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TransportationAirports World Ranking: 76
65 (2012)
Airports - with paved runways
Total 5
Over 3,047 m 1 1,524 to 2,437 m 1 914 to 1,523 m 2 Under 914 m 1 (2012) Airports - with unpaved runways
Total 60
1,524 to 2,437 m 1 914 to 1,523 m 11 Under 914 m 48 (2012) Heliports
2 (2012)
Railways World Ranking: 121
Total 283 km
Narrow gauge 283 km 0.600-m gauge Note Railways have been inoperable since 2005 because of disuse and high costs that led to a lack of maintenance (2008) Roadways World Ranking: 134
Total 10,886 km
Paved 2,827 km (includes 327 km of expressways) Unpaved 8,059 km (2000)Waterways
(Rio Lempa is partially navigable for small craft) (2011) Ports and terminals
Puerto Cutuco
Oil terminals Acajutla offshore terminal
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El Salvador achieved independence from Spain in 1821 and from the Central American Federation in 1839. A 12-year civil war, which cost about 75,000 lives, was brought to a close in 1992 when the government and leftist rebels signed a treaty that provided for military and political reforms.