Nicaragua is a country located in Central America between the Caribbean Sea and the Pacific Ocean. It has a diverse landscape that includes coastlines, volcanoes, lakes, and rainforests. Spanish is the official language, though English is also spoken on the Atlantic coast due to British colonial influence. Typical Nicaraguan currency is the cordoba, and popular places to visit include Granada, San Juan del Sur, and Volcan Masaya. The country has a variety of flora and fauna distributed across its different ecosystems.

1. Nicaragua
Coat of arms of Nicaragua

2. Location
Nicaragua is a country in
Central America Itself That
calls an independent state,
free, sovereign and unitary.
The Nicaraguan people are
multi-ethnic and integral part
of the Central American
nation. The country is
located between the Pacific
Ocean to the west and the
Caribbean Sea to the east. It
borders Honduras to the
north and Costa Rica to the
south.

3. History
The origin of the name of Nicaragua is not entirely clear, and still
divides historians and scholars of language. One version comes
from the Nahuatl nic-Anahuac, another version, considered a voice
coming from maya. There is also, among others, the most
widespread version but also the least supported by experts,
according to which the name "Nicaragua" is derived from the name
of Nicarao, who was allegedly the leader of the indigenous
population who received the first conquerors Spanish on the
shores of Lake Cocibolca current, Granada or Great Lake, which Gil
Gonzalez Davila called "freshwater Sea".

4. independence from Spain.
Nicaragua was part of the Spanish Captaincy General of
Guatemala, which included the territory from Costa Rica
to the current Chiapas, Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula. In
South America, and for a period in Mexico, mestizos
and American creoles started bloody wars against the
crown to achieve independence. But in Central America
the situation was differen.

5. Geopraphy and climate
Nicaragua occupies a landmass of 130,967 km2 (50,567 sq mi), comparable to that of Greece or
the state of Alabama. It lies between latitudes 10° and 15°N, and longitudes 82° and 88°W.
Nearly one fifth of the territory is designated as protected areas like national parks, nature
reserves, and biological reserves. The country is bordered by Honduras to the north, the
Caribbean to the east, Costa Rica to the south, and the Pacific Ocean to the west. Geophysically,
Nicaragua is surrounded by the Caribbean Plate, an oceanic tectonic plate underlying Central
America and the Cocos Plate. Since Central America is a major subduction zone, Nicaragua hosts
most of the Central American Volcanic Arc.
Nicaragua has three distinct geographical regions: the Pacific lowlands, fertile valleys which the
Spanish colonists settled, the Amerrisque Mountains (North-central highlands), and the Mosquito
Coast (Atlantic lowlands). The low plains of the Atlantic Coast are 60 miles wide in areas. They
have long been exploited for their natural resources..

6. fauna
In the country are located most species of Nearctic
and Neotropical regions, with the exception of high-
latitude species. These factors along with the
climate and altitude slight variations allow the
country home to 248 species of amphibians and
reptiles, 183 species of mammals, 705 species of
birds, 640 species of fish. All these species are
distributed in different biomes of the country: rain
shadow tolerating, tropófilas forests, coniferous
forests, savannas and shrublands.

8. Flora
In general the fauna that makes the rain shadow tolerating the country are the
jaguar, tapir, various types of monkeys, scarlet macaw, quetzal, harpy eagles,
snakes and crocodiles.
The forest tropófila occurs in the Pacific and some points north and the
Caribbean country. In these forests there is a dry season during the winter,
however much rain during the wet season. These forests are home to pumas,
deer, monkeys and several species of reptiles.
The tropical forest of conifers occurs in the RAAN. It is characterized by the
presence of various trees typical of the Nearctic, such as pine. There are also
some species of mammals such as deer and coyotes.
Savannas occur across the country and the vegetation varies by region. Thus in
the RAAN is covered with pine savannas and savannas there Rivas species
from the forests. The fauna of the savannas include deer, coyotes and
peccaries, but most of the country savannas have been converted to cropland
and pasture.

10. Fauna and Flora
Selva umbrófila Agalychnis callidryas Cebus capucinus
Eumomota superciliosa Hibiscus sabdariffa Jaguar

11. typical currency of Nicaragua
The cordoba currency was marketed as the
March 20, 1912 that Nicaraguan weight
replacement
the cordoba was named in commemoration
of the last name of the Spanish conquistador,
a native of Cordoba, Captain Francisco
Hernandez de Cordoba, founder of the cities
of Santiago de Granada and León Santiago de
los Caballeros. Santiago de Managua is the
capital of Nicaragua.

13. Places of Nicaragua
if you travel to Nicaragua pordras encontras
marivillos places to visitras as of the
following:
Granada
San Juan Del Sur
Volcan masaya
Islas del maiz
Isla de ometepe
Volcan cerro negro

15. lenguage
The official language of Nicaragua is Spanish. One of the highlights of
the Nicaraguan Castilian is the aspiration of / s / post vowel as in many
regions of Spain and Spanish America.
Also in Nicaragua, as in Argentina, Colombia, Costa Rica, Paraguay, and
Uruguay vos is used, and as in the River Plate region, the use of the
pronoun "you" is part of the educated norm.
Due to British colonization of the Atlantic Coast, English is common
language by native and Miskito, Rama and most, although due to the
multirrelación United States and its influence on the lifestyle of
Nicaragua, is very common to find people bilingual in the major cities of
Managua, Leon, Granada and San Juan del Sur, also as part of the
opening to tourism at these sites.

16. typical food