Where is Nicaragua?
About Nicaragua
The Land
The People
Life and Death
Health, Energy and the Environment
Education and Work
Travel, Communication and the Media
Nicaragua is an above average size country in the south of North America.
Nicaragua has a border on the Caribbean Sea in the east and the Pacific Ocean in the west.
The land is a mixture of mountains, in the interior, and coastal plains. The Pacific coast has a number of active and extinct volcanoes.
The geographical coordinates for the centre of Nicaragua, also known as lines of latitude and longtitude, are:-
Latitude - 13 00N
Longitude - 85 00W
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The Nicaraguan flag is 3 equal horizontal
stripes of blue, white and blue. The national coat of arms is in the centre of the white stripe. The coat of arms is a triangle surrounded by the words
Republica De Nicaragua at the top and America Central at the bottom. The triangle contains among its symbols a rainbow, and 5 volcanoes.
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The total land area of Nicaragua is 119,990 sq kms which is the 4th largest in North America.
Nicaragua has lakes, rivers and canals which total 10,380 sq kms.
Nicaragua has boundaries with 2 countries
Nicaragua has a coastline of 910 kms which is the 11th longest in North America.
The highest point in Nicaragua is Mogoton at 2,085 metres.
The total population of Nicaragua is 5.97 million people, making it the 10th largest country in North America by population.
Of this number 3.05 million are females and 2.92 million are males.
A person from Nicaragua is called a Nicaraguan.
To be a citizen of Nicaragua you must be born in Nicargua or one of your parents must be a citizen of Nicaragua. You have to live in Nicaragua for
4 years before you can begin to apply for citizenship.
The largest five cities in Nicaragua, by population are:-
The birth rate in Nicaragua is 17.9 births per 1,000 of population
The death rate in Nicaragua is 5.1 deaths per 1,000 people.
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There are 16.0 deaths of girls under 1 year per 1,000 of births and 21.8 deaths of boys.
The median age for females is 26.0 and for males is 24.3. The median age is that age which divides the population exactly in half so there are the same number
of people above the median age as below it.
The average age of a woman when she has her first child is 19.2.
The elderly dependency ratio is 7.8. This is the number of elderly people (ages 65+) per 100 people of working age (ages 15-64).
The potential support ratio is 12.8. This is the number of working-age people (ages 15-64) per one elderly person (ages 65+). As a population ages, the potential support ratio tends to fall, meaning there are fewer potential workers to support the elderly.
Nicaragua spends 9.0% of its total income on health care.
There are 0.90 doctors per 1,000 people.
There are 0.9 hospital beds per 1,000 people.
23.7% of the population are estimated as obese.
99.3% of the urban population and 69.4% of the rural population have drinking water that is either piped into their home or they have access to a public tap, a protected borehole, well, spring or
protected rainwater collection facility.
76.5% of the urban population and 55.7% of the rural population have access to a flushing toilet that is connected to a sewer. a pit latrine (that is a
permanent hole in the ground that is looked after) or a composting toilet.
Nicaragua spends 4.5% of its total income on education.
Children usually start school at age 6 in Nicaragua. Primary education is for nine years until age 15 and is compulsory. Secondary education can
continue till 17. This may be followed
by further education at a university or college.
Generally the school year consists of 1 term and starts in the first week of February and finishes at the end of November. I have been unable to find out if there
are any breaks during the year.
83.2% of females and 82.4% of males are able to read and write by the age of 15.
8.5% of all people aged between 16 and 24 are not in work. Among females 12.9% are unemployed while with males 6.4% can't find work.
The total number of people available for work in Nicaragua is 3.01 million.
They work in the following sectors.
There are 12 paved airports in Nicaragua, which is the 11th highest number in North America.
There are 0 kilometres of railways in Nicaragua.
There are 3,346 kilometres of roads in Nicaragua, which means Nicaragua is in 13th place for the most kilometres of roads in North America.