(1991); note - black-market rate 2.800 (May 1989)

Fiscal year: calendar year

Transportation
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Railways:
total: 884 km (102 km privately owned)
narrow gauge: 884 km 0.914-m gauge (single track)

Highways:
total: 12,033 km
paved: 3,117 km (including 125 km of expressways)
unpaved: 8,916 km (1992 est.)

Waterways: 260 km navigable year round; additional 730 km
navigable during high-water season

Pipelines: crude oil 275 km

Ports: Champerico, Puerto Barrios, Puerto Quetzal, San Jose, Santo
Tomas de Castilla

Merchant marine: none

Airports:
total: 463
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: 2
with paved runways 914 to 1 523 m: 5
with paved runways under 914 m: 320
with unpaved runways 2 438 to 3 047 m: 1
with unpaved runways 1 524 to 2 437 m: 9
with unpaved runways 914 to 1 523 m: 124 (1995 est.)

Communications
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Telephones: 210,000 (1993 est.)

Telephone system: fairly modern network centered in the city of
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@Guernsey
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(British crown dependency)

Map
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Location: 49 28 N, 2 35 W -- Western Europe, islands in the
English Channel, northwest of France

Flag
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Description: white with the red cross of Saint George (patron
saint of England) extending to the edges of the flag

Geography
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Location: Western Europe, islands in the English Channel,
northwest of France

Geographic coordinates: 49 28 N, 2 35 W

Map references: Europe

Area:
total area: 194 sq km
land area: 194 sq km
comparative area: slightly larger than Washington, DC
note: includes Alderney, Guernsey, Herm, Sark, and some other
smaller islands

Land boundaries: 0 km

Coastline: 50 km

Maritime claims:
exclusive fishing zone: 12 nm
territorial sea: 3 nm

International disputes: none

Climate: temperate with mild winters and cool summers; about 50%
of days are overcast

Terrain: mostly level with low hills in southwest
lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m
highest point: unnamed location on Sark 114 m

Natural resources: cropland

Land use:
arable land: NA%
permanent crops: NA%
meadows and pastures: NA%
forest and woodland: NA%
other: NA%

Irrigated land: NA sq km

Environment:
current issues: NA
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