UGANDA

10 FACTS

• Population: 36,824,000 people
• Land Size: 146,670 sq mi
• Capital: Kampala
• Language: English and Swahili
• Religion: 84% Christian, 12% Islam, 4% None

10 FACTS CONT.

• Landlocked and only 15% water
• Independencd from the UK in October 1962
• Rallying, Football and Cricket are very popular sports
• There are 60 protected land areas (10 national parks)
• Lies in the Nile Basin and has a pretty consistent climate

LAKE VICTORIA

• Ferries are used as transportation across the lake
• 1,000 people died in a ferry accident in 1996
• Named after Queen Victoria by John Hanning Speke
• Largest tropical lake in the world & the largest lake in Africa (area)

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MAJOR INDUSTIRES

• Coffee
• Tea
• Fish
• Tobacco
• Animal Fats and Oils

CUSINE

• Tonto ~ banana beer
• Coffee and Tea
• Maize and soybeans

CULTURE

• 5th highest total fertility rate ~ 5.97 children born/woman
• The Baganda tribe dominates the musical culture
• The cinema of Uganda mirrors that of Nollywood
• Men wear a kanzu
• Women wear a gomesi or a busuti

TOURISM

• Focuses mainly on landscape and wildlife
• An industry that fights poverty ~ many jobs
• Game and Bird Viewing
• Boating and Water Sports
• Hiking and Mountain Climbing

SOURCES

• http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uganda