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Air transport, freight > million tons per km	20.8 million tons/km		[87th of 153]
Air transport, passengers carried	2,540,564		[56th of 164]
Aircraft departures	44,200		[45th of 155]
Airports	65		[79th of 247]
Driving side of the road > Left or right	Right side
Heliports	1		[78th of 99]
Highways > Paved	1,986 km		[70th of 113]
Highways > Total	10,029 km		[74th of 118]
Motor vehicles	57 motor vehicles per 100 p		[75th of 134]
Ports and harbors Acajutla, Puerto Cutuco, La Libertad, La Union, Puerto El Triunfo
Ports and terminals	Acajutla, Puerto Cutuco
Rail lines > total route-km	283 km		[106th of 111]
Railways > Total	562 km		[4th of 220]
Roads, paved > % of total roads	19.8 %		[98th of 163]
Roads, total network > km	10,029 km		[112nd of 172]
Roadways > Paved	2,827 km		[17th of 81]
Roadways > Total	10,886 km		[24th of 85]
Roadways > Unpaved	8,059 km		[17th of 79]
Transnational Issues > Disputes > international in 1992, the ICJ ruled on the delimitation of "bolsones" (disputed areas) along the El Salvador-Honduras boundary, and the OAS is assisting with a technical resolution of undemarcated bolsones; in 2003, the ICJ rejected El Salvador's request to revise its decision on one part of the bolsones; the 1992 ICJ ruling advised a tripartite resolution to a maritime boundary in the Gulf of Fonseca with consideration of Honduran access to the Pacific; El Salvador continues to claim tiny Conejo Island, not mentioned by the ICJ, off Honduras in the Gulf de Fonseca
Vehicle abundance	17.49 per square km		[37th of 141]

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