Location: Eastern Africa, west of Kenya

Language: 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 and may be taught in school), other Niger-Congo languages,
Nilo-Saharan languages, Swahili, Arabic

Currency: 1 Ugandan shilling (USh) = 100 cents

Population: 22,804,973

Natural Hazards: NA

Import: transportation equipment, petroleum, medical supplies, iron and steel

Export: coffee 54%, gold, fish and fish products, cotton, tea,
corn

Industries: sugar, brewing, tobacco, cotton textiles, cement

Transportation:
Railways:
total: 1,241 km
narrow gauge: 1,241 km 1.000-m gauge
note: a program to rehabilitate the railroad is underway

Highways:
total: 27,000 km
paved: 1,800 km
unpaved: 25,200 km (of which about 4,800 km are all-weather roads)

Waterways: Lake Victoria, Lake Albert, Lake Kyoga, Lake George, Lake
Edward, Victoria Nile, Albert Nile

Ports & Harbors: Entebbe, Jinja, Port Bell

Location: Southern Africa, east of Angola

Language: English (official), major vernaculars—Bemba, Kaonda, Lozi, Lunda, Luvale, Nyanja, Tonga, and about 70 other indigenous languages

Currency: 1 Zambian kwacha (ZK) = 100 ngwee

Population: 9,663,535

Natural Hazards: tropical storms (November to April)

Import: machinery, transportation equipment, foodstuffs, fuels, petroleum products, electricity, fertilizer

Export: copper, cobalt, zinc, lead, tobacco

Industries: copper mining and processing, construction, foodstuffs, beverages, chemicals, textiles, fertilizer

Transportation:
Railways:
total: 2,164 km
narrow gauge: 2,164 km 1.067-m gauge (13 km double track)
note: the total includes 891 km of the Tanzania-Zambia Railway Authority
(TAZARA), which operates 1,860 km of 1.067-m narrow gauge track between Dar
es Salaam and Kapiri Mposhi where it connects to the Zambia Railways system;
TAZARA is not a part of Zambia Railways

Highways:
total: 39,700 km
paved: 7,265 km (including 60 km of expressways)
unpaved: 32,435 km

Waterways: 2,250 km, including Zambezi and Luapula rivers, Lake Tanganyika

Ports & Harbors: Mpulungu

Location: Southern Africa, northeast of Botswana

Language: English (official), Shona, Sindebele (the language of the Ndebele, sometimes called Ndebele), numerous but minor tribal dialects

Currency: 1 Zimbabwean dollar (Z$) = 100 cents

Population: 11,163,160

Natural Hazards: recurring droughts; floods and severe storms are rare

Import: machinery and transport equipment 39%, other
manufactures 18%, chemicals 15%, fuels 10%

Export: tobacco, gold, ferroalloys, cotton

Industries: mining (coal, clay, numerous metallic and nonmetallic ores), copper, steel, nickel, tin, wood products, cement, chemicals, fertilizer, clothing and footwear,
foodstuffs, beverages

Transportation:
Railways:
total: 2,759 km
narrow gauge: 2,759 km 1.067-m gauge (313 km electrified; 42 km double track)

Highways:
total: 18,338 km
paved: 8,692 km
unpaved: 9,646 km

Waterways: the Mazoe and Zambezi rivers are used for transporting chrome ore
from Harare to Mozambique

Ports & Harbors: Binga, Kariba