Nicaragua

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The General Knowledge book series, are designed for specific country, are one of the most admired book for the Knowledge improvement and learning purpose.This book contains an information about Background,Geography,Natural resources,Land use,Environment. Population,Sex ratio,flag of the county,Area,Border countries,Maritime claims,Elevation extremes,Land use,Natural hazards,Volcanism,Age structure,Median age,Net migration rate,Country comparison to the world,Religions,Languages,Literacy,School life expectancy ,Government,Time difference,Administrative divisions,Executive branch,Cabinet and almost everthing related with general knowledge.

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• Publié par: Zhimgoora Books
• Date de parution: 01 janvier 0001
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781300292524
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 10 Mo

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Nicaragua

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Nicaragua (Central America and Caribbean)

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Introduction ::Nicaragua

Background:

The Pacific coast of Nicaragua was settled as a Spanish colony from Panama in the early 16th century. Independence from Spain was declared in 1821 and the country became an independent republic in 1838. Britain occupied the Caribbean Coast in the first half of the 19th century, but gradually ceded control of the region in subsequent decades. Violent opposition to governmental manipulation and corruption spread to all classes by 1978 and resulted in a short-lived civil war that brought the Marxist Sandinista guerrillas to power in 1979. Nicaraguan aid to leftist rebels in El Salvador caused the US to sponsor anti-Sandinista contra guerrillas through much of the 1980s. Free elections in 1990, 1996, and 2001, saw the Sandinistas defeated, but voting in 2006 announced the return of former Sandinista President Daniel ORTEGA Saavedra. The 2008 municipal elections were characterized by widespread irregularities. Nicaragua's infrastructure and economy - hard hit by the earlier civil war and by Hurricane Mitch in 1998 - are slowly being rebuilt, but democratic institutions face new challenges under the ORTEGA administration.

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Geography ::Nicaragua

Location:Central America, bordering both the Caribbean Sea and the North Pacific Ocean, between Costa Rica and Honduras

Geographic coordinates:13 00 N, 85 00 W

Map references:Central America and the Caribbean

Area:

Total:130,370 sq km

Country comparison to the world:97

Land:119,990 sq km

Water:10,380 sq km

Area - comparative:Slightly smaller than New York state

Land boundaries:

Total:1,231 km

Border countries:Costa Rica 309 km, Honduras 922 km

Coastline:910 km

Maritime claims:

Territorial sea:12 nm

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Contiguous zone:24 nm

Continental shelf:Natural prolongation

Climate:Tropical in lowlands, cooler in highlands

Terrain:Extensive Atlantic coastal plains rising to central interior mountains; narrow Pacific coastal plain interrupted by volcanoes

Elevation extremes:

Lowest point:Pacific Ocean 0 m

Highest point:Mogoton 2,438 m

Natural resources:Gold, silver, copper, tungsten, lead, zinc, timber, fish

Land use:

Arable land:14.81%

Permanent crops:1.82%

Other:83.37% (2005)

Irrigated land:610 sq km (2003)

Total renewable water resources:196.7 cu km (2000)

Freshwater withdrawal (domestic/industrial/agricultural):

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Total:1.3 cu km/yr (15%/2%/83%)

Per capita:237 cu m/yr (2000)

Natural hazards:Destructive earthquakes; volcanoes; landslides; extremely susceptible to hurricanes

Volcanism:Nicaragua experiences significant volcanic activity; Cerro Negro (elev. 728 m, 2,388 ft), which last erupted in 1999, is one of Nicaragua's most active volcanoes; its lava flows and ash have been known to cause significant damage to farmland and buildings; other historically active volcanoes include Concepcion,Cosiguina, Las Pilas, Masaya, Momotombo, San Cristobal, and Telica

Environment - current issues:Deforestation; soil erosion; water pollution

Environment - international agreements:

Party to:Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Environmental Modification, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Wetlands, Whaling signed, but not ratified: none of the selected agreements

Geography - note:Largest country in Central America; contains the largest freshwaterbody in Central America, Lago de Nicaragua

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People :Nicaragua

Population:5,995,928 (July 2010 est.)

Country comparison to the world:107

0-14 years:

Age structure:33.8% (male 1,013,866/female 976,430)15-64 years: 62.9% (male 1,847,756/female 1,857,264)65 years and over: 3.3% (male 85,782/female 110,101) (2010 est.)

Median age:

Total:22.5 years

Male:22.1 years

Female:22.9 years (2010 est.)

Population growth rate:1.74% (2010 est.)

Country comparison to the world:69

Birth rate:22.77 births/1,000 population (2010 est.)

Country comparison to the world:76

Death rate:4.28 deaths/1,000 population (July 2010 est.)

Country comparison to the world:207

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Net migration rate:-1.09 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2010 est.)

Country comparison to the world:158

Urbanization:

Urban population:57% of total population (2008)

Rate of urbanization:1.8% annual rate of change (2005-10 est.)

Sex ratio:

At birth:1.05 male(s)/female

Under 15 years:1.04 male(s)/female

15-64 years:1 male(s)/female

65 years and over:0.78 male(s)/female

Total population:1 male(s)/female (2010 est.)

Infant mortality rate:

Total:24.16 deaths/1,000 live births

Country comparison to the world:87

Male:27.14 deaths/1,000 live births

Female:21.03 deaths/1,000 live births (2010 est.)

Life expectancy at birth:

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Total population:71.78 years

Country comparison to the world:128

Male:69.61 years

Female:74.05 years (2010 est.)

Total fertility rate:2.51 children born/woman (2010 est.)

Country comparison to the world:88

HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:0.2% (2007 est.)

Country comparison to the world:97

HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:7,700 (2007 est.)

Country comparison to the world:114

HIV/AIDS - deaths:Fewer than 500 (2007 est.)

Country comparison to the world:95

Major infectious diseases:

Degree of risk:High

Food or waterborne diseases:Bacterial diarrhea, hepatitis A, and typhoid fever

vectorborne disease:Dengue fever and malaria

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