Cental American Geography: The Nation of Nicaragua
Nicaragua is positioned in Central America, and takes up a large portion of it. It's edges extend from the Pacific Ocean to the Caribbean Sea, north is Honduras, and south is Costa Rica. The country's landscape is incredibly varied, from volcanoes, plains and lakes on the Pacific side to tropical jungles on the Caribbean side. The northern portion is mountainous, providing rich soil and great growing temperatures for coffee and tobacco.
Five million people live in Nicaragua, with almost 1.5 million of them living in the capital city of Managua. The country lived through a disturbance in the late 1970's, but has established and preserved a long-standing democratic government since the 1980's. A president and congress is voted for every 5 years. The official language of the country is Spanish, but English is spoken often also.
Located in a tropical environment, there are truly just two seasons — summer and winter — or as they're regularly referred, the dry season and the rainy season. Summer is the dry season, and it runs from November to April. Winter is the rainy season, and it runs from May through October. The atmospheric conditions vary as drastically as the land — hot and dry in the west, hot and humid in the east, and cool and humid in the north.
The majority of the progress, development and infrastructure improvements have happened in the western portion of the nation. On the other hand, the development has remained well-structured and built. The nation's wealth still depends heavily on agriculture, on the other hand the country sells overseas gold, silver, and timber. The vacation industry is becoming a larger portion of the progress of Nicaragua.
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