Nicaragua

• Capital: Managua
• Major City: Leon
• Major Geographical Features
  • Pacific Ocean
  • Caribbean Sea
  • Gulf of Fonseca
  • Lake Managua
  • Lake Nicaragua
  • San Juan River
  • Miskito Cays
  • Islas del Maiz
  • Cordillera Isabella
• Official Name: Republic of Nicaragua
• Religion: Roman Catholic (58.5%)
• Languages:
  • Spanish (97.5%) (official)
  • Miskito
• 2013: Nicaraguan government allows a Chinese company to build a Nicaragua Canal to rival the Panama Canal
  • For more on this, visit http://geography.about.com/b/2013/06/15/the-nicaragua-canal.htm
• Independence: 1821 from Spain
• Government: republic
• Currency: gold Cordoba (NIO)
• New York is slightly larger than Nicaragua
• Literacy: 67.5%
• Climate: tropical
• Lake Nicaragua is the largest freshwater body in Central America
• Exports
  • Coffee
  • Meat
  • Sweeteners
• Largest nation in Central America