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.