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Nicaragua Description Nicaragua
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The Pacific coast of Nicaragua was settled as a Spanish colony from Panama in the early 16th century. Independence from Spain was declared in 1821 and the country became an independent republic in 1838. Britain occupied the Caribbean Coast in the first half of the 19th century, but gradually ceded control of the region in subsequent decades. Violent opposition to governmental manipulation and corruption spread to all classes by 1978 and resulted in a short-lived civil war that brought the Marxist Sandinista guerrillas to power in 1979. Nicaraguan aid to leftist rebels in El Salvador caused the US to sponsor anti-Sandinista contra guerrillas through much of the 1980s. Free elections in 1990, 1996, and 2001, saw the Sandinistas defeated, but voting in 2006 announced the return of former Sandinista President Daniel ORTEGA Saavedra. The 2008 municipal elections were characterized by widespread irregularities. Nicaragua's infrastructure and economy - hard hit by the earlier civil war and by Hurricane Mitch in 1998 - are slowly being rebuilt, but democratic institutions face new challenges under the ORTEGA administration.
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Location
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Central America, bordering both the Caribbean Sea and the North Pacific Ocean, between Costa Rica and Honduras
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Area - comparative
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slightly smaller than New York state
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Natural resources Nicaragua Nicaragua
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gold, silver, copper, tungsten, lead, zinc, timber, fish
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Population Nicaragua
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5,995,928 (July 2010 est.)
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Nicaragua Religions Nicaragua
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Roman Catholic 58.5%, Evangelical 21.6%, Moravian 1.6%, Jehovah's Witness 0.9%, other 1.7%, none 15.7% (2005 census)
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Languages
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Spanish 97.5% (official), Miskito 1.7%, other 0.8% (1995 census)
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Nicaragua Education Nicaragua expenditures
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3.1% of GDP (2003)
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Government Nicaragua type
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15 departments (departamentos, singular - departamento) and 2 autonomous regions* (regiones autonomistas, singular - region autonoma); Atlantico Norte*, Atlantico Sur*, Boaco, Carazo, Chinandega, Chontales, Esteli, Granada, Jinotega, Leon, Madriz, Managua, Masaya, Matagalpa, Nueva Segovia, Rio San Juan, Rivas
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Independence
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Independence Day, 15 September (1821)
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Nicaragua Economy - overview
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Investment Nicaragua
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Industries Nicaragua
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3.286 billion kWh (2007 est.)
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Airports Nicaragua
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oil 54 km (2009)
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