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Cultural Geography

Religion

45.1% Protestant

39.3% Roman Catholic

13.7% Muslim

1.6% Other

0.2% None

Although Islam was the first religion to arrive in Uganda, it was surpassed by Christianity (Protestantism and Roman Catholicism) during Colonial rule from 1894 to 1962. Islam is the third most dominant religion in Uganda following Roman Catholicism representing nearly 40% of the Ugandan population. A small number of the population practice traditional religious beliefs, some often mixed with aspects of Christianity..

Language

Uganda has forty native languages, and they can be grouped into three main language families which include Bantu , Central Sudanic, and Nilotic. During the country's colonial period English was adopted and is an official language to this day. With that being said English is the country's national language often taught in education and used in national government institutions. Another official language is Swahili which has regional significance, and was adopted by the nation. Uganda also has their own Ugandan sign language. It was the worlds second nation to include sign language in their constitution.

Ethnic Groups

(As of 2014, does not take into account the current Population [2018])

16.5 % Baganda

9.6% Banyankole

8.8% Basoga

7.1% Bakiga

7% Iteso

6.3% Langi

4.9% Bagisu

4.4% Acholi

3.3% Lugbara

32.1 % Other

LGBT Community

In Uganda, it is illegal to be homosexual. Before 2014, any persons caught committing any homosexual act or promoting homosexuality faced seven years in prison. In February of 2014, President Yoweri Museveni signed into law the "Anti-Homosexuality Act" stating that any adult caught committing a homosexual act or promoting said activities can face life in prison.

Currently, LGBT activists are trying to open a Community Center for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender people as a safe space. The Ugandan Minister of Ethics and Integrity Simon Lokodo says the opening of this center would be a criminal act seeing as that being homosexual in Uganda is already illegal. Persons of the LGBT community constantly live in fear of being killed, beaten, or imprisoned in their daily lives.

Population Geography

Population

As of October 19, 2018 Uganda's population reached 44,665,417million people, more than half being it's female population. Uganda's urban population represents about 16.8 % of the total population. More than 50% of it's population are under 64 years of age (15-64 years) and only 2.2% are 65 and older. Population growth is about 3.3 % per year.

Population Density

Uganda's population density is 172.44 person/km2. Uganda's mostly populated cities are located in the Central and Eastern regions of the country.

Kampala is Uganda's most populated city, also it's national and commercial capital. It's population is around 1,353,189.

Uganda Top 10 Cities (By Population)

1. Kampala (1,353,189)
2. Gulu (146,858)
3. Lira (119,323)
4. Mbarara (97,500)
5. Jinja (93,061)
6. Bwizibwera (79,157)
7. Mbale (76,493)
8. Mukono (76,290)
9. Kasese (67,269)
10. Masaka

Population Pyramid from 2017. Closely resembles Pyramid of 2018.

Population Pyramid

This population pyramid shows that most of Uganda population is very young with the median age for people is 15.9 years.

Fertility Rate

The Fertility Rate for women in Uganda is 5.82 birth.

Birth Rate

With a reproduction rate of 3.15 per 1,000 make Uganda rank 2 in the world. With the ratio of birth for male to female 1.03. Citizens living in this country also have a average life expectancy of 55 years. Additionally, rank 23 in infant mortality rate of 54 per 1000 births.

Demographics

The demographics of Uganda is better shown in another page of Wikipedia.

Political Geography

Government

Formally known as the "Republic of Uganda", the Ugandan government is a presidential republic gaining it's independence on October 1962 from the United Kingdom. The structure consists of three branches (executive, legislative, and judicial). The current Ugandan president, Yoweri Kaguta Museveni, has served the country since 1986. The presidential term lasts 5 years (along with the unicameral Parliament term) and does not have a term limit. Judges of the Judicial branch are appointed by the president and the JSC (Judicial Service Commission) and serve until retirement at age 70. Elections are held every 5 years; the last election was in 2016, the next to be held in 2021.

Executive Branch: President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni, Vice President Edward Ssekandi, Prime Minister Hon. Dr. Ruhakana Rugunda, and the Cabinet.

Legislative Branch (The Parliament)

The Judiciary: Magistrates' Courts, High Court, Court of Appeals, and Supreme Court.

The constitution of Uganda was propagated on 8 October 1995.

Supranational/International Memberships:

• African Union
• United Nations
• The East African Community (Burundi, Rwanda, Kenya, South Sudan, Tanzania, and Uganda)- Created mainly for the purpose of civil aviation, the promotion of Swahili as a regional language, health policies, sustainable development initiatives, and research.
• The Commonwealth

Political History

1962- Milton Obote becomes Uganda's first Prime Minister.

1966- Prime Minister Obote establishes the executive presidency of Uganda, leading to the creation of the Republic of uganda.

1971- General Idi Amin overthrows Obote's presidency and begins a strict military rule.

1972- The General forces thousands of non-native residents to leave Uganda.

1979- President Julius Nyerere with the help of Ugandan exiles took the capital of Kampala causing General Idi Amin to flee to Libya.

Internal Conflicts:

• LRA (Lord's Resistance Army) led by Joseph Kony
  • Aim: Establish a state based on the Ten Commandments
  • Abducted around 60,000 children to serve as sex slaves and child soldiers.
  • Joseph Kony has not been caught, but as of 2017 five of the LRA's highest officers have been imprisoned.
• President Museveni and Political Corruption
  • Museveni has been the President of Uganda since 1986 winning elections consecutively.
  • Accused of electoral fraud and intimidating his opponents.
  • Aggressively pushed for the amending of Article 102(b) which erased the term limit for Presidency. Museveni continues to push for Presidents to serve for life.
• Millions of South Sudanese refugees are traveling to Uganda putting a strain on the economy and government.

Agriculture

Climate

Uganda climate is a warm tropical place with temperatures around 25-29°C (77- 84°F). With the hottest days in December to February, but even so evenings can feel around 17 -18°C (63-64°F).

Additionally, Uganda has an annual rainfall of 1,000mm to 1,500mm. With the rainiest month between March to May and September to November. The rain can make road and terrain hard to traverse. As for the dry seasons range from January to February and June to August.

Uganda Climate Map

Uganda's major exports include: gold, coffee, tea, raw tobacco, and cocoa beans. Major imports include: refined pertroleum, packaged medicaments, palm oil, cars, and wheat.

Economic Geography

Uganda's GDP mainly comes from their service and agricultural sectors. This country has a wide range of products including: coffee; tea; sugar; livestock; edible oils; cotton; tobacco; plantains; corn; beans; cassava; sweet potatoes; millet; sorghum; and groundnuts.

Uganda's top traders are Kenya, United Arab Emirates, Rwanda, the Democratic Republic of Congo, and South Sudan. All of these countries border Uganda. However, ongoing civil unrest in South Sudan has highly effected trade between the two countries.

Uganda's trade deficit is -258.60 million US Dollars. Exports were at 300.12 million US Dollars and Imports at 558.80 million US Dollars resulting in a negative balance of trade.

Top 5 Exports:

1. Gold $707 M
2. Coffee $391 M
3. Raw Tobacco $95.5 M

   

   Map of Uganda

4. Tea 81.9 M
5. Cocoa Beans $74.6 M

Top 5 Imports:

1. Refined Petroleum $683 M
2. Packaged Medicaments $247 M
3. Palm Oil $196 M
4. Cars $131 M
5. Wheat $107 M

Uganda's GDP per capita rests at 604.0 US Dollars as of 2017. Most countries in Africa are poor, in fact 9 of the world's poorest countries are in Africa. This is due to most of Africa's countries being landlocked resulting in their trade dependency on neighbors, whereas countries with a thriving GDP are from trading through ports.

Some of Uganda's major industries are: sugar, brewing, tobacco, cotton textiles, cement, and steel production.

Example: Product 2015
Coffee (metric tons) 232,000
Tea (metric tons) 59,000
Cotton (metric tons) 20,000
Tobacco (metric tons) 33,000

Urban Geography

Uganda's national capital Kampala is it's most densely populated city with about 1,353,189 people. Kampala is located in the central region of the country. Gulu and Lira are Uganda's second-most populated cities with well over 100,000 people. Cities with very dense population are largely located around Uganda's major water sources: Lake Albert and Lake Victoria.

Only about 23.8% of Uganda's population live in rural areas (rate of urbanization: 5.7%).