Nicaragua

About Nicaragua

Nicaragua is a country in Central America, one of the 35 countries of the Americas on GlobeQuizz. Its full official name is Republic of Nicaragua. In Arabic, the name is written نيكاراغوا, and the capital ماناغوا. Its geographic centre lies in the Northern and Western hemispheres.

The capital of Nicaragua is Managua. Managua lies at about 12° north and 86° west. The official language of Nicaragua is Spanish. Its currency is the Nicaraguan Córdoba, with the symbol ⁨C$⁩ and the international code NIO.

Nicaragua covers about 130,373 square kilometres, which puts it 96th by area among the 195 countries on GlobeQuizz. It shares land borders with 2 countries: Honduras and Costa Rica. The largest of these neighbours by area is Honduras. Other countries in Central America include Guatemala, Panama, and Belize. Its flag is easy to confuse with the flags of Honduras and El Salvador, a classic trap in the Hard level of the flags quiz. To practise flags, capitals and currencies, play the Americas quiz on GlobeQuizz, which mixes Nicaragua with the other countries of the same region.