Costa Rica

Costa Rica Transportation

Railways
total: 950 km
narrow gauge: 950 km 1.067-m gauge (260 km electrified) (2003)

Highways
total: 35,892 km
paved: 7,896 km
unpaved: 27,996 km (2000)

Waterways
general assessment: good domestic telephone service in terms of breadth of coverage; restricted cellular telephone service
domestic: point-to-point and point-to-multi-point microwave, fiber-optic, and coaxial cable link rural areas; Internet service is available
international: country code - 506; connected to Central American Microwave System; satellite earth stations - 2 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean); two submarine cables (1999)

Pipelines
refined products 242 km (2004)

Ports and harbors
Caldera, Golfito, Moin, Puerto Limon, Puerto Quepos, Puntarenas

Merchant marine
total: 1 ships (1,000 GRT or over) 1,716 GRT/ DWT
by type: passenger 1
registered in other countries: 1 (2004 est.)

Airports
149 (2003 est.)

Airports - with paved runways
total: 30
2,438 to 3,047 m: 2
1,524 to 2,437 m: 2
914 to 1,523 m: 18
under 914 m: 8 (2004 est.)

Airports - with unpaved runways
total: 119
914 to 1,523 m: 24
under 914 m: 95 (2004 est.)



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