Nicaragua
Nicaragua is in Central America, with its capital at Managua and an area of about 130,373 km². Explore its flag, anthem, population, GDP ranking, government, natural resources, provinces and major cities on an interactive 3D globe.
- Official name
- Republic of Nicaragua
- Capital
- Managua
- Region
- Americas · Central America
- Area
- 130,373 km²
- Languages
- Spanish
- Currencies
- Nicaraguan córdoba (NIO)
- Natural resources
- gold, silver, copper, tungsten, lead, zinc, timber, fish
- Industries
- food processing, chemicals, machinery and metal products, knit and woven apparel, petroleum refining and distribution, beverages, footwear, wood, electric wire harness manufacturing, mining
- Main exports
- garments, gold, insulated wire, coffee, beef
First-level divisions (17)
- Carazo
- Chontales
- Estelí
- León
- Madriz
- North Caribbean Coast
- Nueva Segovia
- Río San Juan
- Rivas
- South Caribbean Coast
- Boaco
- Chinandega
- Granada
- Jinotega
- Managua
- Masaya
- Matagalpa
Major cities
- Managua (population 920,000)
- León (population 164,441)
- Chinandega (population 139,023)
- Masaya (population 130,113)
- Matagalpa (population 109,089)
- Estelí (population 107,839)
- Granada (population 105,219)
- Juigalpa (population 54,731)
- Jinotega (population 51,073)
- Bluefields (population 44,373)
- Bilwi (population 43,001)
- Ocotal (population 33,928)
- Rivas (population 31,941)
- Jinotepe (population 29,507)
- Boaco (population 29,046)