Nicaragua
Republic o Nicaragua República de Nicaragua (Spaingie) | |
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Anthem: [Salve a ti, Nicaragua] error: {{Native name}}: text has italic markup (help) (Spaingie) Hail tae Thee, Nicaragua | |
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Caipital and largest city | ![]() 12°9′N 86°16′W / 12.150°N 86.267°W |
Offeecial leids | Spaingie |
Recognised regional leids | |
Ethnic groups (2011[2]) |
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Demonym(s) | Nicaraguan |
Govrenment | Unitar presidential constitutional republic |
• Preses | Daniel Ortega (FSLN) |
Rosario Murillo | |
Denis Moncada[3] | |
Legislatur | Naitional Assembly |
Unthirldom frae Spain, Mexico an the Federal Republic o Central Americae | |
• Declared | 15 September 1821 |
• Recognised | 25 Julie 1850 |
• frae the First Mexican Empire | 1 Julie 1823 |
• frae the Federal Republic o Central Americae | 31 Mey 1838 |
• Revolution | 19 Julie 1979 |
• Current constitution | 9 Januar 1987[4] |
Aurie | |
• Total | 130,375 km2 (50,338 sq mi) (97t) |
• Water (%) | 7.14 |
Population | |
• 2012 census | 6,167,237[5] |
• Density | 51/km2 (132.1/sq mi) (155t) |
GDP (PPP) | 2017 estimate |
• Total | $35.835 billion[6] |
• Per capita | $5,755[6] |
GDP (nominal) | 2017 estimate |
• Tot | $13.748 billion[6] |
• Per capita | $2,207[6] |
Gini (2009) | 45.7[7] medium |
HDI (2015) | ![]() medium · 125th |
Currency | Córdoba (NIO) |
Time zone | UTC−6 (CST) |
Drivin side | richt |
Cawin code | +505 |
ISO 3166 code | NI |
Internet TLD | .ni |
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Nicaragua (pronounced /ˌnɪkəˈrɑːɡwə/ (deprecatit template) nik-ə-RAH-gwə) offeecially the Republic o Nicaragua (Spaingie: República de Nicaragua, pronoonced: [reˈpuβlika ðe nikaˈɾaɣwa] ( listen)), is a representative democratic republic. It is the lairgest kintra in Central Americae wi an aurie o 130,373 km2. The kintra is bordered bi Honduras tae the north an Costa Rica tae the sooth. The Pacific Ocean lies tae the wast o the kintra, the Caribbean Sea tae the east. The kintra's Caribbean coast is pairt o the Wastren Caribbean Zone. Fawin athin the tropics, Nicaragua sits atween 11 degrees an 14 degrees north o the Equator in the Northren Hemisphere. Nicaragua's abundance o biologically significant an unique ecoseestems contribute tae Mesoamericae's designation as a biodiversity hotspot. The caipital ceety o Nicaragua is Managua. Roughly ane quarter o the naition's population lives in the Nicaraguan caipital, makin it the third lairgest ceety an metropolitan aurie in Central Americae.
References
[eedit | eedit soorce]- ↑ As shawn on the Córdoba (bank notes an cunyies); see, for ensaumple, Banco Central de Nicaragua Archived 2010-09-24 at the Wayback Machine.
- ↑ "Nicaragua Demographics Profile 2011". Nicaragua. Index Mundi. 2011. Retrieved 16 Julie 2011.
- ↑ JDM, teleSUR- (17 Januar 2017). "Denis Moncada es el nuevo canciller de Nicaragua - Noticias". teleSUR (in Spainish). Retrieved 12 Juin 2017.
- ↑ "Nicaragua". CIA World Factbook. Archived frae the original on 13 Februar 2016. Retrieved 9 Mey 2007.
- ↑ "Población Total, estimada al 30 de Junio del año 2012" (PDF) (in Spanish). National Nicaraguan Institute of Development Information. pp. 1–5. Archived frae the original (PDF) on 2 Mey 2013. Retrieved 24 Mairch 2013. Unknown parameter
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- ↑ "Gini Index". World Bank. Retrieved 18 Julie 2013.
- ↑ United Nations Development Programme (2015). "2015 Human Development Report" (PDF). New York: United Nations. Retrieved 15 December 2015.
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