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Transportation
46 (2010)
country comparison to the world: total: 5
over 3,047 m: 3
1,524 to 2,437 m: 1
914 to 1,523 m: 1 (2010)
total: 41
over 3,047 m: 1
1,524 to 2,437 m: 7
914 to 1,523 m: 25
under 914 m: 8 (2010)
total: 1,244 km
country comparison to the world: narrow gauge: 1,244 km 1.000-m gauge (2008)
total: 70,746 km
country comparison to the world: paved: 16,272 km
unpaved: 54,474 km (2003)
there are no long navigable stretches of river in Uganda; parts of the Albert Nile that flow out of Lake Albert in the northwestern part of the country are navigable; several lakes including Lake Victoria and Lake Kyoga have substantial traffic; Lake Albert is navigable along a 200 km stretch from its northern tip to its southern shores (2009)
Entebbe, Jinja, Port Bell

