Muslim 53.1%, Catholic 20.1%, Protestant 14.2%, animist 7.3%, other 0.5%, unknown 1.7%, atheist 3.1% (1993 census)
Roman Catholic 41.9%, Protestant 42% (Anglican 35.9%, Pentecostal 4.6%, Seventh Day Adventist 1.5%), Muslim 12.1%, other 3.1%, none 0.9% (2002 census)
Languages
French (official), Arabic (official), Sara (in south), more than 120 different languages and dialects
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
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Exchange Rate
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Location
Central Africa, south of Libya
Eastern Africa, west of Kenya
Area
1,284,000 km sq
241,038 km sq
Coastline
0 km
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Climate
tropical in south, desert in north
tropical; generally rainy with two dry seasons (December to February, June to August); semiarid in northeast
