Nicaragua Transportation 1997

Railways
total: 0 km
narrow gauge: 0 km 1.067-m gauge; note - part of the previous 376 km system was closedand dismantled in 1993 and, in 1994, the remainder was closed, the track and rolling stock being sold for scrap

Highways
total : 17,146 km
paved: 1,715 km
unpaved: 15,431 km (1995 est.)

Waterways 2,220 km, including 2 large lakes

Pipelines crude oil 56 km

Ports and harbors Bluefields, Corinto, El Bluff, Puerto Cabezas, Puerto Sandino, Rama,San Juan del Sur

Merchant marine none

Airports 147 (1996 est.)

Airports - with paved runways
total: 115
over 3,047 m: 1
2,438 to 3,047 m: 1
1,524 to 2,437 m : 3
914 to 1,523 m: 3
under 914 m: 107 (1996 est.)

Airports - with unpaved runways
total: 32
1,524 to 2,437 m: 1
914 to 1,523 m: 31 (1996 est.)

NOTE: The information regarding Nicaragua on this page is re-published from the 1997 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Nicaragua Transportation 1997 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Nicaragua Transportation 1997 should be addressed to the CIA.