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Transportation of Uganda

Airports:31 (2006)
Airports - with paved runways:total: 5
over 3,047 m: 3
1,524 to 2,437 m: 1
914 to 1,523 m: 1 (2006)
Airports - with unpaved runways:total: 26
2,438 to 3,047 m: 1
1,524 to 2,437 m: 6
914 to 1,523 m: 11
under 914 m: 8 (2006)
Railways:total: 1,244 km
narrow gauge: 1,244 km 1.000-m gauge (2006)
Roadways:total: 70,746 km
paved: 16,272 km
unpaved: 54,474 km (2003)
Waterways:on Lake Victoria, 200 km on Lake Albert, Lake Kyoga, and parts of Albert Nile (2005)
Ports and terminals:Entebbe, Jinja, Port Bell

Uganda Quickstats

  • Population: 30,262,610
  • Area: 236,040 sq km
  • Density: 119 /km² (82nd²)
  • GDP (total): $45.97 billion (83rd)
  • GDP (per capita): $1,700 (153rd)
  • Literacy: 66.8%

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  • Currency: Ugandan shilling (UGX)
  • Dial code: +256³

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Uganda Internet

  • Usage: 500,000
  • Penetration: 1.7 %
  • Top Domain: .ug

WT eBusiness info:

  • Success Ranking: 100
  • Market testing: Untested
  • Overall risk: High
  • Overall reward: Low

e-maturity:

  • Tourism: 10%
  • eCommerce: 10%
  • Gaming: 10%
  • eLearning: 10%

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