NICARAGUA
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Name: Republica de Nicaragua
Location: Central America
Area: 50,054 sq.mi.
Capital: Managua
Independence: September 15, 1821 from Spain
Constitution: January 9, 1987
Bevölkerung: 4,583,379 (65+ 3%)
Suffrage: 16 years old; Nicaraguan citizenship
Ethnicity: mestizo 69%, white 17%, black 9%, Indian 5%
Languages: Spanish*
Religions: Roman Catholic 95%, Protestant 5%
15 departamentos:
Boaco, Carazo, Chinandega, Chontales, Esteli, Granada, Jinotega, Leon, Madriz, Managua, Masaya, Matagalpa, Nueva Segovia, Rio San Juan, Rivas
2 autonomous regions [region autonomista, regions autonomista]: Atlantico Norte, Atlantico Sur
nach:
Ökonomie
GDP: $9.3 bln. (1997) per capita $2,120
Growth: 6.0% (1997)
Unemployment: 16.0% (1996)
Inflation: 11.6% (1996)
Budget: Rev. $389 mln., Exp. $551 mln. (1996)
Imports: $870 mln. (1995, c.i.f.); partners Japan, Venezuela, United States, Central America
Exports: $526 mln. (1995, f.o.b.); partners Canada, Germany, Central America, United States
Currency: 1 Gold Cordoba (C$) = 100 centavos,
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Informationsbüro Nicaragua e.V. Postfach 101320 D-42013 Wuppertal
Tel: ++49+202 300030 Fax: 314346 mailto:nica@wtal.de
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