El Salvador Communications - 1986

GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES 

Railroads: 602 km 0.914-meter gauge, single track

Highways 10,000 km total; 1,500 km paved, 4,100 km gravel, 4,400 km improved and unimproved earth

Inland wateru ays: Lempa River partially navigable

Ports: 2 major (Acajutla, La Union), 1 minor

Civil air: 7 major transport aircraft

Airfields: 166 total, 138 usable; 6 with permanent-surface runways; 1 with runways 2,440-3,659 m; 6 with runways 1,220-2,439 m

Telecommunications: nationwide trunk radio-relay system; connection into Central American microwave net; 116,000 telephones (2.3 per 100 popl.); 75 AM, 5 TV stations; 1 Atlantic Ocean satellite station

NOTE: The information regarding El Salvador on this page is re-published from the 1986 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency and other sources. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of El Salvador 1986 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about El Salvador 1986 should be addressed to the CIA or the source cited on each page.