095 || 13,000 ||
 * < || Ntungamo || WES || 590 || ... || 2,611 || 13,320 || 15,300 ||
 * < || Oyam || NOR || ... || ... || ... || ... || 13,000 ||
 * < || Pader || NOR || ... || ... || ... || 8,678 || 11,600 ||
 * < || Paidha || NOR || 1,047 || ... || 11,807 || 24,079 || 28,100 ||
 * < || Pakwack || NOR || 935 || ... || ... || 17,625 || 20,600 ||
 * < || Pallisa || EAS || 491 || ... || 2,927 || 23,641 || 29,000 ||
 * < || Rukungiri || WES || 638 || 1,650 || 8,578 || 12,765 || 14,000 ||
 * < || Sironko || EAS || ... || ... || 3,180 || 11,193 || 13,000 ||
 * < || Soroti || EAS || 12,398 || 15,048 || 40,970 || 41,711 || 56,400 ||
 * < || Tororo || EAS || 15,977 || 16,707 || 26,783 || 34,810 || 40,400 ||
 * < || Wakiso || CEN || 21,096 || 21,289 || 1,777 || 14,603 || 18,700 ||
 * < || Wopbulenzi || CEN || ... || ... || //5,391// || 18,846 || 21,900 ||
 * < || Yumbe || NOR || ... || ... || ... || 15,401 || 24,300 ||

Popular Sports of Uganda: Football (Brandon) Cricket Tennis Rugby Swimming Golf Fishing Sailing Boxing Wrestling

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