Transport in El Salvador

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[edit] Railways

Main article: Rail transport in El Salvador

total: 602 km (single track; all traffic suspended; note - some sections abandoned, unusable)
narrow gauge: 602 km 0.914-m gauge

[edit] Railway links with adjacent countries

• Guatemala - none in use [1]
• Honduras - yes

[edit] Highways

Road to San Salvador, Leaving from Apopa. Vertical road leads to Quezaltepeque. Volcano of San Salvador is seen in the distance.

Bus running between Santa Ana and San Salvador

total: 10,029 km
paved: 1,986 km (including 327 km of expressways)
unpaved: 8,043 km (1997 est.)

[edit] Waterways

Rio Lempa partially navigable

[edit] Ports and harbors

[edit] Pacific Ocean

Acajutla, Puerto Cutuco, La Libertad, La Unión, Puerto El Triunfo

[edit] Merchant marine

none (1999 est.)

[edit] Airports

85 (1999 est.)

[edit] Airports - with paved runways

El Salvador International Airport

total: 4
over 3,047 m: 1
1,524 to 2,437 m: 1
914 to 1,523 m: 2 (1999 est.)

[edit] Airports - with unpaved runways

total: 81
914 to 1,523 m: 17
under 914 m: 64 (1999 est.)

[edit] Heliports

1 (1999 est.)

[edit] Airports by name

• El Salvador International Airport
• Ilopango International Airport

[edit] See also

• El Salvador

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