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: These attractive houses are part of a local orphanage in Mukono where children live in small ‘family’ houses, each run by a house mother

Uganda
Land: Water:	199,710 sq km 36,330 sq km
Coastline:	0 km (landlocked)
Population:	31,367,972 (July 2008 estimate)
Age Structure:	0-14 years: 50% 15-64 years: 47.8% 65 years and over: 2.2%
Life Expectancy:	male: 51.31 years female: 53.4 years (2008 estimate)
Infant Mortality Rate: 65.99 deaths/1,000 live births
People living with HIV/AIDS: 530,000 (2001 estimate)
Literacy:	Total population: 66.8% male: 76.8% female: 57.7% (2002 census)
National Holiday: Independence Day, 9 October (1962)
From – World Factbook 2008