Transport in Nicaragua

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Contents 1 Highways: 2 Railways: 2.1 Railways links to adjacent countries 3 Waterways: 4 Pipelines 5 Ports and harbors: 5.1 Atlantic Ocean (Caribbean) 5.2 Pacific Ocean 5.3 Other 6 Merchant marine: 7 Airports: 7.1 Airports - with paved runways: 7.2 Airports - with unpaved runways: 8 See also 9 External links

[edit] Highways:

total: 18,712 km
paved: 2,126 km
unpaved: 16,586 km (2002 est.)

[edit] Railways:

Main article: Rail transport in Nicaragua
total: 0 km (all abandoned)
narrow gauge: 0 km 3 ft 6 in (1,067 mm) gauge
note: Last line in operation carried mostly passengers from Chichigalpa to Ingenio San Antonio (6 km) until 2001

[edit] Railways links to adjacent countries

none

[edit] Waterways:

2,220 km, including 2 large lakes. There is also the potential Nicaragua canal.

[edit] Pipelines

• crude oil 54 km (2004)

[edit] Ports and harbors:

[edit] Atlantic Ocean (Caribbean)

• Bluefields
• El Bluff
• Puerto Cabezas

[edit] Pacific Ocean

• Corinto
• Puerto Sandino
• San Juan del Sur

[edit] Other

• Rama,

[edit] Merchant marine:

none (1999 est.)

[edit] Airports:

176 (2004 est.)

[edit] Airports - with paved runways:

total: 11
2,438 to 3,047 m: 3
1,524 to 2,437 m: 2
914 to 1,523 m: 3
under 914 m: 3
(2005 est.)

[edit] Airports - with unpaved runways:

total: 165
1,524 to 2,437 m: 1
914 to 1,523 m: 23
under 914 m: 141
(2005 est.)

[edit] See also

• Nicaragua

[edit] External links

• Transportation in Nicaragua

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