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Transportation of Nicaragua

Airports:176 (2006)
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 (2006)
Airports - with unpaved runways:total: 165
1,524 to 2,437 m: 1
914 to 1,523 m: 23
under 914 m: 141 (2006)
Pipelines:oil 54 km (2006)
Railways:total: 6 km
narrow gauge: 6 km 1.067-m gauge (2006)
Roadways:total: 19,036 km
paved: 2,299 km
unpaved: 16,737 km (2005)
Waterways:2,220 km (including lakes Managua and Nicaragua) (2007)
Ports and terminals:Bluefields, Corinto, El Bluff

Nicaragua Quickstats

  • Population: 5,675,356 (July 2007 est.)
  • Area: 129,494 sq km
  • Density: 42 /km² (157th)
  • GDP (total): $20.996 billion (108th)
  • GDP (per capita): $3,636 (119th)
  • Literacy: 67.5%

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  • Currency: Córdoba (NIO)
  • Dial code: +505

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