The Pearl of Africa - CIA Factbook
Here is Uganda with a population of
30,000,000, half of them under 15 years of age in a country
not much bigger than Kentucky and Tennessee combined. Note the roads radiating out from the
capital Kampala.
Much of the country is plateau at 3,000 to 4,000 feet, but there are high
mountains east and west.
It is a landlocked, fertile, well-watered country with many lakes and rivers. Some of the mountains are 15,000 feet high.
Most families have of six or seven children.
Eighty percent engaged in subsistence agriculture.
It is one of the poorest countries in the world, with average per capita
annual income of
$300
(UK Department for
International Development)
One in seven children born in Uganda does not survive past the fifth
birthday.
One in five do not survive in poor, rural, western families.
(Measured
Demographic Health Surveys)
The lifetime maternal mortality rate is 1 in 25
(Women
Deliver)
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There are multiparty unicamaral elections with no term limits on the presidency. |
