Honduras Communications - 1986

GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES 

Railroads: 1,207 km total; 444 km 1.067-meter gauge, 763 km 0.914-meter gauge

Highways: 8,950 km total; 1,700 km paved, 5,000 km otherwise improved, 2,250 km unimproved earth

Inland waterways: 465 km navigable by small craft

Ports: 1 major (Puerto Cortes), 4 minor

Civil air: 9 major transport aircraft

Airfields: 195 total, 179 usable; 7 with permanent-surface runways; 4 with runways 2,440-3,659 m; 8 with runways 1,220-2,439 m

Telecommunications: improved, but still inadequate; connection into Central American microwave net, 35,100 telephones (0.9 per 100 popl.); 160 \M, 67 TV stations; 2 Atlantic Ocean satellite ground stations

NOTE: The information regarding Honduras 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 Honduras 1986 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Honduras 1986 should be addressed to the CIA or the source cited on each page.