Nicaragua Communications - 1986

GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES 

Railroads: 344 km 1.067-meter gauge, government owned; majority of system not operating, 3 km 1.435-meter gauge line at Puerto Cabezas (does not connect with mainline)

Highways: 23,585 km total; 1,655 km paved, 2,170 km gravel or crushed stone, 5,425 km earth or graded earth, 14.335 km unimproved

Inland waterways: 2,220 km, including 2 large lakes

Pipelines: crude oil, 56 km

Ports: 1 major (Corinto), 7 minor

Civil air: 12 major transport aircraft

Airfields: 296 total, 261 usable; 8 with permanent-surface runways; 2 with runways 2,440-3,659 m, 11 with runways 1,220-2,439 m

Telecommunications: low-capacity radiorelay and wire system being expanded; connection into Central American microwave net; Atlantic Ocean satellite station; 60.000 telephones (2.2 per 1

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