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Eastern Africa, west of Kenya .
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| Land Boudaries Border Country :
| Democratic Republic of the Congo 765 km, Kenya 933 km, Rwanda 169 km, Sudan 435 km, Tanzania 396 km .
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INFORMATIONS MAPS
| Land Boudaries Total :
| 2,698 km .
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| Geographic Coordinates :
| tropical; generally rainy with two dry seasons (December to February, June to August); semiarid in northeast .
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| Area Total :
| 236,040 sq km .
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| Area Land :
| 199,710 sq km .
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| Area Water :
| 36,330 sq km .
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| Area Comparative :
| slightly smaller than Oregon .
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| Coast Line :
| 0 km (landlocked) .
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| Railways Total :
| 1,241 km .
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| Highways Total :
| 27,000 km .
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| Waterways :
| 300 km (on Lake Victoria, 200 km on Lake Albert, Lake Kyoga, and parts of Albert Nile) (2004 est.) .
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| Ports and Harbors :
| Entebbe, Jinja, Port Bell .
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Population on 13-Sep-02 : 40993
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The direct route to Fort Portal from Kampala is along what is known as the Mityana, Mubende, Fort Portal Rd. The road is now completely tarmac along it's entire lenght having being completed in August 2005. The journey time from Kampala to Fort Portal to just over a mere 3 hours now along this route.
Coming from Kasese the road is tarmac. Driving after dark is not recommended along this route.
There are numerous matatus daily between Kasese and Fort Portal as there are between Fort Portal and Hoima. There are buses in the mornings to Kampala direct on the Mubende road and via Kasese, Mbarara. There is a Post Bus that runs to Kabale, departure at 05.00am. Using a public bus to Mbarara and changing there to a bus coming from Kampala proceeding to Kabale can also get you there. Providing you are in Mbarara by 1500 hrs you should have no problem in connecting with such a bus.
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