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Capital Nicaragua : |
Managua .
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| Land Boudaries Border Country Nicaragua :
| Costa Rica 309 km, Honduras 922 km .
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| Climate Nicaragua :
| tropical in lowlands, cooler in highlands .
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| Life expectancy Nicaragua :
| 70.02 years .
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| Fertility rate Nicaragua :
| 2.89 children born/woman (2004 est.) .
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| Government type Nicaragua :
| republic .
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| Population Nicaragua :
| 5,359,759 (July 2004 est.) .
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| Area Total Nicaragua :
| 129,494 sq km .
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| Telephones Main Lines In Use Nicaragua :
| 171,600 (2002) .
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| Telephones Mobile Cellular Nicaragua :
| 202,800 (2002) .
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| International Country Code Nicaragua :
| 505.
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| Sex ratio total Nicaragua :
| 1 male(s)/female (2004 est.) .
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| Sex Nicaragua ratio under 15 :
| 1.04 male(s)/female .
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| Sex Nicaragua ratio 15 64 :
| 0.99 male(s)/female .
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| Sex Nicaragua ratio 65 :
| 0.78 male(s)/female .
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| Current account balance Nicaragua :
| $-859 million (2003) |
| HIV Nicaragua :
| 0.2% (2003 est.) |
| Population below poverty line Nicaragua :
| 50% (2001 est.) |
| Literacy Nicaragua :
| 67,50% |
| House hold income lowest than 10% Nicaragua :
| 0,70% |
| House hold income highest than 10% Nicaragua :
| 48.8% (1998) |
| Inflation Nicaragua :
| 5.3% (2003 est.) |
| Unemployment Rate Nicaragua :
| 22% plus considerable underemployment (2003 est.) |
| Internet Users Nicaragua :
| 90,000 (2002) |
| Location Nicaragua :
| Central America, bordering both the Caribbean Sea and the North Pacific Ocean, between Costa Rica and Honduras |
| Geographic Coordinates Nicaragua :
| 13 00 N, 85 00 W |
| Religion Nicaragua :
| Roman Catholic 85%, Protestant |
| Administrative region Nicaragua :
| 15 departments (departamentos, singular - departamento) and 2 autonomous regions* (regiones autonomistas, singular - region autonomista); Atlantico Norte*, Atlantico Sur*, Boaco, Carazo, Chinandega, Chontales, Esteli, Granada, Jinotega, Leon, Madriz, Managua, Masaya, Matagalpa, Nueva Segovia, Rio San Juan, Rivas |
| Terrain Nicaragua :
| extensive Atlantic coastal plains rising to central interior mountains; narrow Pacific coastal plain interrupted by volcanoes |
| Elevation extremes lowest Nicaragua :
| Pacific Ocean 0 m |
| Elevation extremes highest Nicaragua :
| Mogoton 2,438 m |
| Natural resources Nicaragua :
| gold, silver, copper, tungsten, lead, zinc, timber, fish |
| Land use arable land Nicaragua :
| 15,94% |
| Land use permanentcrops Nicaragua :
| 1,94% |
| Irrigated land Nicaragua :
| 880 sq km (1998 est.) |
| Natural hazards Nicaragua :
| destructive earthquakes, volcanoes, landslides; extremely susceptible to hurricanes |
| Environment current issues Nicaragua :
| deforestation; soil erosion; water pollution |
| Geography note Nicaragua :
| largest country in Central America; contains the largest freshwater body in Central America, Lago de Nicaragua |
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