Uganda

Geographicalaspects

Source : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:LocationUganda.svg

Uganda: 236,000 km 2 of which % is arable land.Uganda is more than 5 x larger than Switzerland .

Peopleaspects

USD 43,900.USD 1,300.GDP per capita

6.15 million.3.2 million.Internet users

German, French, Italian, Rumantsch, English.

81 years.

7.65 million people.

Switzerland

54 years.Life expectancy

Uganda

English, Swahili.

36 million people.Population

Languagesspoken

Sourceshttps://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/ug.htmlhttp://www.prb.org/DataFinder/Geography/Data.aspx?loc=290http://www.countrystat.org/uga/cont/pages/page/indicators/enhttps://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/sz.html

Stephen Kiprotich of Uganda wins gold at the 2012 Olympics in London.

Source : http://www.monitor.co.ug/-/691150/1478188/-/db8qis/-/index.html

SourcesGapminder Foundation and DataMarket.http://datamarket.com/data/set/1cfl/total-population#!display=line&ds=1cfl!r3d=i

Population increase in Uganda

Sourceshttp://www.weltbevoelkerung.de/pdf/dsw_datenreport_07.pdfhttp://www.prb.org/DataFinder/Geography/Data.aspx?loc=290

Number of children per woman

Sourcehttp://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SP.DYN.LE00.IN/countries/UG-ZF-?display=graph

Life expectancy at birth

Fertility rate and life expectancy

Sourcehttp://www.google.com/publicdata/explore?ds=d5bncppjof8f9_&ctype=b&strail=false&nselm=s&met_x=sp_dyn_le00_in&scale_x=lin&ind_x=false&met_y=sp_dyn_tfrt_in&scale_y=lin&ind_y=false&met_s=sp_pop_totl&scale_s=lin&ind_s=false&dimp_c=country:region&ifdim=country&iconSize=0.5&uniSize=0.035#!ctype=b&strail=false&bcs=d&nselm=s&met_x=sp_dyn_le00_in&scale_x=lin&ind_x=false&met_y=sp_dyn_tfrt_in&scale_y=lin&ind_y=false&met_s=sp_pop_totl&scale_s=lin&ind_s=false&dimp_c=country:region&idim=country:UGA&ifdim=country&hl=en_US&dl=en_US&ind=false

Politicalaspects

Uganda is a partly free country

Source : http://freedomhouse.org/images/File/fiw/FIW2011_SSA_Map_1st%20draft.pdf

Source: http://www.eiu.com/index.asp?layout=infographics&info_name=infographic_democracy

Democracy around the world

Mr. Oyo Nyimba, King of Toro, one of Uganda’s 4 major cultural kingdoms,

is the world ’s youngest king

Sourceshttp://www.tagesanzeiger.ch/ausland/naher-osten-und-afrika/Der-juengste-Koenig-der-Welt/story/25291594http://www1.voanews.com/english/news/africa/east/African-King-Assumes-Power-91405624.html

Economicaspects

Sourceshttps://www.mckinseyquarterly.com/Economic_Studies/Productivity_Performance/Whats_driving_Africas_growth_2601https://www.mckinseyquarterly.com/Economic_Studies/Productivity_Performance/Sizing_Africas_business_opportunities_2633

Uganda has a relatively higheconomic diversification

20 – 40% of households have access to financial services

Source : http://www.weforum.org/pdf/AFCR09/AFCR09_full_report.pdf

Uganda

Housing

Typical compound with thatched rondavels/ huts built of stick frames packed with mud, or sometimes with bricks faced with mud, and covered with a straw or reed roof.

Sourcehttps://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/photo_gallery/ug/photo_gallery_B1_ug_9.html

A frame for a rondavel / hut / house is usually only 3 - 5 meters in diameter.

Sourcehttps://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/photo_gallery/ug/photo_gallery_B1_ug_10.html

Telecommmunications

MTN Uganda. http://www.mtn.co.ug/

Uganda Telecom. http://www.utl.co.ug/

Warid. http://www.waridtel.co.ug/

Orange. http://www.orange.ug/

Education

% of 17-22 years olds with fewerthan 4 years of education

Source : http://www.economist.com/displayStory.cfm?story_id=15375081

Coffee

Rugasira [founder of Good African] has followed his own advice. The company built a global coffee-exporting business by sharing profits 50/50 with its10,000 farmers and their communities, most of whomare in the Ruwenzori Mountain area of Uganda.

SourcesMahajan, Vijay: Africa Rising, p. 204.http://www.goodafrican.com/

The introduction of a new Arabica coffee variety increases yields for coffee farmers in the Rwenzorimountainous sub-region.

Each coffee tree of the new variety yields 4 kg compared to the old variety that produces 2 kg.

Sourcehttp://www.newvision.co.ug/news/631242-rwenzori-coffee-farmers-get-new-variety.html

Forestry and wild life

Sourcehttps://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/photo_gallery/ug/photo_gallery_B1_ug_2.html

From Uganda Wildlife Education Center / zoo near Kampala, Uganda.

The African Grey Crowned Crane, Uganda's national bird

African violet flowers

Sourcehttps://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/photo_gallery/ug/photo_gallery_B1_ug_17.html

Bujagali Falls on the Nile, close to Jinja , Uganda

Sourceshttps://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/photo_gallery/ug/photo_gallery_B1_ug_19.htmlhttps://maps.google.com/maps?q=uganda,+jinja,+Bujagali+Falls&hl=en&ll=-0.593251,36.782227&spn=15.530054,23.269043&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=48.956293,93.076172&hq=Bujagali+Falls&hnear=Jinja,+Eastern+Region,+Uganda&t=m&z=6