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Air transport, freight > million tons per km	0.54 million tons/km		[144th of 153]
Air transport, passengers carried	61,031		[150th of 164]
Aircraft departures	500		[150th of 155]
Airports	163		[36th of 247]
Driving side of the road > Left or right	Right side
Highways > Paved	2,094 km		[52nd of 113]
Highways > Total	19,032 km		[46th of 118]
Motor vehicles	33 motor vehicles per 100 p		[89th of 134]
Pipelines	oil 54 km
Ports and harbors Bluefields, Corinto, El Bluff, Puerto Cabezas, Puerto Sandino, Rama, San Juan del Sur
Ports and terminals Bluefields, Corinto, El Bluff
Rail lines > total route-km	6 km		[98th of 111]
Railways > Total	6 km		[131st of 220]
Roads, total network > km	18,669 km		[55th of 172]
Roadways > Paved	2,299 km		[35th of 81]
Roadways > Total	19,036 km		[31st of 85]
Roadways > Unpaved	16,737 km		[16th of 79]
Transnational Issues > Disputes > international territorial disputes with Colombia over the Archipelago de San Andres y Providencia and Quita Sueno Bank region; the 1992 ICJ ruling for El Salvador and Honduras advised a tripartite resolution to establish a maritime boundary in the Gulf of Fonseca, which considers Honduran access to the Pacific; legal dispute over navigational rights of San Juan River on border with Costa Rica
Vehicle abundance	0.41 per square km		[121st of 141]
Waterways	2,220 km		[13th of 165]

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