Transport in Nicaragua
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[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)
[edit] Pacific Ocean
[edit] Other
[edit] Merchant marine
none (1999 est.)
[edit] Airports
143 (2009)
[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
(2009)[2]
[edit] Airports - with unpaved runways
total: 132
1,524 to 2,437 m: 1
914 to 1,523 m: 16
under 914 m: 115
(2009)[3]
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ "Shaw Group in talks with US railroad cos for Feristsa project, Central America, Infrastructure, news". http://www.bnamericas.com/news/infrastructure/Shaw_Group_in_talks_with_US_railroad_cos_for_Feristsa_project. Retrieved 2010-10-16.
- ^ https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/fields/2030.html?countryName=&countryCode=®ionCode=&
- ^ https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/fields/2031.html?countryName=&countryCode=®ionCode=&
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