Nicaragua Real Estate and Property Map and Nicaragua Information

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Land area: 46,430 sq mi (120,254 sq km); total area: 49,998 sq mi (129,494 sq km)

Population (2007 est.): 5,675,356 (growth rate: 1.9%)

Capital and largest city (2003 est.): Managua, 1,390,500 (metro. area), 1,146,000 (city proper)

Monetary unit: Gold cordoba

Languages: Spanish 98% (official); English and indigenous languages on Atlantic coast (1995)

Ethnicity/race: mestizo 69%, white 17%, black 9%, Amerindian 5%

Geography: Largest but most sparsely populated of the Central American nations, Nicaragua borders on Honduras to the north and Costa Rica to the south. It is slightly larger than New York State. Nicaragua is mountainous in the west, with fertile valleys. Two big lakes, Nicaragua and Managua, are connected by the Tipitapa River. The Pacific coast is volcanic and very fertile.

Expert Tips for Buyers and Investors in Nicaragua

Nicaragua, long overlooked by travelers and property investors due to internal strife, is now seeing global interest. The largest Central American country, yet the least populated, has natural beauty, miles of beaches on both the Pacific and Caribbean coasts and several truly colonian cities including Granada and Leon - among the oldest in the Western Hemisphere. Some of the hot spots are San Juan del Sur, the Tola region, Playa Coco and other Pacific beach locations for surf and sand. Commercial, industrial and business ventures seem to locate near Managua. Agribusiness is found all over but especially in the mountain towns of Jinotega, Esteli and Matagalpa.