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Nicaragua      Country: Nicaragua Internet: .ni Continent: Central America / Central America and the Caribbean Government URL: http://www.asamblea.gob.ni Area: 129494 sq km Population: 5,570,129 (CIA World Factbook est as of 2006) Population: 5599.759 (United Nations est as of 2006, in thousands) Population Men: 2798.709 Population Women: 2801.05 Annual Growth Rate: 2.024 % Birth Rate: 24.51 % Death Rate: 4.45 % Life Expectancy: 70.63 years Infant Mortality Rate: 28.11 % Fertility Rate: 2.75 % HIV AIDS Adult Prev Rate: 0.2 % HIV AIDS Living With: 6,400 Labor Force: 2,261,000 Unemployment Rate: 3.8 % GDP Per Capita: $3,000 GDP Purchasing Power: $16,830,000,000 GDP Real Growth: 2.5 Industrial Growth: 2.4 Inflation Rate CP: 9.4 % Investment Gross Fixed: 29.8 Public Debt: 82.7 Capital: Managua Capital Population: 1390500 (metro area) / 1146000 (city proper) Capital Coordinates: 12 09 N, 86 17 W UTC Offset: -6 Washington D.C. UTC Offset Note: 1 hour behind Washington, DC during Standard Time Waterways: 2220 km Roadways: 19036 km Railways: 6 km Airports: 176 (total paved or unpaved) Internet Users: 140000 Internet Hosts: 24452 Telephones Mobile: 1,119,000 Telephones Main: 220900 Debt External: $3,763,000,000 Foreign Exchange Reserves: $723,000,000 Imports: $3,202,000,000 Exports: $1,714,000,000 Current Account Balance: -$883,000,000 Natural Gas Consumption: 0 Natural Gas Production: 0 Electricity Consumption: 2,573,000,000 Electricity Production: 2,766,000,000 Oil Consumption: 25,200 Oil Exports: 759 Oil Imports: 15,560 Oil Production: 14,300  Map of Nicaragua

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