_#_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: 1 roll-on/roll-off cargo (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 1,697 GRT

_#_Civil air: 4 major transport aircraft

_#_Airports: 37 total, 28 usable; 5 with permanent-surface runways; 1 with runways over 3,659 m; 3 with runways 2,440-3,659 m; 10 with runways 1,220-2,439 m

_#_Telecommunications: fair system with radio relay and radio communications stations; 61,600 telephones; stations—10 AM, no FM, 9 TV; satellite communications ground stations—1 Atlantic Ocean INTELSAT and 1 Indian Ocean INTELSAT

_*Defense Forces #_Branches: Army, Navy, Air Force

_#_Manpower availability: males 15-49, about 3,980,637; about 2,162,241 fit for military service

_#Defense expenditures: $68 million, 1.5% of GDP (1988) % @United Arab Emirates *Geography #_Total area: 83,600 km2; land area: 83,600 km2

_#_Comparative area: slightly smaller than Maine