Currency: 1 Salvadoran colon (C) = 100 centavos
Exchange rates: Salvadoran colones (C) per US$1 - 8.755 (December 1995), 8.755 (1995), 8.750 (1994), 8.670 (1993), 9.170 (1992), 8.080 (1991)
Fiscal year: calendar year
Transportation ———————
Railways:
total: 602 km (single track; note - some sections abandoned,
unusable, or operating at reduced capacity)
narrow gauge: 602 km 0.914-m gauge
Highways:
total: 12,251 km
paved: 1,740 km (including 107 km of expressways)
unpaved: 10,511 km (1992 est.)
Waterways: Rio Lempa partially navigable
Ports: Acajutla, Puerto Cutuco, La Libertad, La Union, Puerto El
Triunfo
Merchant marine: none
Airports:
total: 73
with paved runways over 3 047 m: 1
with paved runways 1 524 to 2 437 m: 1
with paved runways 914 to 1 523 m: 2
with paved runways under 914 m: 48
with unpaved runways 914 to 1 523 m: 21 (1995 est.)