Explore Nicaragua Geography
Nicaragua is located in Central America, and takes up a good portion of it. It's borders extend from the Pacific Ocean to the Caribbean Sea, north is Honduras, and south is Costa Rica. The country's topography is exceedingly 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 ideal growing conditions for coffee and tobacco.
Five million people populate Nicaragua, with almost 1.5 million of the residents staying in the capital city of Managua. The country went through a disruption in the late 1970's, but has established and upheld a long-standing democratic government since the 1980's. A president and congress is chosen every 5 years. The official language of the country is Spanish, but English is spoken often as well.
Being in a tropical environment, there are truly only two seasons — summer and winter — or as they're regularly described, the dry season and the rainy season. Summer is the dry season, and it goes from November to April. Winter is the rainy season, and it goes from May through October. The atmospheric states differ as wildly as the land — hot and dry in the west, hot and humid in the east, and cool and humid in the north.
Nearly all of the advancement, development and groundwork developments have risen in the western portion of the country. On the other hand, the growth has been well-structured and built. The economy , however, relies greatly on agriculture, but also the country sends abroad gold, silver, and timber. Tourism is becoming a bigger part of the progress of Nicaragua.
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