Uganda

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Government: Dominant-Party Semi-Presidential Republic

Current President: Yoweri Museveni

Economy:

• Agriculture is the most important sector of the economy, employing over 80% of the work force.
• Coffee accounts for the bulk of export revenues.

Population: 37,873,253

Land Size: 241,038 sq km (93,072 sq miles)

Major Ethic Groups:

• Baganda: 16.9%
• Banyakole: 9.5%
• Basoga: 8.4%
• Bakiga: 6.9%
• Iteso: 6.4%
• Langi: 6.1%
• Acholi: 4.7%
• Bagisu: 4.6%
• Lugbara: 4.2%
• Bunyoro: 2.7%
• Other: 29.6% (2002 census)

• Roman Catholic: 41.9%
• Protestant: 42% (Anglican: 35.9%, Pentecostal: 4.6%, Seventh-Day Adventist: 1.5%)
• Muslim: 12.1%
• Indigenous African Religions: 3.1%
• none: 0.9%

Language(s):

• 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

Links:

• CIA World Fact Book: Uganda
• U.S. Department of State: Uganda
• BBC News: Uganda
• Ugandan Embassy in the U.S.
• The Independent 
• New Vision