Nicaragua

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** = = Nicaragua's low lands are tropical but it is cooler i nthe lowlands. _ Geography: Nicaragua in located in Central America and borders both the Caribbean Sea and the North Pacific Ocean it is between Costa Rica and Honduras. Nicaragua’s area is 129,494 sq km, compared to Pennsylvania’s 82 sq km. The country is the largest country in Central America and contains the largest freshwater body in Central America. There are some volcanoes and mountains.
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History: ** The Pacific coast of Nicaragua was settled on by a Spanish colony from Panama in the early 1500’s. Spain earned its freedom in 1821 and Nicaragua became an independent republic in 1838. In the first half of the 19th century the Caribbean Coast was occupied by Britain, but slowly they ceded control. In 1978 a short civil war was started in Nicaragua because the government was not being fair to Nicaraguans, this lead to Marxist Sandinista guerrillas (the county’s ruler) to loose power in 1979.
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Economy: ** Nicaragua has a lot of underemployment. The country‘s annual GPD growth has been low in the past few years, so the country cannot meet its economic needs which is why they now rely on international economic assistance. The country exports coffee, beef, shrimp and lobster, tobacco, sugar, gold and peanuts.
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Cultural information: ** 58.5% of Nicaragua’s people are Roman Catholic, 1.6% is Evangelical, 1.6% is Moravian, 0.9% is Jehovah's Witness, 1.7% has other religion and 15.7% have no religion. 69% of Nicaraguans are mestizo, 17% are white, 9% are black and 5% are Amerindian.
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Interesting Facts: **Did you know that you must be 17 years of age to do voluntary military service for Nicaragua? There are 1,302,318 females and 1,235,400 males in Nicaragua’s military. The population of Nicaragua is 5,785,846; only 155,000 of them use the internet.
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Spanish Sentences: ** Nicaragua no es aburrida. Nicaragua es caliente. Nicaragua es tropical. **__** Map: **
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====Sources used for research:  ==== <span style="font-size: 130%; color: rgb(22, 101, 182); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> History, geography, culture, economy, climate, interesting facts, flag- https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/nu.html#Trans <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> Nicaragua picture- http://travel.nationalgeographic.com/places/images/photos/photo_lg_nicaragua.jpg <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> San Cristobal volcano, Nicaragua- http://www.terradaily.com/images/san-cristobal-volcano-nicaragua-bg.jpg


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