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Nicaragua (nation) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 13 00 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 13.0000 decimal degrees |
| Long: 085 00 00 W degrees minutes |
Long: -85.0000 decimal degrees |
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Note: Earliest inhabitants immigrated from South America over 2000 years ago; waves of others arrived beginning in 10th century; in 16th century Spanish conquered Amerindians easily after Christianization of leading tribe; civil strife has been intermittent since 1938; official language is Spanish, though English is also spoken. |
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| Nicaragua (preferred,C,V,English-P,U,N)
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............ | name is derived from the name of an important local Amerindian chief |
| Nicaragua (French-P,U,N)
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| Nicaragua (Spanish-P,U,N)
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| República de Nicaragua (C,V,O,Spanish,U,N)
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| Republic of Nicaragua (C,O,English,U,N)
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| République du Nicaragua (C,O,French,U,N)
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| Nicarágua (C,O)
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| Никарагуа (C,O,Russian-P,U)
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| Республика Никарагуа (C,O,Russian,U)
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| 尼加拉瓜 (C,O,Chinese-P,U)
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| 尼加拉瓜共和国 (C,O,Chinese,U)
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| ه كَاراغوا (C,O,Arabic-P,U)
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| جُهور ةً ه كَاراغوا (C,O,Arabic,U)
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| NIC (C,O,ISO3L)
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| NI (C,O,ISO2L)
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| ISO558 (C,O,ISO3N)
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| NU00 (C,O,FIPS)
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| Nicaraguan (C,O,English,U,A)
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| ניקרגווה (C,U,Hebrew )
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| nation (preferred, C) |
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gained independence from Spain in 1821, left the Federation of Central America in 1838 |
| primary political unit (C) |
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| independent sovereign nation (C) |
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| republic (C) |
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Related geographic places: |
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| capital is .... |
Managua .......... (inhabited place) |
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(World, North and Central America, Nicaragua, Managua department) [7005984] |
| member of .... |
United Nations .......... (organization) |
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(World) [7029605] |
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joined organization in 1945 |
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