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Uganda
Index
Roads: Total of 27,000 kilometers, 6,000
all-weather,
1,800 paved. All areas of country accessible by road;
condition
of roads poor. Road repair government priority.
Railroads: Total of 1,240 kilometers, in state
of
severe disrepair. Chief transport link with Indian Ocean
ports.
Rehabilitation underway in late 1980s.
Civil Aviation: Five airports with paved
runways, major
one at Entebbe. Little domestic or international service
by
Uganda
Airlines in late 1980s. Complete reorganization and
rebuilding in
process.
Ports: Two inland ports, Jinja and Port Bell,
both on
Lake Victoria.
Telecommunications: 61,600 telephones, 9
television
stations, 10 AM radio stations; radio-relay systems for
longdistance surface communications; international service via
Atlantic Ocean and Indian Ocean International
Telecommunications
Satellite Corporation (Intelsat) links.
Data as of December 1990
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