Source:
http://worldatlas.com/webimage/countrys/namerica/camerica/lgcolor/nicolor.htm
General
Information
The
country's name is derived from Nicarao, the name of
the Nahuatl-speaking tribe which inhabited the shores
of Lago de Nicaragua before the Spanish conquest of
the
At
the time of the Spanish conquest,
The
Nicarao tribe migrated to the area from northern
regions after the fall of Teotihuacán, on the advice of their religious
leaders. According to tradition, they were to travel south until they
encountered a lake with two volcanoes rising out of the waters, and so they
stopped when they reached Ometepe, the largest
fresh-water volcanic island in the world.
History Infrastructure Media Outlets Government Agencies Universities Embassies
and Consulates
Maps and geographic Information Government
*To
know more about
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicaragua
https://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/nu.html
http://worldatlas.com/webimage/countrys/namerica/camerica/ni.htm
http://www.enicaragua.net/index.htm
History:
UNTIL
the late 1970’s,
After
the elections of 1990, the presidency of the Republic was assumed by Mrs. Violeta Barrios de Chamorro, who founded her government on
the principle of national reconciliation. She also initiated the transition
from war to peace, from authoritarianism to democracy, and from a state economy
to a market economy. At the same time, the government managed to stabilize the
economy, and the process of steady economic growth began.
In
January of 1997, Mr. Arnoldo Aleman Lacayo of the Liberal Alliance became the President of the
Republic, a fact which demonstrates the strengthening of the Nicaraguan
political system to guarantee a peaceful transition of political power.
The
election of Mr Aleman Lacayo
as President of Nicaragua constitutes a guarantee that our country will
continue to strengthen democracy and sustain the necessary policies to protect
the market economy as well as the economic and social development.
Infrastructure
total: 18,712 km
paved: 2,126 km
unpaved: 16,586 km (2002 est.)
Railways:
Main article:
Rail transport in
total: 0 km (all abandoned)
narrow gauge: 0 km 1.067-m gauge
note: Last line in operation carried
mostly passengers from Chichigalpa to Ingenio San Antonio (6 km) until 2001
Waterways:
2,220
km, including 2 large lakes.
There is also the potential
Pipelines:
crude oil 54 km (2004)
Ports and
harbors:
Bluefields, Corinto, El Bluff,
Puerto Cabezas, Puerto Sandino, Rama, San Juan del
Sur
Merchant
marine:
none (1999 est.)
Airports:
176 (2004 est.)
Airports -
with paved runways:
total: 11
2,438 to
3,047 m: 3
1,524 to
2,437 m: 2
914 to 1,523
m: 3
under 914 m: 3
(2005 est.)
Airports -
with unpaved runways:
total: 165
1,524 to
2,437 m: 1
914 to 1,523
m: 23
under 914 m: 141
(2005 est.)
Embassies
and Consulates:
Información tomada de la pagina de la Cancillería de Nicaragua
http://www.cancilleria.gob.ni/acreditados/index.shtml
Universities
(Information
in Spanish)
Universidad
Universidad Católica http://www.unica.edu.ni
Universidad Centroamericana http://www.uca.edu.ni
Universidad Centroamericana de Ciencias Empresariales http://www.ucem.edu.ni/
Universidad de Ciencias Comerciales http://www.ucc.edu.ni
Universidad Iberoamericana de Ciencia y Tecnología http://www.unicit.edu.ni
Universidad Nacional Agraria http://www.una.edu.ni
Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Nicaragua http://www.unan.edu.ni
Universidad Nacional de Ingeniería http://www.uni.edu.ni
Universidad Politécnica de Nicaragua http://www.upoli.edu.ni
Government Agencies
(Related with natural resources. most of the
information is in Spanish)
Ministres
Ministerio Agropecuario y Forestal
Ministerio del Ambiente y los Recursos Naturales-MARENA
Institutions
National
Forestry Institute: Instituto Nacional Forestal-INAFOR
National
Technological Institute: Instituto Nacional Tecnológico-INATEC
Nicaraguan
Institute for Water Supply and Sewer Systems
Instituto Nicaragüense de Acueductos y Alcantarillados-INAA
Nicaraguan Institute
for Rural Development : Instituto Nicaragüense de Desarrollo Rural-IDR
Nicaraguan Institute
for Territory Studies: Instituto Nicaragüense de Estudios Territoriales-INETER
Nicaraguan Institute
for Energy Instituto Nicaragüense de
Energía-INE
Geographic Information
Another
source of maps
http://209.15.138.224/inmonica/nicaraguas.htm
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