telsat (Atlantic Ocean) and 1 Inmarsat; analog links to Kenya and
Tanzania

Radio broadcast stations:
AM 7, FM 33, shortwave 2 (2001)

Radios:
5 million (2001)

Television broadcast stations:
8 (plus one low-power repeater) (2001)

Televisions:
500,000 (2001)

Internet country code:
.ug

Internet hosts:
2,692 (2004)

Internet Service Providers (ISPs):
2 (2000)

Internet users:
125,000 (2003)

Transportation Uganda

Railways:
total: 1,241 km
narrow gauge: 1,241 km 1.000-m gauge (2003)

Highways:
total: 27,000 km
paved: 1,809 km
unpaved: 25,191 km (1999 est.)

Waterways:
300 km (on Lake Victoria, 200 km on Lake Albert, Lake Kyoga, and
parts of Albert Nile) (2004 est.)

Ports and harbors:
Entebbe, Jinja, Port Bell

Merchant marine:
total: 3 ships (1,000 GRT or over) 5,091 GRT/5,943 DWT
by type: roll on/roll off 3 (2003 est.)

Airports:
27 (2003 est.)

Airports - with paved runways:
total: 4
over 3,047 m: 3
1,524 to 2,437 m: 1 (2004 est.)

Airports - with unpaved runways:
total: 25
2,438 to 3,047 m: 1
1,524 to 2,437 m: 6
914 to 1,523 m: 11
under 914 m: 7 (2004 est.)

Military Uganda

Military branches:
Ugandan Peoples' Defense Force (UPDF): Army, Marine Unit, Air Wing

Military manpower - military age and obligation:
18 years of age for compulsory and voluntary military duty; the
government has stated that recruitment below that age could occur
with proper consent and that "no person under the apparent age of 13
years shall be enrolled in the armed forces"

Military manpower - availability:
males age 15-49: 5,678,649 (2004 est.)

Military manpower - fit for military service:
males age 15-49: 3,085,053 (2004 est.)

Military expenditures - dollar figure:
$128.2 million (2003)

Military expenditures - percent of GDP:
2.1% (2003)

Transnational Issues Uganda

Disputes - international:
Tutsi, Hutu, Lendu, Hema, and other ethnic groups, associated
political rebels, armed gangs, militias, 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; civil conflict in Sudan
has extended Sudanese rebel forces an