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Uganda: Some Facts and Figures<\/h1><\/span>
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Area:<\/strong> 91,041 square miles. Similar in size to Britain.<\/p>\n

Location:<\/strong> Uganda straddles the Equator. It\u2019s bordered by Kenya<\/strong> to the east; the Democratic Republic of Congo<\/strong> to the west; Rwanda<\/strong> and Tanzania<\/strong> to the south and South Sudan<\/strong> to the north.<\/p>\n

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\"Africa<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\"Uganda<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Population:<\/td>\n30 million<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Capital:<\/td>\nKampala \u2013 population 1.7m<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Other major towns:<\/td>\nJinja1<\/sup>; Mbale, Entebbe and Gulu.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Time zone:<\/td>\nGMT +3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Altitude:<\/td>\n85% of the country is between 900m and 1,500m above sea level.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Highest Point:<\/td>\nMount Stanley in the Rwenzori Mountains (5,110m)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Language:<\/td>\n33 indigenous languages2<\/sup> are spoken. Lugandan is the most common but English is the official language.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Currency:<\/td>\nUganda shilling<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Life expectancy:<\/td>\n54 years (Unicef 2010)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Population orphaned by AIDS:<\/td>\n1.5m<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Adult literacy:<\/td>\n65%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Land use3<\/sup>:<\/td>\n43% arable\/pasture\/agriculture; 28% forest; 4% marsh; 7% other.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Main Exports:<\/td>\ncoffee; fish; tea; tobacco.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Climate:<\/td>\nDaily maximum for most of country 20 – 27 degrees; Daily minimum 12 \u2013 18 degrees.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Rainfall:<\/td>\nvaries but wet seasons are mid-September to November and March to May<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Sport:<\/td>\nFootball is the most popular sport4<\/sup>.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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1: Jinja is close to the official source of the River Nile at the Owen Falls Dam<\/sup>
\n2: The language of Karimojong, spoken in the north-east, has a vocabulary of just 180 words!<\/sup>
\n3: 18% is covered by water \u2013 much of that is Lake Victoria, the largest lake in Africa and the second biggest fresh water lake in the world<\/sup>
\n4: The national team are known as the Cranes \u2013 a reference to Uganda\u2019s national bird<\/sub><\/p>\n<\/div>

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