GeoPointe - Nicaragua

Official Name: Republic of Nicaragua
Location: Middle America, bordering both the Caribbean Sea and the North Pacific Ocean, between Costa Rica and Honduras.
Capital: Managua

Area:	total: 129,494 sq km
	land: 120,254 sq km
	water: 9,240 sq km

Lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m
Highest point: Mogoton 2,438 m

Exterior Detail Of Leon Cathedral, Leon, Leon, Nicaragua

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Population: 5,675,356 (July 2007 est.) Nationality: Nicaraguan(s) Ethnic groups: Mestizo (mixed Amerindian and white) 69%, white 17%, black 9%, Amerindian 5%. Religions: Roman Catholic 85%, Protestant. Languages: Spanish (official). English and indigenous languages on Atlantic coast.

Tropical in the lowlands and cooler in the highlands.

Government type: Republic.
Independence: 15 September 1821 (from Spain).
National holiday: Independence Day, 15 September (1821).