Get to know Nicaragua! Get the facts about its land, products, and people.

Official name: Republic of Nicaragua

Size: 49,998 square miles (129,494 square kilometers); about the size of New York State.

Population: 5,666,301 as of 2011

95.5  % of the population is under the age of 65

Capital: Managua

Official Language: Spanish

Climate: Tropical in lowlands, cooler in highlands

Currency: Gold córdoba

Products: Coffee, bananas, sugarcane, cotton, rice, corn, tobacco, beef, pork, poultry, dairy, shrimp, lobsters, chemicals, machinery