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Uganda ( Uganda) is a country in Eastern Africa, west of Kenya. Uganda geographic coordinates 1 00 N, 32 00 E; area 199,710 sq km; area comparative slightly smaller than Oregon; land boundaries Democratic Republic of the Congo 765 km, Kenya 933 km, Rwanda 169 km, Sudan 435 km, Tanzania 396 km; coastline 0 km (landlocked); maritime claims none (landlocked); climate tropical; generally rainy with two dry seasons (December to February, June to August); semiarid in n; terrain mostly plateau with rim of mountains; elevation extremes Margherita Peak on Mount Stanley; natural resources copper, cobalt, hydropower, limestone, salt, arable land; land use 63.47% (2001); irrigated land 90 sq km (1998 est.); natural hazards NA; environment current issues draining of wetlands for agricultural use; deforestation; overgrazing; soil erosion; water hyacinth infestation in Lake Victoria; poaching is widespread; environment international agreements Environmental Modification; geography note landlocked; fertile, well-watered country with many lakes and rivers;
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Uganda achieved independence from the UK in 1962. The dictatorial regime of Idi AMIN (1971-79) was responsible for the deaths of some 300,000 opponents; guerrilla war and human rights abuses under Milton OBOTE (1980-85) claimed at least another 100,000 lives. During the 1990s, the government promulgated non-party presidential and legislative elections. government type republic; capital Kampala; administrative divisions 56 districts; Adjumani, Apac, Arua, Bugiri, Bundibugyo, Bushenyi, Busia, Gulu, Hoima, Iganga, Jinja, Kabale, Kabarole, Kaberamaido, Kalangala, Kampala, Kamuli, Kamwenge, Kanungu, Kapchorwa, Kasese, Katakwi, Kayunga, Kibale, Kiboga, Kisoro, Kitgum, Kotido, Kumi, Kyenjojo, Lira, Luwero, Masaka, Masindi, Mayuge, Mbale, Mbarara, Moroto, Moyo, Mpigi, Mubende, Mukono, Nakapiripirit, Nakasongola, Nebbi, Ntungamo, Pader, Pallisa, Rakai, Rukungiri, Sembabule, Sironko, Soroti, Tororo, Wakiso, Yumbe; independence 9 October 1962 (from UK); national holiday Independence Day, 9 October (1962); constitution 8 October 1995; adopted by the interim, 284-member Constituent Assembly, charged with debating the draft constitution that had been proposed in May 19; legal system in 1995, the government restored the legal system to one based on English common law and customary law; accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction, with reservations; suffrage 18 years of age; universal; people
Uganda population 27,269,482 estimates for this country explici; age structure 2.2% (male 263,790/female 338,925) (2005 est.); median age 14.87 years; population growth rate 3.31% (2005 est.); birth rate 47.39 births/1,000 population (2005 est.); death rate 12.8 deaths/1,000 population (2005 est.); net migration rate -1.49 migrant(s)/1,000 population according to the UNHCR, by the end of 2001, Uga; sex ratio 1 male(s)/female (2005 est.); infant mortality rate 71.18 deaths/1,000 live births; life expectancy at birth 52.46 years (2005 est.); total fertility rate 6.74 children born/woman (2005 est.); hiv adult rate 4.1% (2003 est.); hiv people with aids 530,000 (2001 est.); hiv deaths 78,000 (2003 est.); major infectious diseases malaria and African trypanosomiasis (sleeping sickness) are high risks in some locations RegionsCities