Nicaraguan Transportation, Nicaragua Transportation
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Railways: Total: 6 km narrow gauge: 6 km 1.067-m gauge (2004)
Highways: Total: 18,712 km paved: 2,126 km unpaved: 16,586 km (2002)
Waterways: 2,220 km (including lakes Managua and Nicaragua) (1997)
Pipelines: Oil 54 km (2004)
Ports and harbors: Bluefields, Corinto, El Bluff
Merchant marine:
Airports: 176 (2004 est.)
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 (2004 est.)
Airports - with unpaved runways: Total: 165 1,524 to 2,437 m: 1 914 to 1,523 m: 23 under 914 m: 141 (2004 est.)
Heliports:
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The information here has been derived from Public Domain Sources such as the CIA World Factbook. No liability can be taken for any inaccuracies.
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The Pacific Coast of Nicaragua was settled as a Spanish colony from Panama in the early 16th century. Independence from Spain was declared in 1821 and the country became an independent republic in 1838. Britain occupied the Caribbean Coast in the fir...