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General Information

Official name: República de Nicaragua (Republic of Nicaragua)

Area: 130.668 Km 2. Nicaragua is the largest Central American country. (aprox. 50.000 square miles). 9.240 Km 2 of the Nicaraguan land is covered by fresh water lakes and crateric lagoons. 8.000 Km 2 of this area belongs to the Lake of Nicaragua and 1.000 Km 2 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: Enrique Bolaños (elected in 2002)

Capital: City of Managua (The country's most important trading center.)

Currency: Cordoba, US$1.00 = $ 15,80 (March 2004)
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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