Tanzania vs. Uganda
Transportation
Tanzania | Uganda | |
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Railways | total: 4,567 km (2014) narrow gauge: 1,860 km 1.067-m gauge (2014) 2707 km 1.000-m gauge | total: 1,244 km (2014) narrow gauge: 1,244 km 1.000-m gauge (2014) |
Roadways | total: 87,581 km (2015) paved: 10,025 km (2015) unpaved: 77,556 km (2015) | total: 20,544 km (excludes local roads) (2017) paved: 4,257 km (2017) unpaved: 16,287 km (2017) |
Waterways | (Lake Tanganyika, Lake Victoria, and Lake Nyasa (Lake Malawi) are the principal avenues of commerce with neighboring countries; the rivers are not navigable) (2011) | (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) (2011) |
Ports and terminals | major seaport(s): Dar es Salaam, Zanzibar | lake port(s): Entebbe, Jinja, Port Bell (Lake Victoria) |
Merchant marine | total: 315 by type: bulk carrier 3, container ship 5, general cargo 156, oil tanker 45, other 106 (2020) | total: 1 by type: bulk carrier 1 (2019) |
Airports | total: 166 (2013) | total: 47 (2013) |
Airports - with paved runways | total: 10 (2019) over 3,047 m: 2 2,438 to 3,047 m: 2 1,524 to 2,437 m: 4 914 to 1,523 m: 2 | total: 5 (2019) over 3,047 m: 3 1,524 to 2,437 m: 1 914 to 1,523 m: 1 |
Airports - with unpaved runways | total: 156 (2013) over 3,047 m: 1 (2013) 1,524 to 2,437 m: 24 (2013) 914 to 1,523 m: 98 (2013) under 914 m: 33 (2013) | total: 42 (2013) over 3,047 m: 1 (2013) 1,524 to 2,437 m: 8 (2013) 914 to 1,523 m: 26 (2013) under 914 m: 7 (2013) |
National air transport system | number of registered air carriers: 11 (2020) inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers: 91 annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers: 1,481,557 (2018) annual freight traffic on registered air carriers: 390,000 mt-km (2018) | number of registered air carriers: 6 (2020) inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers: 26 annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers: 21,537 (2018) |
Civil aircraft registration country code prefix | 5H | 5X |
Source: CIA Factbook