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Honduras Transportation:

Railways:
total: 699 km (2004 est.)
narrow gauge: 279 km 1.067-m gauge
narrow gauge: 420 km 0.914-m gauge

Highways:
total: 13,603 km (1999 est.)
paved: 2,775 km
unpaved: 10,828 km

Waterways:
465 km (most navigable only by small craft) (2004 est.)

Ports and harbors:
Puerto Castilla, Puerto Cortes, San Lorenzo, Tela

Merchant marine:
total: 137 ships (1,000 GRT or over) 598,600 GRT / 616,158 DWT
by type: bulk carrier 10, cargo 67, chemical tanker 6, container 2, liquefied gas 1, livestock carrier 1, passenger 4, passenger/cargo 5, petroleum tanker 30, refrigerated cargo 9, roll on/roll off 1, specialized tanker 1
foreign-owned: 44 Canada 1, China 3, Egypt 1, Greece 4, Hong Kong 2, Israel 1, Japan 4, Lebanon 1, Mexico 1, Singapore 12, South Korea 6, Taiwan 2, Tanzania 1, Turkey 1, United States 2, Vanuatu 1, Vietnam 1
registered in other countries: 1
(2005)

Airports:
115 (2004 est.)

Airports — with paved runways:
total: 11
2438 to 3047m: 3
1524 to 2437m: 2
914 to 1523m: 3
under 914m: 3
(2004 est.)

Airports — with unpaved runways:
total: 104
1524 to 2437m: 2
914 to 1523m: 18
under 914m: 84
(2004 est.)



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Washington D.C.: Central Intelligence Agency, 2005
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