_#_Pipelines: crude oil, 56 km
_#_Ports: Corinto, El Bluff, Puerto Cabezas, Puerto Sandino, Rama
_#_Merchant marine: 2 cargo ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 2,161 GRT/2,500 DWT
_#_Civil air: 12 major transport aircraft
_#_Airports: 251 total, 162 usable; 10 with permanent-surface runways; none with runways over 3,659 m; 2 with runways 2,440-3,659 m; 12 with runways 1,220-2,439 m
_#_Telecommunications: low-capacity radio relay and wire system being expanded; connection into Central American Microwave System; 60,000 telephones; stations—45 AM, no FM, 7 TV, 3 shortwave; earth stations—1 Intersputnik and 1 Atlantic Ocean INTELSAT
_*Defense Forces #_Branches: Army, Navy, Air Force
_#_Manpower availability: males 15-49, 845,961; 521,425 fit for military service; 44,222 reach military age (18) annually
_#Defense expenditures: $70 million, 3.8% of GDP (1991) % @Niger *Geography #_Total area: 1,267,000 km2; land area: 1,266,700 km2
_#_Comparative area: slightly less than twice the size of Texas