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Country
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Nicaragua |
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Leader
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President: Paul Kagame
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President: Daniel Ortega
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Population
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11,689,696
| 5,727,707
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Life Expectancy
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58.440 years
| 72.180 years
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Capital City
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| Managua
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Largest city
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| Kigali (population: 745,261) | Managua (population: 973,087) |
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Human Development Index
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0.435
| 0.699
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| GDP per capita |
| $3,200 US
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Literacy Rate
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70.4%
| 67.5%
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Corruption Perception Index
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3
| 2.5
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Percentage of Women in Parliament
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50.9%
| 18.5%
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| Wealthiest Citizens |
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| Unemployment Rate |
| 7.300%
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Death Penalty
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Abolished
| Abolished
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Political System
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republic; presidential, multiparty system
| republic
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Independence date
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| 15 September 1821 (from Spain)
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| Religions |
Roman Catholic 56.5%, Protestant 26%, Adventist 11.1%, Muslim 4.6%, indigenous beliefs 0.1%, none 1.7% (2001)
| Roman Catholic 58.5%, Evangelical 21.6%, Moravian 1.6%, Jehovah's Witness 0.9%, other 1.7%, none 15.7% (2005 census)
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| Languages |
Kinyarwanda (official) universal Bantu vernacular, French (official), English (official), Kiswahili (Swahili) used in commercial centers
| Spanish 97.5% (official), Miskito 1.7%, other 0.8% (1995 census)
note: English and indigenous languages on Atlantic coast
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| Exports |
| coffee, beef, shrimp and lobster, tobacco, sugar, gold, peanuts
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| External Debt |
| $4,073,000,000 US
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| Exchange Rate |
| gold cordobas (NIO) per US dollar - 19.374 (2008 est.), 18.457 (2007), 17.582 (2006), 16.733 (2005), 15.937 (2004)
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| Military Budget as percentage of GDP |
| 0.600%
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| Beijing Olympics Medal Count |
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| Location |
Central Africa, east of Democratic Republic of the Congo
| Central America, bordering both the Caribbean Sea and the North Pacific Ocean, between Costa Rica and Honduras
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| Area |
26,338 km sq
| 130,370 km sq
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| Coastline |
0 km
| 910 km
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| Climate |
temperate; two rainy seasons (February to April, November to January); mild in mountains with frost and snow possible
| tropical in lowlands, cooler in highlands
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