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Information on Nicaragua - why not learn Spanish there!Learn Spanish in Nicaragua The sun, beach and beautiful views make Nicaragua an exciting place to learn Spanish. For the Westerner it is a very reasonably priced place to learn Spanish. Total immersion, where one lives totally surrounded by a new language, is indeed an important part of a language learning strategy, and is especially useful if combined with:
• an accelerated vocab learning system teaching Spanish at 200 words a day or more… • . . . and an onsite course with a good live, experienced, enthusiastic teacher at a good Spanish language school For more information on how to learn Spanish in Nicaragua click on the link which lists the total immersion Spanish language schools available so that you can consider learning Spanish in Nicaragua. Learn Spanish in Nicaragua! Learn Spanish at one of Nicaragua’s Spanish language schools.
Here are a few hundred fun facts for you to swat up on before you scoot off to Nicaragua to learn Spanish. Information on NicaraguaThe country became a Spanish colony with settlers coming in and settling the Pacific Coast from Panama early on in the 1500’s. Independence from Spain was achieved in 1821 and the country became an independent republic in 1838.In the first half of the 1800’s the British controlled the area, but gradually relinquished control of the region in following decades. Civil war erupted brining a Marxist Sandinista government to power in 1979. The United States sponsored anti-Sandinista contra guerrillas throughout the decade of the 1980s. Free elections in 2001 saw the defeat of the Sandinistas. Geography informationGeographical Position: Central America, by Caribbean Sea and the North Pacific Ocean, neighbouring countries are Costa Rica and Honduras. Latitude & Longitude: : 13 degrees 00’ North, 85 degrees 00’ West Total Area of country: Total: 129,500 square kilometres Land boundaries: Coastline : 910 kilometres Climate information on : tropical in lowlands, cooler in highlands Terrain : coastal plains, central mountain range; narrow Pacific coastal plain interrupted by volcanoes Elevation highs & lows : lowest elevation: Pacific Ocean at sea level Natural resources : copper mining, tungsten, lead mining, gold mining, silver mining, zinc mining, lumber , fisheries Land use : cultivated land: 20% cropping land: 2% Geographical info: Central America’s largest country; has the largest fresh water lake in Central America, Lake Nicaragua. People information on NicaraguaPopulation Nicaragua: 5,129,000 (July 2003 estimate)Age Distribution: under age 14 yrs: 37% between 15 & 64 yrs: 59% (2003 estimate) Median age: Total: 20 years male: 20 years female: 20 years (2002) Rate of Growth of Population: : 2% (2003 estimate) Infant mortality rate :Total: 31 deaths per thousand live births female: 27 deaths per thousand live births (2003 estimate) Life Expectancy: Total population: 69 years male: 67 years Name of people: Nicaraguan Racial groupings: : Mestizo (mixed European white - Amerindian) 70%, white 16%, Black 9%, Amerindian 5% Religions : Roman Catholic 85%, Protestant Languages: : Spanish (official) English is spoken in some parts of the Atlantic coast, as are Amerindian indigenous languages Literacy: definition: age 15 and over can read and write Total population: 67% Government informationRepublic of ~- Republica de Nicaragua System of Government : Republic Capital City: Managua Independence : 15 September 1821 National holiday : Date of Independence 15 September 1821 Legal & Law System: : Civil Law system Voting System: universal at 16 years of age; Head of State : President who is both Head of State and of government. Cabinet of country: Council of Ministers appointed by the president Election system: president and vice president elected on the same ticket by popular vote for a five-year term. Economy information on NicaraguaOne of the hemisphere's poorest countries, with huge income disparities, low national per capita income, weaksocio-economic indicators, and massive foreign debts. Distribution of income is one of the most unequal in the world, with abject poverty alongside the significant wealth of a minority elite.Gross Domestic Product: $USD12 billion (2002 estimate) Inflation rate: 3% (2002 estimate) Labour force - by occupation : services 43%, agriculture 42%, industry 15% (1999 estimate) Industrial production growth rate : 4% (2000 estimate) Exports : $USD640 million (2002 estimate) Exports: United States 57%, Germany 5%, Canada 4%, Costa Rica 3%, Honduras Imports: $USD1 billion (2002 estimate) Currency : gold cordoba (NIO) Currency code : NIO CommunicationsTelephones: 140,000 Radio Stations : AM 63, FM 32, shortwave 1 (1998) TV Stations : 3 (plus seven low-power repeaters) (1997) Internet Code : .ni Transport & Travel NicaraguaRailways : Total: 6 kilometres Roading : Total: 16,390 kilometres Navigable Waterways : 2,220 kilometres Pipeline Distances : crude oil 56 kilometres Commercial Harbours/Ports : Bluefields, Puerto Corinto, Puerto El Bluff, Puerto Cabezas, Puerto Sandino, Rama, Puerto San Juan del Sur Airports-Aerodromes : 170 (2002) Military informationMilitary groupings & departments : Army, Navy, Air Force Military Spending $USD26 million (Fiscal Year 1998) Military Spending - %age of Gross Domestic Product : 1% (Fiscal Year 1998) International IssuesThe Archipelago de San Andres y Providencia and Quita Sueno Bank region are under dispute with Colombia, navigational rights dispute with Costa Rica over the San Juan River. Nicaragua's FlagClick here for the Nicaraguan Flag and its background history, information and facts & figures.MapClick here for the Nicaragua Maps.Nicaraguan HistoryClick here for the Nicaraguan History.Info sourced and adapted from the CIA Factbook . Andorra | Argentina | Belize | Bolivia | Colombia | Chile | Costa Rica | Cuba | Dominican Republic | Ecuador | El Salvador | Gibraltar | Guatemala | Honduras | Mexico | Panama | Peru | Puerto Rico | Spain | Uruguay | Venezuela | Learn Spanish Help. Copyright 2011. 32 Alverton, Great Linford, Milton Keynes, United Kingdom |
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