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Ugandaat a Glance

LocationEastern Africa, west of Kenya

Population27,269,482

Population Growth Rate3.31%

Religions
Roman Catholic 33%, Protestant 33%, Muslim 16%, indigenous beliefs 18%

LanguagesEnglish (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:  69.9%
male: 79.5%
female:  60.4% (2003 est.)

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