Conservatives. uphold the principles of the regime as set up in 1979, basis in strict sharia law with a minimum of modern modifications, wary of influence from western countries and warn that modernization may threaten the tenets of Shiism, support right of clerics to run the political system. î î î.
Mt Elgon. At 4321m mountain Elgon is east Africa 4th highest mountain and the 8th in Africa.it was one time the highest Africaâs mountain ,far exceeding Kilimanjaroâs 5895m but a thousand of years of erosion its height. Mt Elgon is an extinct volcano and one of Ugandaâs oldest physical features, first eruption about 24 million years ago. Measuring 50km by 80km;the mountains has the largest volcanic base in the world. its caldera, covering over 40km,is known to be the largest intact caldera in the world.
In 1856, the Great Trigonometrical Survey of India established the first published height of Everest, then known as Peak XV, at 8,840 m (29,002 ft). The current official height of 8,848 m (29,029 ft) as recognised by China and Nepal was established by a 1955 Indian survey and subsequently confirmed by a Chinese survey in 1975.