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Country
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Nicaragua | 
Czech Republic |
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Leader
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President: Daniel Ortega
|
President: Vaclav Klaus
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Population
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5,727,707
| 10,177,300
|
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Life Expectancy
|
72.180 years
| 77.380 years
|
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Capital City
|
Managua
| Prague
|
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Largest city
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| Managua (population: 973,087) | Praha (population: 1,165,580) |
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Human Development Index
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0.699
| 0.897
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| GDP per capita |
$3,200 US
| $27,400 US
|
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Literacy Rate
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67.5%
| 99%
|
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Corruption Perception Index
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2.5
| 5.2
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Percentage of Women in Parliament
|
18.5%
| 16%
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| Wealthiest Citizens |
NA
| Petr Kellner ($6.0bn US)
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| Unemployment Rate |
7.300%
| 8.500%
|
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Death Penalty
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Abolished
| Abolished
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Political System
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republic
| parliamentary democracy
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Independence date
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15 September 1821 (from Spain)
| 1 January 1993 (Czechoslovakia split into the Czech Republic and Slovakia)
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| Religions |
Roman Catholic 58.5%, Evangelical 21.6%, Moravian 1.6%, Jehovah's Witness 0.9%, other 1.7%, none 15.7% (2005 census)
| Roman Catholic 26.8%, Protestant 2.1%, other 3.3%, unspecified 8.8%, unaffiliated 59% (2001 census)
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| Languages |
Spanish 97.5% (official), Miskito 1.7%, other 0.8% (1995 census)
note: English and indigenous languages on Atlantic coast
| Czech 94.9%, Slovak 2%, other 2.3%, unidentified 0.8% (2001 census)
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| Exports |
coffee, beef, shrimp and lobster, tobacco, sugar, gold, peanuts
| machinery and transport equipment 52%, raw materials and fuel 9%, chemicals 5% (2003)
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| External Debt |
$4,073,000,000 $
| $101,600,000,000 US
|
| Exchange Rate |
gold cordobas (NIO) per US dollar - 19.374 (2008 est.), 18.457 (2007), 17.582 (2006), 16.733 (2005), 15.937 (2004)
| koruny (CZK) per US dollar - 17.037 (2008 est.), 20.53 (2007), 22.596 (2006), 23.957 (2005), 25.7 (2004)
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| Military Budget as percentage of GDP |
0.600%
| 1.150%
|
| Beijing Olympics Medal Count |
0
| 6
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| Location |
Central America, bordering both the Caribbean Sea and the North Pacific Ocean, between Costa Rica and Honduras
| Central Europe, southeast of Germany
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| Area |
130,370 km sq
| 78,867 km sq
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| Coastline |
910 km
| 0 km
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| Climate |
tropical in lowlands, cooler in highlands
| temperate; cool summers; cold, cloudy, humid winters
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