Population: 4,918,393 (July 2001 est.)
Languages: Spanish (official)
Background: Settled as a colony of Spain in the 1520s, Nicaragua gained its independence in 1821. 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...
Currency: gold cordoba (NIO, No information)
Data from CIA World Factbook. Click on CIA link for more. Click on map or flag for larger images.
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Nicaraguan Font Foundries
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Nicaraguan Typographic People
· Edwin Moreira Balladares
Related Links
· CIA World Factbook: Nicaragua
· Ethnologue: Languages of Nicaragua
· BBC Country profile: Nicaragua