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 (1999 est.)

[edit] Waterways

Rio Lempa partially navigable

[edit] Ports and harbors

[edit] Pacific Ocean

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

[edit] Merchant marine

none (1999 est.)

[edit] Airports

75 (2006 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 (2006 est.)

[edit] Airports - with unpaved runways

• total: 70
• 1,524 to 2,437 m: 1
• 914 to 1,523 m: 14
• under 914 m: 56 (2006 est.)

[edit] Heliports

1 (2006 est.)

[edit] Airports by name

• El Salvador International Airport
• Ilopango International Airport

[edit] See also

• El Salvador

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