Nicaragua
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República de Nicaragua
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| Demonym | Nicaraguan | |||
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| - | Vice President | Jaime Morales Carazo | ||
| Currency | Córdoba | |||
Nicaragua is a country in Central America. 5,603,000 people live in the country and it is 129,494 square kilometres in size. North of Nicaragua is Honduras and to the south is Costa Rica. People in Nicaragua speak Spanish and Miskito in the Caribbean coast. The capital of the country is Managua and it is the biggest city
Nicaragua is a presidential republic and the president of the country is since 2006 Daniel Ortega Saavedra. There are four powers in Nicaragua.
The national assembly that counts with 92 members and is the legislative organ of the country. The ejecutive power is preside by the President of the Republic and the Supreme Court is the justice organ of Nicaragua.
Nicaragua's ethnic composition is 69% mestizo, 17% white, 9% black, and 5% amerindian.
Nicaragua suffers from poverty, at 70% of the population living below the poverty line[source?].
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