Overview

 

Area km²: 130,375

Population: 6,486,201

Capital: Managua

ISO 3166: NI

 

Population density:
49.8 hab/km²

National flower:
Red frangipani (Plumeria rubra)

Agriculture is one of the central economic activities in Nicaragua, and its most relevant crops are cotton, coffee, sugarcane, bananas, plantains, sesame, maize, cacao, peanut and beans. Nicaragua produces protein from meat and poultry as well as feed concentrates. Nicaragua mainly exports coffee, shellfish, meat, sugar and bananas. Nicaragua imports staple crops, even though the country has one of the largest arable lands in Central America.