UGANDA

POPULATION & MAJOR CITIES

• Population-37.58 million
• Major city-Kampala
• Other cities-gulu, lira, mbarara and Jinja

ETHNICITIES

• Alcholi-found in northern Uganda
• Karamojong- are an ethnic group of agro-pastoral herders living mainly in the north-east of Uganda
• The Mà'dí people live in the Magwi County in South Sudan, and the districts of Adjumani and Moyo in Uganda

WARS INVOLVING UGANDA

• Six day war-between Ugandan and Rwandan forces around the city of Kisangani in the Democratic Republic of the Congo from 5 to 10 June 2000.
• Ugandan Bush War- refers to the guerrilla war waged between 1981 and 1986 in Uganda by the National Resistance Army (NRA) against the government of Milton Obote, and later that of Tito Okello.
• Uganda-Tanzania War-was fought between Uganda and Tanzania in 1978–1979, and led to the overthrow of Idi Amin's regime.

NATURAL RESOURCES

• Fertile soils
• Regular rain
• Natural gas
• Crude oil
• Copper
• Cobalt

INDUSTRIES

• Oil industries-has been intermittent since the 1920s
• Agriculture industry- Major cash crops have been coffee, cotton, tea, and tobacco

GOVERNMENT AND HISTORY

• Presidential republic
• In 2010 a fire destroyed the historical burial site of four ancient rulers of the Buganda region. Violence breaks out after angry protesters, who blamed arsonists for the fires, clash with security forces.

LEADER

UGANDA IS 91,135 MI²

PHYSICAL FEATURES

• Lake Victoria
• Lake Albert
• Achwa river
• Ruwenzori Mountains
• Labwor Hiil and Dodoth Hills

ARTICLE

• Faced with a funding shortfall, the World Food Program, the lead United Nations relief agency for fighting hunger, halved rations on Tuesday to nearly 150,000 refugees in Uganda, a majority of them from the Democratic Republic of Congo.
• http://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/28/world/africa/uganda-agency-cuts-refugees-...

AGRICULTURE

• Uganda's main food crops have been plantains, cassava, sweet potatoes, millet, sorghum, corn, beans, and groundnuts. Major cash crops have been coffee, cotton, tea, and tobacco, although in the 1980s many farmers sold food crops to meet short-term expenses. The production of cotton, tea, and tobacco.

Education
The majority of literate Ugandans go through two basic levels of education i.e. primary and secondary schools and very few make progress to university and other tertiary institutions.

Climate
Uganda's climate is tropical. This means it is generally rainy (particularly during the months of March to May, September to November), while the remaining months (December to February, June to August) comprise Uganda's two dry seasons.