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NICARAGUA FACTS

General Information

Official name: República de Nicaragua (Republic of Nicaragua)
Area: 130.668 Km².
Nicaragua is the largest Central American country. (aprox. 50.000 square miles).
9.240 Km² of the Nicaraguan land is covered by fresh water lakes and crateric lagoons.
8.000 Km² of this area belongs to the Lake of Nicaragua and 1.000 Km² to the Lake of Managua.
Population: 5,2 million inhabitants (est. 2003); density per sq mile: 103
Language: Spanish (official), English (in the Caribbean zone), Miskito and other Amerindian languages are also spoken.
Religion: Roman Catholics 85% ; Evangelics, Protestants and others 15%
Government: Democratic Republic
President: Daniel Ortega since 2007)
Capital: City of Managua (The country's most important trading center.)
Currency: Cordoba, US$1.00 = C$ 22,50 (December 2010)
Sometimes the people calls the currency Peso instead of Cordobas.
Time: Nicaragua shares the American Central time (6h behind GMT).
There is no daylight-saving time in Nicaragua.

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