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TransportationAirports World Ranking: 54
104 (2012)
Airports - with paved runways
Total 13
2,438 to 3,047 m 3 1,524 to 2,437 m 3 914 to 1,523 m 4 Under 914 m 3 (2012) Airports - with unpaved runways
Total 91
1,524 to 2,437 m 1 914 to 1,523 m 17 Under 914 m 73 (2012) Railways World Ranking: 128
Total 75 km
Narrow gauge 75 km 1.067-m gauge (2009) Roadways World Ranking: 123
Total 14,239 km
Paved 3,159 km Unpaved 11,080 km (1,420 km summer only) (2009) Waterways World Ranking: 85
465 km (most navigable only by small craft) (2012) Merchant marine World Ranking: 55
Total 88
By type Bulk carrier 5, cargo 39, carrier 2, chemical tanker 5, container 1, passenger 4, passenger/cargo 1, petroleum tanker 21, refrigerated cargo 7, roll on/roll off 3 Foreign-owned 47 (Bahrain 5, Canada 1, Chile 1, China 2, Egypt 2, Greece 4, Israel 1, Japan 4, Lebanon 2, Montenegro 1, Panama 1, Singapore 11, South Korea 6, Taiwan 1, Thailand 2, UAE 1, UK 1, US 1) (2010) Ports and terminals
La Ceiba, Puerto Cortes, San Lorenzo, Tela
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Honduras (Tegucigalpa):
 
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Once part of Spain's vast empire in the New World, Honduras became an independent nation in 1821. After two and a half decades of mostly military rule, a freely elected civilian government came to power in 1982. During the 1980s, Honduras proved a haven for anti-Sandinista contras fighting the Marxist Nicaraguan Government and an ally to Salvadoran Government forces fighting leftist guerrillas. The country was devastated by Hurricane Mitch in 1998, which killed about 5,600 people and caused approximately $2 billion in damage. Since then, the economy has slowly rebounded.