S$1 - 1,217.1 (January 1993), 1.133.8 (1992),
734.0 (1991), 428.85 (1990), 223.1 (1989), 106.1 (1988)
Fiscal year:
1 July - 30 June
*Uganda, Communications
Railroads:
1,300 km, 1.000-meter-gauge single track
Highways:
26,200 km total; 1,970 km paved; 5,849 km crushed stone, gravel, and
laterite; remainder earth roads and tracks
Inland waterways:
Lake Victoria, Lake Albert, Lake Kyoga, Lake George, Lake Edward; Victoria
Nile, Albert Nile; principal inland water ports are at Jinja and Port Bell,
both on Lake Victoria
Merchant marine:
3 roll-on/roll-off (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 15,091 GRT
Airports:
total:
31
usable:
23
with permanent-surface runways:
5
with runways over 3,659 m:
1
with runways 2,440-3,659 m:
3
with runways 1,220-2,439 m:
11
Telecommunications:
fair system with microwave and radio communications stations; broadcast
stations - 10 AM, no FM, 9 TV; satellite communications ground stations - 1
Atlantic Ocean INTELSAT
*Uganda, Defense Forces
Branches:
Army, Navy, Air Force
Manpower availability:
males age 15-49 4,137,983; fit for military service 2,250,793 (1993 est.)
Defense expenditures:
exchange rate conversion - $NA, 15% of budget (FY89/90)
*Ukraine, Geography
Location:
Eastern Europe, bordering the Black Sea, between Poland and Russia
Map references:
Asia, Commonwealth of Independent States - European States, Europe, Standard
Time Zones of the World
Area:
total area:
603,700 km2
land area:
603,700 km2
comparative area:
slightly smaller than Texas
Land boundaries:
total 4,558 km, Belarus 891 km, Hungary 103 km, Moldova 939 km, Poland 428
km, Romania (southwest) 169 km, Romania (west) 362 km, Russia 1,576 km,
Slovakia 90 km
Coastline: 2,782 km
Maritime claims:
NA
International disputes:
potential border disputes with Moldova and Romania in northern Bukovina and
southern Odes'ka Oblast'; potential dispute with Moldova over former
southern Bessarabian areas; has made no territorial claim in Antarctica (but
has reserved the right to do so) and does not recognize the claims of any
other nation
Climate:
temperate continental; subtropical only on the southern Crimean coast;
precipitation disproportionately distributed, highest in west and north,
lesser in east and southeast; winters vary from cool along the Black Sea to
cold farther inland; summers are warm across the greater p
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