ephones - main lines in use:
100,800 (2005)

Telephones - mobile cellular:
1.525 million (2005)

Telephone system:
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: country code - 256; satellite earth stations - 1
Intelsat (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:
1,365 (2006)

Internet Service Providers (ISPs):
2 (2000)

Internet users:
500,000 (2005)

Transportation 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 (2005)

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

Military Uganda

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

Military service 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"

Manpower available for military service:
males age 18-49: 5,012,620
females age 18-49: 4,855,858 (2005 est.)

Manpower fit for military service:
males age 18-49: 2,889,808
females age 18-49: 2,780,135 (2005 est.)

Military expenditures - dollar figure:
$192.8 million (2005 est.)

Military expenditures - percent of GDP:
2.2% (2005 est.)

Transnational Issues Uganda

Disputes - international:
Uganda is subject to armed