4get about the percentages not just looking right, they are WRONG ! Incredible how people can choose to be so misinformed about the basic facts concerning the " Pearl of Africa "........tut, tut !!
Twinemanzi
Michael Mukasa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Since this seems to be of concern to you here's site that includes more
ethnic groups, but the percentages don't look quite right.
http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/ug.html
People Uganda Top of Page
Population:
24,699,073
note: estimates for this country explicitly take into account the effects of
excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in lower life expectancy,
higher infant mortality and death rates, lower population and growth rates,
and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would
otherwise be expected (July 2002 est.)
Age structure:
0-14 years: 50.9% (male 6,314,371; female 6,265,681)
15-64 years: 47% (male 5,803,430; female 5,789,713)
65 years and over: 2.1% (male 247,798; female 278,080) (2002 est.)
Population growth rate:
2.94% (2002 est.)
Birth rate:
47.15 births/1,000 popul! ation (2002 est.)
Death rate:
17.53 deaths/1,000 population (2002 est.)
Net migration rate:
-0.28 migrant(s)/1,000 population
note: according to the UNHCR, by the end of 2001, Uganda was host to 178,815
refugees from a number of neighboring countries, including: Sudan 155,996,
Rwanda 14,375, and Democratic Republic of the Congo 7,459 (2002 est.)
Sex ratio:
at birth: 1.03 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.01 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 1 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.89 male(s)/female
total population: 1 male(s)/female (2002 est.)
Infant mortality rate:
89.35 deaths/1,000 live births (2002 est.)
Life expectancy at birth:
total population: 43.81 years
female: 44.67 years (2002 est.)
male: 42.97 years
Total fertility rate:
6.8 children born/woman (2002 est.)
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:
6.1% (2001 est.)
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:
1.1 million (2001 est.)
HIV/AIDS - deaths:
11! 0,000 (1999 est.)
Nationality:
noun: Ugandan(s)
adjective: Ug andan
Ethnic groups:
Baganda 17%, Ankole 8%, Basoga 8%, Iteso 8%, Bakiga 7%, Langi 6%, Rwanda 6%,
Bagisu 5%, Acholi 4%, Lugbara 4%, Batoro 3%, Bunyoro 3%, Alur 2%, Bagwere
2%, Bakonjo 2%, Jopodhola 2%, Karamojong 2%, Rundi 2%, non-African
(European, Asian, Arab) 1%, other 8%
Religions:
Roman Catholic 33%, Protestant 33%, Muslim 16%, indigenous beliefs 18%
Languages:
English (official national language, taught in grade schools, used in courts
of law and by most newspapers and some radio broadcasts), Ganda or Luganda
(most widely used of the Niger-Congo languages, preferred for native
language publications in the capital and may be taught in school), other
Niger-Congo languages, Nilo-Saharan languages, Swahili, Arabic
Literacy:
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 62.7%
male: 74%
female: 54% (2000 est.)
----- Original Message -----
From: twinemanzi tumubweinee
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Se! nt: Monday, November 25, 2002 12:00 PM
Subject: Re: mambo_: Uganda--Lonely Planet Publications
A good start to what ? More like a very lousy preparation for a start......
!!!
Alex Bazirake <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote:
Sorry, Twinemanzi wa Tumubweinee wa Kanyamanzi wa Kacuumba a.k.a TWINE
You have to admit, this is a good start!
>From: twinemanzi tumubweinee
>Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Subject: Re: mambo_: Uganda--Lonely Planet Publications
>Date: Sun, 24 Nov 2002 00:57:17 +0000 (GMT)
>
>
>I didnt see any reference to Bakiga, so i will totally disregard this
article.... to talk about Uganda and not mention Bakiga is as we say "
okuhandika hamaizi " for those not fortunate enough to know.... the
englishman's literal translation would be "to write on a water surface". The
author is reminded, and this advice is free of charge.
>Twinemanzi wa Tumubweinee w! a Kanyamanzi wa Kacuumba a.k.a TWINE
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:pr etty narrow selection of occupants -- don't you
think?
>only seven variants of "people", half of which is foreign!!!
>Is it possible to use a statistic that's representative of the vast
spectrum that occupies UG?
>
>
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