I don’t think it’s different than in any other country. If you have access to the internet, you’re good to go. There are plenty free books and tutorials out there for any programming language you can imagine. If you’re not sure where to start or which languages to learn, don’t worry, there are a plenty of discussions about that too. There are many people who are more than willing to help you get started.
Of course, it would be easier if you could find some people near you who are into programming, so you can get together and talk about it and they can also show you a few things when you need it, but, it’s not really necessary in today’s world.
What are some of the best ways to learn programming?
Don't just read the books. The best way to learn how to program is by doing it. It's easy to spend hours reading about syntax, but computer languages like human languages require you to use them in order to understand them.

Try starting with simple projects. If you're going the HTML / CSS route, play with JavaScript and get a simple div to move around on the page when you click on something. Then work your way up to more complex ones. For instance, write a simple todo list with HTML form elements. You have to learn DOM manipulation to properly handle when the user interacts with the page.

At Stanford, they teach beginning CS with games. Try building a hangman game using JS, or even just on the command prompt using Ruby or Python.

Edit: A new YC company called Codecademy just released an all-Javascript tutorial that is quite good. (Disclosure: I'm a venture partner at YC and worked with the founders this past summer.)
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