1.   Area: 129,494 sq km

2.   Population: 5,675,356 (July 2007 est.)

3.   Capital: Managua

4.   Language: Spanish 97.5% (official), Miskito 1.7%, other 0.8% (1995 census)

5.  Date of OAS membership: 1948

8. Description of Nicaragua*

9. Climate*

10. History

11. Government

12. Economy

13. Photographs
  
  

* Source: Permanent Mission of Nicaragua to the OAS. 

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Updated: 8 May 2008