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MAPS AND FACTS

NICARAGUA

W A N D E R I N G

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AREA

  • Total 130,375 km2

  • Water (%) 7.14​

POPULATION

  • 6,071,000

 

CURRENCY

  • Córdoba (NIO)

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BIGGEST CITY

  • Managua - 973 000

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BORDERS

  • Honduras

  • Costa Rica

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INTINERARY

BORDER CROSSINGS

  • Guasaule / Honduras / Nicaragua

  • Beña Blanca / Nicaragua / Costa Rica

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DISTANCE BY BICYCLE

  • 540KM

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CAPITAL

  • Managua

 

OFFICIAL LANGUAGES

  • Spanish

 

ETHNIC GROUPS

  • 69% Mestizo

  • 17% White

  • 9% Black

  • 5% Indigenous

 

INDEPENDENCE

  • 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

  • Unitary presidentialconstitutional republic

 

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