Overview of Uganda

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Overview of Uganda

• As researched by the
• Navigator Students

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Uganda Health

• 2003 Uganda ministry of public health reported an
  outbreak of cholera located along the Semliki and
  Lamia rivers.

• Most people in Africa
• Are not able to afford
• Good health care.

• Only 49 of Uganda households have access to
  health care.

• Child morality has occurred 140 out of 1000
  because of unsafe drinking water

• Many people in Uganda are poor and poverty is a
  huge factor in bad health

• Many of the death's occur because of unsafe
  drinking water

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Food in Uganda.
What food did people eat in Uganda?In Uganda
people eat harvest things like sun flower seeds.
They eat something called Matoke which is a green
banana which they fry for a long time and looks
like mash potato. Why people eat food in Uganda?
People eat food in Uganda to stay healthy. Who
grow food in Uganda? Farmer grow food in
Uganda. Where did people get food in Uganda? Most
of the people grow things in their own land.
By Deepan and Suman
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Government

• Republic (power within the people)
• 18 years to vote
• Independence Day is the national holiday
  October 9th
• Checks and balances
• Branches Executive (president, vice president,
  prime minister, cabinet), Legislative
  (Parliament), Judicial (courts magistrate, high,
  supreme, of appeal)
• 80 districts
• Current president Yoweri Museveni
• Capital of Uganda is Kampala

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Uganda's Sports

• Uganda's people have many past-times and sports.
  Here are some examples.
• Soccer
• Rugby
• Running
• Chess
• Biking
• Karate
• Here are some peculiar sports played
• Netball (Just Like Basketball, Except played with
  no backboard and different ball)
• Goat Racing (Watch Goats Race and Place bets.)

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Literacy in Uganda

• What - Literacy is Writing, Reading. The
  population in Uganda who write are 66.8 of all
  the people in Uganda. The percent for Females are
  57.7, and for males is 76.8 .
• Why At first the men in Uganda only wrote, till
  the government started to let the women learn to
  Read and write.
• Examples- The reason why the government let the
  people of Uganda, is that so people could have
  an easier time getting a job. Also, how to read
  different languages and they learned to write
  because they could Communicate to others.

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Entertainment

• Entertainment varies from the sublime to the
  ridiculuous.In Kampala and other towns of Uganda,
  Discos are very much the order of the day, Ange
  noir and Club Silk being the leading dance halls.
  Some of the disco clubs present every day while
  others have particular days. Their music usually
  varies from night to night in style that is
  House Reggae,Caribbean,Western music one night
  and African the other .It is extremely loud all
  nights and no Hotels in the city centre are
  immune. You there fore have to learn to dance or
  move out. For sports , usually nature walks are
  organized by various travel agents to various
  mountains like Mt .Elgon, Mt. Rwenzori, Mt
  Mgahinga and many other mountains .Walks are
  organized and many more . There is a Golf course
  located opposite the Fairway Hotel with a
  pleasant bar and patio Cafe Sailing and boating
  is also a recreation activity around all water
  bodies of Uganda like on Lake Victoria not
  leaving out white water Rafting on the Nile. For
  Tennis courts,there is one at Luggogo on Jinja rd
  , another one at Sheraton in the city centre and
  another one at the American Recreation
  Association,Makindye Road .

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Environmental issues
Navigator
Uganda has environmental issues all over the
country. Some of the issues are...

• drained water for agriculture use.
• deforestation.
• overgrazing their cattle.
• soil erosion.
• In lake Victoria they have water
• hyacinth in the lake.
• And everywhere they have poachers
• poaching.

These are some of the issues in Uganda.
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Uganda Agriculture
80 of people in Uganda are farmers!
There are 2 types of farming
Subsistence Commercial
70 of farming is subsistence farming Coffee 39 of Exports
Women do more then men . Cut flowers varilla Vegetabos Cotton tea tabcco
Food crops plantins cassava and sweet potontos and bannanas
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Poverty

• Poverty is important because it causes people to
  have a scarcity of what they need because they
  cant pay for things, like taxes and other
  resources.
• If people couldn't pay for (for example,)
  groceries, the grocery stores would not get much
  money, and the people working at those stores
  would become poor, too, causing an economy
  breakdown.

• Who The people in Uganda
• What Not having everything you need
• Where In Uganda
• Why Many reasons not being prepared, not
  getting a good education, living in a place with
  many resources, etc.
• When Present, and past.
• Where In Uganda

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Clothing and Fashion
Traditional Uganda clothing and accessories, come
from skins, belts, aprons, girdles, hairdressing,
and hairdressing. In additional, a Ugandan may
sport facial, neck, arm, and leg ornaments. Here
is a brief glossary of Ugandan clothing
styles. 1-Akaliba Long hair goat skin, usually
tied around the waist, for dancing. 2-Ebinyege
Leg rattles worn by boys in the Orunyege
dance. 3-Ebitambaala African head pieces.
4-Ekikoyi Mulit-colored Ugandan cloth worn most
often by woman on special occasions or
Celebrations as a long skirt, or belt around the
waist.
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Resources

• The Four Ws
• What Uganda has copper, tungsten, cobalt,
  columbite-tantalite, gold, phosphate, limestone,
  iron one, hydroelectric power.
• Where Victoria Nile, in Uganda, supplies
  hydroelectric power to the southern part of
  Africa.
• When The resources were here from the
  domestication time of the plants and animals.
• Why You need resources to survive and prosper.
• Importance
• Resources are important because you can trade
  with other people for things you need we need it
  for our livestock also we need it to eat and
  survive and live life.
• Examples
• Farming Water is a key resource when farming.
  You need water to nourish the crops and also to
  hydrate your livestock. You also need water for
  cash crops that can be used to sell and trade.
  

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Agriculture in Uganda

• Makes up most of the industry and almost all of
  Uganda's exports
• Coffee is 23 of the agriculture exports
• Other crops are cotton, tea, tobacco, corn,
  beans...
• Farming can be done all year round in the south
  because Uganda is on the equator, but it is still
  seasonal in the northern part of the country
• 20 of employees in the country are involved in
  agriculture

The photo is from http//sitemaker.umich.edu/secti
on7group4/agriculture A picture of a coffee
plantation in Uganda.
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Foods of Uganda

• Exported foods tea, coffee, sugar, honey,
  pineapples, avocado, fish (and fish by-products),
  dairy products
• Common crops Bananas, sweet potatoes, corn,
  beans, nuts
• Dishes Steamed or smoked fish, plantain cake,
  veal (cow) curry w/ bananas, sweet potato and pea
  soup, Kashata na nazi (Ugandan Coconut candy)

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Pollution in Uganda
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ENGLISH
BANTU
SWAHILI
Uganda Language Uganda was once a British
Colony, so English is the official language. Many
other languages are spoken as well because there
are many different ethnic groups. They kept
separate languages because after the British
left, these groups became individual tribal
kingdoms united in one republic.
TRIBAL DIALETCS
N I G E R - CONGO
NILO - SAHARAN
LUGANDA
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Wildlife

What is wildlife? Non domesticated animals
What animals? 1)Big game 2)Birds 3)Fish 4)And etc.
Sources https//www.cia.gov/library/publications/
the-world-factbook/photo_gallery/ug/photo_gallery_
A1_ug_1.html
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Uganda Resources

• Uganda has substantial natural resources
• fertile soils
• regular rainfall
• small deposits of copper, gold, and other
  minerals,
• recently discovered oil
• Petroleum
• Hydro power
• Resources for commercial importance

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Economy in Uganda
Uganda has substantial natural resources,
including fertile soils, regular
rainfall. Copper, gold, and other minerals, and
recently discovered oil. Agriculture is the
most important sector of the economy, employing
over 80 of the work force. Coffee accounts for
the bulk of export revenues. Main Exports-
Coffee, fish and fish products, tea, tobacco and
cotton. Main Trade Partners- Kenya, Belgium,
UAE and the Netherlands Each day they produce
4,000 pairs of shorts for export to the United
States from Uganda. Several textile factories
have set up creating thousands of jobs in a
country where few job opportunities exist.
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Entertainment in Uganda
Dancing and Music are also a big part of
entertainment in Uganda. Some styles of music
are House Reggae, Caribbean, and Western. People
can enjoy most of these styles of music at night
in casinos and night clubs.
Shopping is also entertainment for some people
in Uganda. Places these people like to shop
are Uchumi Supermarket and Kenjoy Supermarket.

• Sports are a big part of entertainment
• in Uganda. Some examples are
• White Water Rafting
• Football (soccer)

Nature Tourists who visit Uganda like to watch
wild animals roam the Land. A popular animal to
see is the Mountain Gorilla.
Night Life Many people in Uganda enjoy going to
night clubs and casinos when the hours of
daylight are over.
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Uganda is in Africa
Uganda is mostly a plateau
Uganda is located in Eastern Africa, west of
Kenya and east of the Democratic Republic of the
Congo.
236,580 square kilometers, roughly the size of
Great Britain or the state of Oregon in the
United States.
Rwenzori ranges which span a length of 60 km
forming an imposing natural border with
Democratic Republic of Congo
In 1862 the British explorer, John Hannington
Speke, stood in awe looking at the falls after
making tortured and frustrated journeys and
fruitless arguments with fellow explorers Burton
and Grant.
At the southwestern tip of Uganda are three
extinct volcanic mountains Muhabura, Gahinga and
Sabyinyo
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The Ugandan Currency

• The Ugandan Shilling replaced the East African
  Shilling in 1966.
• In 1966, coins were introduced in denominations
  of 5, 10, 20 and 50 cents and 1 and 2 shillings.
  The 5, 10 and 20 cent coins were struck in
  bronze, with the higher denominations struck in
  cupro-nickel. The 2 shilling was only issued that
  year. In 1972, cupro-nickel 5 shilling coins were
  issued but were withdrawn from circulation are
  now very rare. In 1976, copper-plated steel
  replaced bronze in the 5 and 10 cent and
  cupro-nickel-plated steel replaced cupro-nickel
  in the 50 cent and 1 shilling. In 1986,
  nickel-plated-steel 50 cent and 1 shilling coins
  were issued, the last coins of the first
  shilling.
• In 1987, cupro-nickel-plated-steel 1 and 2
  shilling and stainless-steel 5 and 10 shilling
  coins were introduced, with the 5 and 10 shilling
  curved-equilateral heptagonal in shape. In 1998,
  coins for 50, 100, 200 and 500 shillings were
  introduced. Denominations currently circulating
  are 10, 50, 100, 200 and 500 shillings.

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Government of Uganda

• People can vote when they are 18
• They have a Representative Democracy
• 80 administrative districts

• Uganda became an independent country in October
  9th, 1962
• President is Lt. General Yoweri Kaguta Museveni.
  He has been in power since January of 1986.
• The president has 5 year terms.

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Health
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Geography
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Religion in Uganda
41.9 are Roman Catholic Roman catholics are the
theological system of any of the churches of
western Christendom that separated from the
roman catholics during the reform. 42 are
Protestant Protestant is an adherent of
protestantism 12.1 are Muslim A beleiver in or
fallower of islam. 3.1 are another
religion 0.9 are no religion
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Economy-All The Things People Do to Make a Living
Grown Manufactured
Bananas Paper
Coffee Cotton cloth
Tea Beer
Tobacco Soft Drink
Cotton Soap
Corn
Beans
Sesame
Natural Resources
Copper
Gold
Oil
Their three main jobs are farming, restaurants,
and government.
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Uganda Resources

• Uganda has substantial natural resources
• fertile soils
• regular rainfall
• small deposits of copper, gold, and other
  minerals,
• recently discovered oil
• Petroleum
• Hydro power
• Resources for commercial importance