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Maps, Facts and Figures
Nicaragua's position in Central America
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Facts and Figures (compiled from various sources by Nicaragua Solidarity Campaign)
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Full title |
Republic of Nicaragua |
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Capital |
Managua |
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Area |
Approx.
130,000 square kms
50,000 square miles (roughly the size of England) |
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Currency |
Córdoba |
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Population |
5.6 million (est 2006) |
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Ethnicity |
Mestizo (mixed race) 69%,
white 1 %, black 9%, other 5% |
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Languages |
Spanish (official). Also English, Creole, Garifuna, Miskitu, Rama and Sumu/Mayangna
in Atlantic/ Caribbean Coast Autonomous Regions |
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Life expectancy |
70.4 years (WB 2005) |
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Poverty rank |
2nd poorest country in Latin America and the Caribbean after Haiti |
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% of population living below poverty line |
Estimates vary too widely to say with any accuracy |
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% of population under 15 |
40.2% (UNDP 2005) |
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% of population living on less than $1 per day |
45.1 (UNDP 2005) |
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Literacy |
76.7% (UNDP 2003) |
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Agriculture |
Coffee, bananas, sugar cane, cotton, rice, maize, tobacco,
sesame, soya, beans, beef, pork, poultry
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Major exports |
Coffee, shrimp & lobster, tobacco, beef, sugar, bananas, gold, timber
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Main trading partners |
US, other Central America countries, Venezuela |
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GDP |
US$ 4.9 billion (WB 2005) |
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Total exports |
US$ 858 million (UNDP 2005) |
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Total imports |
US$ 2,595 million (UNDP 2005) |
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External debt |
US$ 4.4 billion (WB 2005)
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Income from remittances |
US$ 750 million (Nicaragua Central Bank 2005) |
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Major political parties |
Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN), Sandinista Renewal Movement
(MRS), Constitutionalist Liberal Party (PLC), Nicaragua Liberal Alliance
(ALN)
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Head of government |
Daniel Ortega Savedra, elected for a 5 year term
in November 2006. |
One of Nicaragua's most memorable vistas: the Momotombo volcano near León
(1300m). The ruins of Spain's first settlement in Nicaragua lie in Puerto
Momotombo, on Lake Managua (Xolotlán).
Photo credit: Reading San-Francisco Libre Association
www.reading-sfl.org.uk
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