UGANDA UGANDA REGION AFRICA NATURAL RESOURCES INDUSTRY AGRICULTURE GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION GLOBAL RELATIONS DATE OF INDEPENDENCE OCTOBER 9 1962 DATE OF CURRENT CONSTITUTION OCTOBER 8 1995 POPULATION 22804973 1999 EST AREA 93070 SQ MI CAPITAL KAMPALA FORM OF GOVERNMENT REPUBLIC MAIN INDUSTRIES BREWING TEXTILES CEMENT PRODUCTION TEXTILES AGRICULTURE COFFEE TEA COTTON CORN TOBACCO NATURAL RESOURCES COPPER COBALT LIMESTONE CURRENCY SHILLING GDP 22.7 BILLION 1998 EST GDP PER CAPITA 1020 1998 EST LANGUAGES ENGLISH OFFICIAL LUGANDA SWAHILI RELIGIONS CHRISTIANITY INDIGENOUS BELIEFS ISLAM LITERACY RATE 62 LIFE EXPECTANCY 42 YEARS MALE 44 YEARS FEMALE BIRTHRATE 49 BIRTHS PER 1000 POPULATION DEATH RATE 18 DEATHS PER 1000 POPULATION
