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Railwaystotal: 1,244 km (2014)

narrow gauge: 1,244 km 1.000-m gauge (2014)
Roadwaystotal: 20,544 km (excludes local roads) (2017)

paved: 4,257 km (2017)

unpaved: 16,287 km (2017)
Waterways(there are no long navigable stretches of river in Uganda; parts of the Albert Nile that flow out of Lake Albert in the northwestern part of the country are navigable; several lakes including Lake Victoria and Lake Kyoga have substantial traffic; Lake Albert is navigable along a 200-km stretch from its northern tip to its southern shores) (2011)
Ports and terminalslake port(s): Entebbe, Jinja, Port Bell (Lake Victoria)
Merchant marinetotal: 1

by type: bulk carrier 1 (2019)
Airportstotal: 47 (2013)
Airports - with paved runwaystotal: 5 (2019)

over 3,047 m: 3

1,524 to 2,437 m: 1

914 to 1,523 m: 1
Airports - with unpaved runwaystotal: 42 (2013)

over 3,047 m: 1 (2013)

1,524 to 2,437 m: 8 (2013)

914 to 1,523 m: 26 (2013)

under 914 m: 7 (2013)
National air transport systemnumber of registered air carriers: 6 (2020)

inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers: 26

annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers: 21,537 (2018)
Civil aircraft registration country code prefix5X

Source: CIA World Factbook
This page was last updated on September 18, 2021

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