So what are the right percentages? Anybody got the info?......
>From: twinemanzi tumubweinee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: Re: mambo_: Uganda--Lonely Planet Publications >Date: Mon, 25 Nov 2002 17:59:11 +0000 (GMT) > > >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 population (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: >110,000 (1999 est.) >Nationality: >noun: Ugandan(s) >adjective: Ugandan >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] >Sent: 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 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 wa Kanyamanzi wa Kacuumba a.k.a TWINE > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:pretty 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? > > > > > > > >--------------------------------- > >With Yahoo! Mail you can get a bigger mailbox -- choose a size that fits >your needs > > > >Help STOP SPAM with the new MSN 8 and get 2 months FREE* > > > > >With Yahoo! Mail you can get a bigger mailbox -- choose a size that fits >your needs > > > > >--------------------------------- >With Yahoo! Mail you can get a bigger mailbox -- choose a size that fits your needs
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