per capita:
30 kWh (1991)
Industries:
sugar, brewing, tobacco, cotton textiles, cement
Agriculture:
mainly subsistence; accounts for 57% of GDP and over 80% of labor
force; cash crops - coffee, tea, cotton, tobacco; food crops -
cassava, potatoes, corn, millet, pulses; livestock products - beef,
goat meat, milk, poultry; self-sufficient in food
Economic aid:
recipient:
US commitments, including Ex-Im (1970-89), $145 million; Western
(non-US) countries, ODA and OOF bilateral commitments (1970-89), $1.4
billion; OPEC bilateral aid (1979-89), $60 million; Communist
countries (1970-89), $169 million
Currency:
1 Ugandan shilling (USh) = 100 cents
Exchange rates:
Ugandan shillings (USh) per US$1 - 1,165.0 (November 1993), 1.133.8
(1992), 734.0 (1991), 428.85 (1990), 223.1 (1989)
Fiscal year:
1 July - 30 June
@Uganda, Communications
Railroads:
1,300 km, 1.000-meter-gauge single track
Highways:
total:
26,200 km
paved:
1,970 km
unpaved:
gravel, crushed stone 5,849 km; earth, tracks 18,381 km
Inland waterways:
Lake Victoria, Lake Albert, Lake Kyoga, Lake George, Lake Edward;
Victoria Nile, Albert Nile; principal inland water ports are at Jinja
and Port Bell, both on Lake Victoria
Merchant marine:
3 roll-on/roll-off cargo ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 5,091
GRT/NA DWT
Airports:
total:
31
usable:
23
with permanent-surface runways:
5
with runways over 3,659 m:
1
with runways 2,440-3,659 m:
3
with runways 1,220-2,439 m:
11
Telecommunications:
fair system with microwave and radio communications stations;
broadcast stations - 10 AM, no FM, 9 TV; satellite communications
ground stations - 1 Atlantic Ocean INTELSAT
@Uganda, Defense Forces
Branches:
National Resistance Army (NRA); includes Air Force and Navy, Local
Defense Units (LDU)
Manpower availability:
males age 15-49 4,138,087; fit for military service 2,248,232
Defense expenditures:
exchange rate conversion - $NA, 15% of budget (FY89/90)
@Ukraine, Geography
Location:
Eastern Europe, bordering the Black Sea, between Poland and Russia
Map references:
Asia, Commonwealth of Independent States - European States, Europe,
Standard Time Zones of the World
Area:
total area:
603,700 sq km
land area:
603,700 sq km
comparative area:
slightly smaller than Texas
Land boundaries:
total 4,558 km, Belarus 891 km, Hungary 103 km, Moldova 939 km, Poland
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