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Republic of Uganda
COMMUNICATIONS
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Telephones - main lines in use:
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50,074; however, 80,868 main lines have been installed (1998) |
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Telephones - mobile cellular:
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9,000 (1998) |
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Telephone system:
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general assessment: seriously inadequate; two cellular systems have been introduced, but a sharp increase in the number of main lines is essential; e-mail and Internet services are available
domestic: intercity traffic by wire, microwave radio relay, and radiotelephone communication stations, fixed and mobile cellular systems for short-range traffic international: satellite earth stations - 1 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean) and 1 Inmarsat; analog links to Kenya and Tanzania |
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Radio broadcast stations:
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AM 7, FM 33, shortwave 2 (2001) |
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Radios:
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5 million (2001) |
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Television broadcast stations:
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8 (plus one low-power repeater) (2001) |
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Televisions:
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500,000 (2001) |
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Internet country code:
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.ug |
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Internet Service Providers (ISPs):
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2 (2000) |
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Internet users:
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60,000 (2002) |
TRANSPORTATION
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Railways:
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total: 1,241 km
narrow gauge: 1,241 km 1.000-m gauge (2002) |
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Highways:
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total: 27,000 km
paved: 1,800 km unpaved: 25,200 km (of which about 4,200 km are all-weather roads) (1990) |
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Waterways:
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Lake Victoria, Lake Albert, Lake Kyoga, Lake George, Lake Edward, Victoria Nile, Albert Nile |
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Ports and harbors:
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Entebbe, Jinja, Port Bell |
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Merchant marine:
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total: 3 ships (1,000 GRT or over) 5,091 GRT/8,229 DWT
ships by type: roll on/roll off 3 note: these ships are in cargo and passenger (ferry) service on Uganda's inland waterways (2002 est.) |
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Airports:
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27 (2002) |
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Airports - with paved runways:
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total: 4
over 3,047 m: 3 1,524 to 2,437 m: 1 (2002) |
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Airports - with unpaved runways:
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total: 23
2,438 to 3,047 m: 1 1,524 to 2,437 m: 6 914 to 1,523 m: 9 under 914 m: 7 (2002) |
MILITARY
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Military branches:
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Ugandan Peoples' Defense Force (including Army, Marine unit, Air Wing) |
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Military manpower - availability:
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males age 15-49: 5,476,612 (2003 est.) |
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Military manpower - fit for military service:
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males age 15-49: 2,974,259 (2003 est.) |
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Military expenditures - dollar figure:
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$124.7 million (FY02) |
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Military expenditures - percent of GDP:
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2.1% (FY02) |
TRANSNATIONAL ISSUES
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Disputes - international:
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Tutsi, Hutu, and other ethnic groups, associated political rebels, armed gangs, and various government forces continue fighting in the Great Lakes region, transcending the boundaries of Burundi, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, and Uganda to gain control over populated areas and natural resources; government heads pledge to end conflict, but localized violence continues despite UN peacekeeping efforts; conflict in Sudan has extended rebel forces and refugees into Uganda |