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Air transport, freight > million tons per km
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28.55 million tons/km
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[78th of 153]
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Aircraft departures
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300 |
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[153rd of 155]
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DEFINITION: Aircraft departures are the number of domestic and international take-offs of air carriers registered in the country. |
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SOURCE: World Development Indicators database |
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Driving side of the road > Left or right
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Left side |
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DEFINITION: About a quarter of the world drives on the left, and the countries that do are mostly old British colonies. The following is a list of countries of the world and the side of the road the inhabitants drive on. Most of the people driving on the left side of the road use right-hand-drive vehicles and vice-versa. |
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SOURCE: CIA World Factbook, 28 July 2005 |
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Highways > Paved
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1,809 km |
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[73rd of 113]
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DEFINITION: total length of the paved parts of the highway system |
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SOURCE: World standards on users.pandora.be |
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Highways > Total
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27,000 km |
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[46th of 118]
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DEFINITION: total length of the highway system |
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SOURCE: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008 |
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Highways > Unpaved
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25,191 km |
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[30th of 113]
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DEFINITION: total length of the unpaved parts of the highway system |
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SOURCE: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008 |
Merchant marine > A note
these ships are in cargo and passenger (ferry) service on Uganda's inland waterways (2002 est.) |
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SOURCE: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008 |
Merchant marine > Note
these ships are in cargo and passenger (ferry) service on Uganda's inland waterways |
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SOURCE: CIA World Factbook, December 2003 |
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Merchant marine > Ships by type
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roll on/roll off 3 |
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DEFINITION: Merchant marine may be defined as all ships engaged in the carriage of goods; or all commercial vessels (as opposed to all non-military ships), which excludes tugs, fishing vessels, offshore oil rigs, etc.; or a grouping of merchant ships by nationality o |
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SOURCE: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008 |
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Merchant marine > Total > Dwt
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8,229 Dwt |
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[84th of 157]
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DEFINITION: Dwt=Deadweight tonnage, a measure of the capacity of a cargo ship |
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SOURCE: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008 |
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Merchant marine > Total > GRT
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5,091 GRT |
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[87th of 157]
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DEFINITION: GRT=Gross Register Tonnage |
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SOURCE: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008 |
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Motor vehicles
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4 motor vehicles per 100 p |
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[122nd of 134]
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DEFINITION: Motor vehicles per 1,000 people |
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SOURCE: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008 |
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Ports and harbors
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Entebbe, Jinja, Port Bell |
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DEFINITION: The major ports and harbors selected on the basis of overall importance to each country. This is determined by evaluating a number of factors (e.g., dollar value of goods handled, gross tonnage, facilities, and military significance). |
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SOURCE: United Nations World Statistics Pocketbook and Statistical Yearbook |
Railways > A note
a program to rehabilitate the railroad is underway (2001) |
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DEFINITION: This entry states the total route length of the railway network and of its component parts by gauge: broad, dual, narrow, standard, and other. |
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SOURCE: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008 |
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Travel services > % of commercial service exports
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76.22 %
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[13th of 153]
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DEFINITION: Travel services (% of commercial service exports) covers goods and services acquired from an economy by travelers in that economy for their own use during visits of less than one year for business or personal purposes. Travel services include the goods and services consumed by travelers, such as lodging and meals and transport (within the economy visited). |
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SOURCE: CIA World Factbook, December 2003 |
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Vehicle abundance
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0.55 per square km |
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[114th of 141]
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DEFINITION: Vehicles per populated land area
Units: Vehicles/Populated Land Area (in km2)
Units: Air pollution is generally greatest in densely populated areas. To take this into account, we used the Gridded Population of the World dataset available from CIESIN and calculated the total land area in each country inhabited with a population density of greater than 5 persons per sq. km. We then utilized this land area as the denominator for the vehicles data. |
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SOURCE: World Development Indicators database |
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