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Nicaragua
Republica de Nicaragua
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Location:
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Central America, bordering both the Caribbean Sea and the North Pacific Ocean, between Costa Rica and Honduras

Geographic coordinates:
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13 00 N, 85 00 W

Map references:
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Central America and the Caribbean

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

Area - comparative:
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slightly smaller than the state of New York

Land boundaries:
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total: 1,231 km
border countries: Costa Rica 309 km, Honduras 922 km

Coastline:
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910 km

Maritime claims:
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territorial sea: 12 nm
contiguous zone: 24 nm
continental shelf: natural prolongation

Climate:
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tropical in lowlands, cooler in highlands

Terrain:
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extensive Atlantic coastal plains rising to central interior mountains; narrow Pacific coastal plain interrupted by volcanoes

Elevation extremes:
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lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m
highest point: Mogoton 2,438 m

Natural resources:
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gold, silver, copper, tungsten, lead, zinc, timber, fish

Land use:
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arable land: 14.81%
permanent crops: 1.82%
other: 83.37% (2005)

Irrigated land:
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610 sq km (2003)

Total renewable water resources:
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196.7 cu km (2000)

Freshwater withdrawal (domestic/industrial/agricultural):
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Total: 1.3 cu km/yr (15%/2%/83%)
Per capita: 237 cu m/yr (2000)

Natural hazards:
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destructive earthquakes, volcanoes, landslides; extremely susceptible to hurricanes

Environment - current issues:
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deforestation; soil erosion; water pollution

Environment - international agreements:
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party to: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Wetlands, Whaling
signed, but not ratified: Environmental Modification

Geography - note:
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largest country in Central America; contains the largest freshwater body in Central America, Lago de Nicaragua
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This page was last updated on 14 July, 2008

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