Nicaragua

Land of lakes and volcanoes

Nicaragua, officially called the Republic of Nicaragua, is a country located in Central America. Its capital and most populous city is Managua, although it was formerly León. It is composed of fifteen departments and two autonomous regions: North Caribbean Coast and South Caribbean Coast. It is located in the northern hemisphere, between the equator and the Tropic of Cancer, approximately between 11° and 15° north latitude and with respect to the Greenwich meridian, between 83° and 88° west longitude.

Nicaragua has an area of approximately 130 374 km²,1 making it the largest country in Central America. Nicaragua has a population of 6,803,886 inhabitants (2023). It is bordered to the north by Honduras, to the south by Costa Rica, to the west by the Pacific Ocean and to the east by the Caribbean Sea.1 In terms of maritime boundaries, on the Pacific Ocean it borders El Salvador, Honduras and Costa Rica; while on the Caribbean Sea it borders Honduras, Colombia and Costa Rica.