Short facts about transportation in Uganda
| Railways: |
total: 1,241 km
narrow gauge: 1,241 km 1.000-m
gauge
note: a program to rehabilitate the railroad is underway
(1995) |
| Highways: |
total: 27,000 km
paved: 1,800 km
unpaved: 25,200
km (of which about 4200 km are all-weather roads)
(1990) |
| Waterways: |
Lake Victoria, Lake Albert, Lake Kyoga,
Lake George, Lake Edward, Victoria Nile, Albert
Nile |
| Ports and
harbors: |
Entebbe, Jinja, Port
Bell |
| Merchant
marine: |
total: 3 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 5,091 GRT/8,229 DWT
ships
by type: roll on/roll off
note: these ships are in cargo and
passenger service on Uganda's inland waterways (2000
est.) |
| Airports -
with paved runways: |
total: 4
over 3,047 m: 3
1,524 to 2,437 m: 1 (2000
est.) |
| Airports -
with unpaved runways: |
total: 24
2,438 to 3,047 m: 1
1,524 to 2,437 m:
6
914 to 1,523 m: 9
under 914 m: 8 (2000
est.) |
Source: World Factbook |
