Nicaragua
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The area of is 50,193 sq. mi. The n highlands, with a
elevation about 2000 ft, cross from the northwest to the southeast.
Several mountain ranges, the highest of which, the Cordillera Isabelia, reaches
an elevation of more than 6890 ft, cut the highlands from east to west. In the
west is a great basin, or depression, containing two l ....
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.... and the remainder is Native
American (4%) and black (9%). The population of Nicaragua is 3,745,000,
yielding an overall density about 75 per sq. mi. Approximately 60% of the
population is concentrated in the western part of the country, and more than 55%
is urban.
Political Divisions and Principal Cities
Nicaragua is divided into six regions and three special zones. Managua, with a
population of 682,100, is the capital and commercial cen ....
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Number of pages: 4 (approx. 250 words per double-spaced page)
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