:

$3.341 billion (31 December 2007 est.)

Market value of publicly traded shares:

$NA

Currency (code):

gold cordoba (NIO)

Currency code:

NIO

Exchange rates:

gold cordobas (NIO) per US dollar - 18.457 (2007), 17.582 (2006),
16.733 (2005), 15.937 (2004), 15.105 (2003)

Communications
Nicaragua

Telephones - main lines in use:

247,900 (2006)

Telephones - mobile cellular:

2.123 million (2007)

Telephone system:

general assessment: system being upgraded by foreign investment;
nearly all installed telecommunications capacity now uses digital
technology, owing to investments since privatization of the formerly
state-owned telecommunications company
domestic: since privatization, access to fixed-line and
mobile-cellular services has improved but teledensity still lags
behind other Central American countries; connected to Central
American Microwave System
international: country code - 505; the Americas Region Caribbean
Ring System (ARCOS-1) fiber optic submarine cable provides
connectivity to South and Central America, parts of the Caribbean,
and the US; satellite earth stations - 1 Intersputnik (Atlantic
Ocean region) and 1 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean) (2007)

Radio broadcast stations:

AM 63, FM 32, shortwave 1 (1998)

Radios:

1.24 million (1997)

Television broadcast stations:

3 (plus 7 repeaters) (1997)

Televisions:

320,000 (1997)

Internet country code:

.ni

Internet hosts:

58,157 (2008)

Internet Service Providers (ISPs):

3 (2000)

Internet users:

155,000 (2006)

Transportation
Nicaragua

Airports:

163 (2007)

Airports - with paved runways:

total: 11
2,438 to 3,047 m: 3
1,524 to 2,437 m: 2
914 to 1,523 m: 3
under 914 m: 3 (2007)

Airports - with unpaved runways:

total: 152
1,524 to 2,437 m: 1
914 to 1,523 m: 16
under 914 m: 135 (2007)

Pipelines:

oil 54 km (2007)

Railways:

total: 6 km
narrow gauge: 6 km 1.067-m gauge (2006)

Roadways:

total: 19,036 km
paved: 2,299 km
unpaved: 16,737 km (2005)

Waterways:

2,220 km (including lakes Managua and Nicaragua) (2007)

Ports and terminals:

Bluefields, Corinto, El Bluff

Military
Nicaragua

Military branches:

National Army of Nicaragua (ENN; includes Navy, Air Force) (2008)

Military service age and obligation:

17 years of age for voluntary military service; tour of duty 18-36
months (2008)

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