conventional long form: Republic of
Nicaragua
conventional short form: Nicaragua
local long form: Republica de Nicaragua
local short form: Nicaragua
Central America, bordering both the Caribbean
Sea and the North Pacific Ocean, between Costa Rica and Honduras
total: 129,494 sq km
land: 120,254 sq km
water: 9,240 sq km
5,359,759 (July 2004 est.)
Spanish (official)
note: English and indigenous languages on Atlantic coast
food processing, chemicals, machinery and
metal products, textiles, clothing, petroleum refining and distribution,
beverages, footwear, wood
coffee, shrimp and lobster, cotton, tobacco,
bananas, beef, sugar, gold
machinery and equipment, raw materials,
petroleum products, consumer goods
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