Merchant marine: none
Airports:
total: 198
with paved runways over 3,047 m: 1
with paved runways 2,438 to 3,047 m: 1
with paved runways 1,524 to 2,437 m: 3
with paved runways 914 to 1,523 m: 3
with paved runways under 914 m: 149
with unpaved runways 1,524 to 2,438 m: 2
with unpaved runways 914 to 1,523 m: 39
@Nicaragua:Communications
Telephone system: 60,000 telephones; low-capacity radio relay and wire
system being expanded; connection into Central American Microwave
System
local: NA
intercity: wire and radio relay
international: 1 Intersputnik and 1 INTELSAT (Atlantic Ocean) earth
station
Radio:
broadcast stations: AM 45, FM 0, shortwave 3
radios: NA
Television:
broadcast stations: 7
televisions: NA
@Nicaragua:Defense Forces
Branches: Ground Forces, Navy, Air Force note: total strength of all branches - 14,500
Manpower availability: males age 15-49 982,345; males fit for military service 604,721; males reach military age (18) annually 47,064 (1995 est.)
Defense expenditures: exchange rate conversion - $32 million, 1.7% of
GDP (1994), 8.1% of government budget