Nicaragua

Nicaragua

Nicaragua ranks 133rd in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Suriname, Togo, and Monaco. Memorable people born in present day Nicaragua include Daniel Ortega, Anastasio Somoza Debayle, and Augusto César Sandino. Memorable people who died in Nicaragua include Augusto César Sandino, Rubén Darío, and Ernesto Cardenal. Nicaragua has been the birth place of many politicians and writers and the death place of many politicians and explorers.

Nicaragua, officially the Republic of Nicaragua, is the geographically largest country in Central America, comprising 130,370 km2 (50,340 sq mi). With a population of 6,850,540 as of 2021, it is the third-most populous country in Central America after Guatemala and Honduras. Nicaragua is bordered by Honduras to the north, the Caribbean Sea to the east, Costa Rica to the south, and the Pacific Ocean and a shared maritime border with El Salvador to the west. The country's largest city and national capital is Managua, the fourth-largest city in Central America with a population of 1,055,247 as of 2020. Nicaragua's multiethnic population includes people of mestizo, indigenous, European, and African heritage. The country's most spoken language is Spanish, though indigenous tribes on the Mosquito Coast speak their own languages and English. Read more on Wikipedia