Transport in Nicaragua

Transport in Nicaragua

Highways:


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


=Railways:=


"Main article: Rail transport in Nicaragua"
"total:" 0 km (all abandoned)
"narrow gauge:" 0 km RailGauge|42 gauge
note: Last line in operation carried mostly passengers from Chichigalpa to Ingenio San Antonio (6 km) until 2001

Railways links to adjacent countries

none
* Honduras

* Cost Rica

* FERISTSA Railway would connect Mexico with Panama - 1435mm gauge. [ [http://www.reference.com/browse/wiki/FERISTSA Reference.com/Encyclopedia/FERISTSA ] ]

Waterways:


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


= Pipelines =

* crude oil 54 km (2004)

Ports and harbors:

Atlantic Ocean (Caribbean)

* Bluefields
* El Bluff
* Puerto Cabezas

Pacific Ocean

* Corinto
* Puerto Sandino
* San Juan del Sur

Other

* Rama,

Merchant marine:


none (1999 est.)

Airports:


176 (2004 est.)

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.)

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.)

See also

* Nicaragua

External links

* [http://www.vianica.com/nicaragua/4-transportation.html Transportation in Nicaragua]

References


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