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Republic of Nicaragua República de Nicaragua | |
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Motto: | |
Anthem: | |
Capital and largest city | Managua 12°9′N 86°16′W / 12.150°N 86.267°W / 12.150; -86.267 |
Official languages | Spanish |
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Government | Unitary presidential constitutional republic |
Daniel Ortega (FSLN) | |
Rosario Murillo | |
Legislature | National Assembly |
Independence from Spain, Mexico and the Federal Republic of Central America | |
• Declared | 15 September 1821 |
• Recognized | 25 July 1850 |
• from the First Mexican Empire | 1 July 1823 |
• from the Federal Republic of Central America | 31 May 1838 |
• Revolution | 19 July 1979 |
• Current constitution | 9 January 1987 |
Area | |
• Total | Lua error in Module:Convert at line 1850: attempt to index local 'en_value' (a nil value). (97th) |
• Water (%) | 7.14 |
Population | |
• 2023 estimate | 7,046,310 hab (85th) |
• Density | Lua error in Module:Convert at line 1850: attempt to index local 'en_value' (a nil value). (155th) |
GDP (PPP) | 2012 estimate |
• Total | $26.666 billion |
• Per capita | $4,458 |
GDP (nominal) | 2012 estimate |
• Total | $10.506 billion |
• Per capita | $1,756 |
Gini (2007) | 40.1 medium |
HDI (2012) | 0.599 medium · 129th |
Currency | Córdoba (NIO) |
Time zone | UTC−6 (CST) |
Date format | dd.mm.yyyy |
Driving side | right |
Calling code | +505 |
ISO 3166 code | NI |
Internet TLD | .ni |
Nicaragua is a country in Central America. It is officially called the Republic of Nicaragua (Spanish: República de Nicaraguacode: es is deprecated ). It has a size of 129,494 square kilometres. It is the largest country in Central America. It borders Honduras to the north and Costa Rica to the south. The capital of the country is Managua. Managua is the third-largest city in Central America. It is also the biggest city of Nicaragua. Almost a quarter of the population lives in the capital city.