Arable land: Agriculture: coffee, tea, cotton, tobacco, cassava manioc, tapioca , potatoes, corn, millet, pulses, cut flowers; beef, goat meat, milk, poultry. Labor force: Industries: sugar, brewing, tobacco, cotton textiles; cement, steel production.
Natural resources: copper, cobalt, hydropower, limestone, salt, arable land, gold. Communications: Telephones: main lines in use: , ; mobile cellular: Broadcast media: public broadcaster, Uganda Broadcasting Corporation UBC , operates radio and television networks; Uganda first began licensing privately-owned stations in the s; by there were nearly radio and 35 TV stations, mostly based in and around Kampala; transmissions of multiple international broadcasters are available in Kampala Internet users: 3.
Transportation: Railways: total: 1, km Highways: total: 20, km; paved: 3, km; unpaved: 16, km Waterways: there are no long navigable stretches of river in Uganda; parts of the Albert Nile that flow out of Lake Albert in the northwestern part of the country are navigable; several lakes including Lake Victoria and Lake Kyoga have substantial traffic; Lake Albert is navigable along a km stretch from its northern tip to its southern shores Ports and harbors: Entebbe, Jinja, Port Bell.
Airports: 47 International disputes: Uganda is subject to armed fighting among hostile ethnic groups, rebels, armed gangs, militias, and various government forces that extend across its borders; Uganda hosts , Sudanese, 27, Congolese, and 19, Rwandan refugees, while Ugandan refugees as well as members of the Lord's Resistance Army LRA seek shelter in southern Sudan and the Democratic Republic of the Congo's Garamba National Park; LRA forces have also attacked Kenyan villages across the border.
Major sources and definitions. Uganda, twice the size of Pennsylvania, is in East Africa. It is bordered on the west by Congo, on the north by the Sudan, on the east by Kenya, and on the south by Tanzania and Rwanda.
The country, which lies across the equator, is divided into three main areas? Lake Victoria forms part of the southern border. About B. Bantu-speaking peoples migrated to the area now called Uganda.
By the 14th century, three kingdoms dominated, Buganda meaning "state of the Gandas" , Bunyoro, and Ankole. Uganda was first explored by Europeans as well as Arab traders in An Anglo-German agreement of declared it to be in the British sphere of influence in Africa, and the Imperial British East Africa Company was chartered to develop the area.
The company did not prosper financially, and in a British protectorate was proclaimed. Few Europeans permanently settled in Uganda, but it attracted many Indians, who became important players in Ugandan commerce. Uganda became independent on Oct. Sir Edward Mutesa, the king of Buganda Mutesa II , was elected the first president, and Milton Obote the first prime minister, of the newly independent country.
With the help of a young army officer, Col. On Jan. Obote went into exile in Tanzania. Amin expelled Asian residents and launched a reign of terror against Ugandan opponents, torturing and killing tens of thousands.
In , he had himself proclaimed "President for Life. After Amin held military exercises on the Tanzanian border in , angering Tanzania's president, Julius Nyerere, a combined force of Tanzanian troops and Ugandan exiles loyal to former president Obote invaded Uganda and chased Amin into exile in Saudi Arabia in The media is very vibrant and relatively free.
Several newspapers — published in English, the official language, and Luganda, the most widely spoken language — are privately-owned and there are dozens of radio stations.
But the state also owns radio and TV stations and nearly always dictates what is broadcast. In , Uganda gained independence from Britain, after more than a century of colonial administration. Although the post-independence era was characterised by peace and prosperity for sometime, the country started to experience political upheavals in when Milton Obote, the prime minister, used the army to invade the palace of King Edward Mutesa, the monarch.
Mutesa was forced into exile and the monarchy was abolished by Obote, who became executive president after abrogating the constitution. But Obote also fell out with the army commander at the time, Idi Amin. While Obote was attending a Commonwealth summit in Singapore in , Amin seized power in coup and became president. Uganda then became a byword for political instability and human rights abuses as Amin murdered political opponents.
The current president, Yoweri Museveni, had been involved in a guerrilla campaign to oust Amin in the s. But he did not make headway until he launched another campaign in , after disputing elections in which he stood and lost. He won the presidential elections after a constitutional amendment lifted presidential term limits, and went on to win again in The opposition and independent observers have complained about the fairness and transparency of these and earlier polls.
In parliament voted to remove the year age limit for presidential candidates, clearing the way for Mr Museveni to run for a sixth term in office. Mr Museveni has been credited with restoring relative stability and economic prosperity to Uganda following years of civil war and repression under former leaders Milton Obote and Idi Amin. More recently, Uganda has been accused of aiding rebels there.
Uganda is a pioneer in the liberalisation of the media in Africa. It boasts a vibrant media sector, with nearly private radio stations and dozens of television stations and print outlets, although circulation numbers have declined in recent years. Some key dates in Uganda's history:.
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