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 4,800 km are all-weather roads) (1990 est.)

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 3 (1999 est.)

Airports: 26 (1999 est.)

Airports - with paved runways:
total: 4
over 3,047 m: 3
1,524 to 2,437 m: 1 (1999 est.)

Airports - with unpaved runways:
total: 22
2,438 to 3,047 m: 1
1,524 to 2,437 m: 6
914 to 1,523 m: 8
under 914 m: 7 (1999 est.)

Heliports: 1 (1999 est.)

See also : Uganda