NICARAGUA
(Republic of Nicaragua)

It is stood: Managua

Flag: national flag consists of a white horizontal strip between two strips cobalt blue, with the national coat of arms aligned in a white strip.

Motto: Salva ти, Nicaragua (I welcome you, Nicaragua).

MONETARY BLOCK: Gold Cordoba (with $) is paper currency in 100 cents. There are coins from 5, 10, 25 and 50 centavos and 1 and 5 cows and also banknotes of 1, 2, 5, 10, 20, 50, 100, 500, 1000, 5000, 10000, 20000, 50 000, 100 000, 200 000, 500 000, 1 000 000, 5 000 000 and 10 000 000 people. with $1 = us of $0.59701 (or us of $1 = from $1.675) as of 2005.

SCALES AND MEASURES: the metric system is the legal standard, but also some local units are used.

HOLIDAYS: New year, on January 1; Labor Day, on May 1; Day of release (Revolution of 1979), on July 19; Fight for San Jacinto, on September 14; Independence Day, on September 15; All Saints' Day, on November 1; Christmas, on December 25. Moveable religious feasts include the Maundy Thursday and Good Friday.

TIME: 6th mornings = midday of GMT.

ARRANGEMENT, SIZE AND ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

In Nicaragua, the area of 129 494 sq.km is the largest of the Central American countries (49 998 quarter. Miles) which includes the territory covered with lake Nicaragua waters (about 8 000 sq.km / 3,089 quarter. Miles) and Lake Managua (about 1 025 sq. sq.km / 396 sq. miles). Rather, the space occupied by Nicaragua is a little less than State of New York. The country has length of 472 km (293 miles) nanosecond and width of 478 km (297 miles) of w-e. Limited on Honduras, on the bank of the Caribbean Sea, on the coast of Costa Rica, and in the Pacific ocean, Nicaragua has the total length of border of 2114 km (1330 miles) from which 910 km (565 miles) - the coastline.

In 1980 Nicaragua unilaterally I repealed the contract of 1928 with Colombia, having confirmed sovereignty of the country over the Caribbean archipelago of San-Andres and Providensiya, approximately in 190 km from the coast of Nicaragua. Nicaragua also challenges the Contract Quita Sueno which was ratified by the Senate of the USA in July, 1981 according to which Colombia received desert islands of Quita Sueno Bank, Roncador Cay and Serrana Bank.
The capital of Nicaragua, Managua, is located in a southwest part of the country.

TOPOGRAPHY

The Caribbean coast known as Moskito (or Miskito) the Coast or Moskitiya, consists of the low, flat, damp rainforest stretching to pine savannas of 80-160 km (50-100 miles) within the country. The coastal lowland rises to the plateau covering about one third of total area. This plateau is broken by the ridges stretching in east direction from the main Cordilleras to 64-80 km (40-50 miles) of the coast of the Caribbean Sea. The mountain central region forms the triangular wedge directed to the southeast rising by height up to about 2000 m (6 600 feet).