World Region Information --- Nicaragua Information
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It borders Honduras to the northwest and Costa Rica to the south. It faces the Caribbean Sea to the east and the Pacific Ocean to the southwest.
About 130,000km2
Leon(210,000), Masaya(180,000), Matagalpa(160,000), etc.
Approximately 6.49 million people
69% Mestizo, 17% White, 9% Black, Other
Spanish
84% Christian
- Cristo de La Misericordia
- Basilica Catedral de La Asuncion, Leon
There are influences of Native American culture, European culture, and Mestizo culture.
- Isletas de Granada
- Corn Islands
- Volcan Masaya
- Volcan Cerro Negro
- Reserva Natural Volcan Mombacho
- Lake Nicaragua
- Canon de Somoto
- Isla Ometepe
- Reserva de biosfera Bosawas
- Chocomuseo in Granada
- Reserva Natural Miraflor
- Apoyo Lagoon
Although primary education is free and compulsory, many children do not attend school because they have to work due to family circumstances.
- Universidad Nacional de Ingenieria
- UNAN LEON - Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Nicaragua
- UNAN-Managua
- Universidad Centroamericana
- Universidad Thomas More
- Universidad de las Regiones Autonomas de la Costa Caribe Nicaraguense
- Biblioteca Alemana Nicaraguense
1821 Independence from Spain but incorporated into the Mexican Empire
1823 Becomes part of the Central American Union along with Honduras, El Salvador, Guatemala and Costa Rica
1838 Fully independent as Nicaragua
1860 Britain cedes sovereignty over the Caribbean coast to Nicaragua
1893 Dictatorship established
1912-25 U.S. forces establish a military base
1927-33 Anti-American guerrilla activities lead to civil war (Sandino War)
1933 U.S. Marines withdraw. The end of the civil war
1934 Sandino assassination
1936 General Somoza seizes power in a coup d'etat
1937 Somoza becomes president. Beginning of dictatorship by the Somoza family
1956 Somoza is assassinated. Somoza's son, Luis Somoza Debaile, becomes president
1961 The Sandinista National Liberation Front is founded
1967 Luis Somoza dies. His brother Anastasio Somoza becomes president
1972 90% of the capital Managua collapses due to a huge earthquake, killing over 19,000 people
1978 Opposition Democratic Liberation League leader Pedro Joaquin Chamorro is assassinated. general strike. Intensifying protest movement
1979 Sandinista Revolution (First Nicaragua Civil War). Anastasio Somoza was exiled and exiled to Miami
1980 Somoza is assassinated in Paraguay.
1982 US-led rebel Contra attacks begin (Second Nicaragua War, Contra War). State of emergency declaration
1988 Severely damaged by Hurricane Joan
1992 Nicaragua Earthquake
1998 Hurricane Mitch kills thousands
2006 Free trade agreement with the United States enters into force
2012 San Cristobal eruption
2014 Constitution Amendment. Undertaking a canal project
It is a presidential democratic republic. The president is the head of state and head of government. Legislative power is vested in both the government and the Legislative Assembly.
- Palacio Nacional de la Cultura
$2,126
It is one of the poorest countries in the Americas.
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