| Nicaragua :
Geographic coordinates
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13 00 N, 85 00 W
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| Nicaragua :
Population growth rate
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1.74% (2010 est.)
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| Nicaragua :
Birth rate
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22.77 births/1,000 population (2010 est.)
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| Nicaragua :
Death rate
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4.28 deaths/1,000 population (July 2010 est.)
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| Nicaragua :
People living with HIV/AIDS
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7,700 (2007 est.)
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| Nicaragua :
Independence
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15 September 1821
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| Nicaragua :
National holiday
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Independence Day, 15 September
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| Nicaragua :
Constitution
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9 January 1987
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| Nicaragua :
GDP
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purchasing power parity - $16.53 billion (2009 est.)
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| Nicaragua :
GDP - per capita
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purchasing power parity - $2,800 (2009 est.)
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| Nicaragua :
Electricity - consumption
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2.569 billion kWh (2007 est.)
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| Nicaragua :
Exports
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$631 million coffee, shrimp and lobster, cotton, tobacco, beef, sugar, bananas; gold
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| Nicaragua :
Imports
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$1.6 billion machinery and equipment, raw materials, petroleum products, consumer goods
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| Nicaragua :
Telephones
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312,000 (2008)
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| Nicaragua :
Mobile cellular
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3.108 million (2008)
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| Nicaragua :
Radio broadcast stations
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AM 63, FM 32, shortwave 1 (1998)
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| Nicaragua :
Radios
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1.24 million
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| Nicaragua :
Television broadcast stations
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16 (2009)
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| Nicaragua :
Televisions
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320,000
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| Nicaragua :
Internet country code
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.ni
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| Nicaragua :
Internet Service Providers (ISPs)
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88,742 (2009)
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| Nicaragua :
Internet users
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185,000 (2008)
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| Nicaragua :
Railways
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6 km
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| Nicaragua :
Highways
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19,137 km
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| Nicaragua :
Waterways
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2,220 km (including lakes Managua and Nicaragua) (2008)
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| Nicaragua :
Pipelines
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oil 54 km (2009)
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| Nicaragua :
Ports and harbors
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Bluefields, Corinto, El Bluff
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| Nicaragua :
Merchant marine
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N/A
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| Nicaragua :
Airports
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143 (2009)
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| Nicaragua :
Heliports
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N/A
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| Nicaragua :
Military branches
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National Army of Nicaragua (Ejercito Nacional de Nicaragua, ENN; includes Navy, Air Force) (2010)
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| Nicaragua :
Military expenditures
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0.6% of GDP (2006)
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