UGANDA, OR OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE PEARL OF AFRICA, IS LOCATED IN EAST AFRICA. IT HAS A POPULATION OF 34,758,809 AS OF JULY 2013.
MOST UGANDANS ARE EITHER PROTESTANT OR CATHOLIC. ALTHOUGH THERE IS ALSO A SUBSTANCIAL AMOUNT OF MUSLIMS AS WELL. ALMOST 50% OF THE
POPULATION ARE UNDER THE AGE OF FOURTEEN (CRAZY HUH?). ENGLISH IS SPOKEN BY MANY UGANDANS
BUT THERE ARE MANY TRIBAL LANGUAGES SUCH AS SWAHILI AND GANDA SINCE THERE ARE MANY TRIBES IN UGANDA. UGANDA GETS
MOST OF THEIR MONEY FROM NATURAL RESOURCES SUCH AS GOLD AND OTHER MINERALS.
TRANSPORTATION USUALLY CONSISTS OF EITHER WALKING, A PIKI PIKI (MOTORCYCLE) OR
A TAXI. IT IS COMMON FOR UGANDANS TO WALK 5-10 MILES PER DAY AS THEIR MODE OF TRANSPORTATION. UGANDANS ARE HARD WORKING PEOPLE WHO HAVE JOBS RANGING FROM FARMING TO BUSINESS MEN. THERE REALLY ISN'T A MIDDLE CLASS IN UGANDA, INSTEAD THERE IS ONLY A LOWER CLASS AND HIGH CLASS. EITHER A UGANDAN IS VERY RICH OR VERY POOR. IT IS ESTIMATED THAT AROUND 1300 AD PEOPLE BEGAN MIGRATING TO THE AREA THAT IS NOW KNOW AS UGANDA. THEN IN 1894, BRITAIN TOOK CONTROL OF UGANDA BUT LATER UGANDA GAINED THEIR INDEPENDENCE IN 1962. IDI AMIN WAS RULER OF UGANDA FOR EIGHT YEARS PUTTING THE PEOPLE THROUGH IMMENSE CRUELTY WHICH THEY STILL SUFFER FROM TODAY. UGANDA IS A COUNTRY THAT IS IN THE PROCESS OF OVERCOMING GOVERNMENT CORRUPTION AND POVERTY.
This short video shows a lot about Uganda travel information and places to go!
MOST UGANDANS ARE EITHER PROTESTANT OR CATHOLIC. ALTHOUGH THERE IS ALSO A SUBSTANCIAL AMOUNT OF MUSLIMS AS WELL. ALMOST 50% OF THE
POPULATION ARE UNDER THE AGE OF FOURTEEN (CRAZY HUH?). ENGLISH IS SPOKEN BY MANY UGANDANS
BUT THERE ARE MANY TRIBAL LANGUAGES SUCH AS SWAHILI AND GANDA SINCE THERE ARE MANY TRIBES IN UGANDA. UGANDA GETS
MOST OF THEIR MONEY FROM NATURAL RESOURCES SUCH AS GOLD AND OTHER MINERALS.
TRANSPORTATION USUALLY CONSISTS OF EITHER WALKING, A PIKI PIKI (MOTORCYCLE) OR
A TAXI. IT IS COMMON FOR UGANDANS TO WALK 5-10 MILES PER DAY AS THEIR MODE OF TRANSPORTATION. UGANDANS ARE HARD WORKING PEOPLE WHO HAVE JOBS RANGING FROM FARMING TO BUSINESS MEN. THERE REALLY ISN'T A MIDDLE CLASS IN UGANDA, INSTEAD THERE IS ONLY A LOWER CLASS AND HIGH CLASS. EITHER A UGANDAN IS VERY RICH OR VERY POOR. IT IS ESTIMATED THAT AROUND 1300 AD PEOPLE BEGAN MIGRATING TO THE AREA THAT IS NOW KNOW AS UGANDA. THEN IN 1894, BRITAIN TOOK CONTROL OF UGANDA BUT LATER UGANDA GAINED THEIR INDEPENDENCE IN 1962. IDI AMIN WAS RULER OF UGANDA FOR EIGHT YEARS PUTTING THE PEOPLE THROUGH IMMENSE CRUELTY WHICH THEY STILL SUFFER FROM TODAY. UGANDA IS A COUNTRY THAT IS IN THE PROCESS OF OVERCOMING GOVERNMENT CORRUPTION AND POVERTY.
This short video shows a lot about Uganda travel information and places to go!