Home / Maxine's albums / Uganda November 3 through December 3 2004. / 11/5 Drive from Entebbe, Uganda to Akanyo via Kampala and Murchison Falls National Park 99
A produce market between Kampala & Murchison Falls.
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IMG 3933 With suitcases and boxes securely tied down in the truck bed, we're headed to Akanyo via Kampala, and Murchison Falls National Park. QUICK FACTS ABOUT UGANDA: Arable Land 25% Exports coffee, fish and fish products, tea; electrical products, iron and steel Imports vehicles, petroleum, medical supplies; cereals Natural Resources copper, cobalt, hydropower, limestone, salt, arable land. - IMG_3936
IMG 3936 For a map and information about Uganda visit: http://www.mapquest.com/atlas/main.adp?region=uganda Religions Roman Catholic 33%, Protestant 33%, Muslim 16%, indigenous beliefs 18% Life Expectancy 42.22 male, 43.67 female (2000 est.) Government Type republic Currency 1 Ugandan shilling (USh) = 100 cents GDP (per capita) $1,060 (1999 est.) Labor Force (by occupation) agriculture 82%, industry 5%, services 13% (1999 est.) Industry sugar, brewing, tobacco, cotton textiles, cement Agriculture coffee, tea, cotton, tobacco, cassava (tapioca), potatoes, corn, millet, pulses; beef, goat meat, milk, poultry - IMG_3938
IMG 3938 QUICK FACTS: Uganda -Republic of Uganda Capital-Kampala Total Area -91,135.55 sq mi; 236,040.00 sq km (slightly smaller than Oregon) Population 23,317,560 (July 2000 est.) note: estimates for this country explicitly take into account the effects of excess mortality due to AIDS Estimated Population in 2050: 84,108,178 - IMG_3940
IMG 3940 Quick Facts continued: Languages: English (official national language, taught in grade schools, used in courts of law and by most newspapers and some radio broadcasts), Ganda or Luganda (most widely used of the Niger-Congo languages, preferred for native language publications in the capital and may be taught in school), other Niger-Congo languages, Nilo-Saharan languages, Swahili, Arabic Literacy: 61.8% total, 73.7% male, 50.2% female (1995 est.) - IMG_3941
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