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Location of Nicaragua. Nicaragua is the largest country in the Central American isthmus. Nicaragua's capital, Managua, is the country's largest city and the third-largest city in Central America. Nicaragua is primarily an agricultural country; agriculture constitutes 60% of its total exports which annually yield approximately US $300 million. [1]
Bluefields is Nicaragua’s chief Caribbean port, from which hardwood, seafood, shrimp and lobster are exported. Bluefields was a rendezvous for European buccaneers in the 16th and 17th century and became capital of the English protectorate of the Kingdom of Mosquitia in 1678.
The Caribbean Coast represents 35 percent of the Nicaragua cattle industry. With an annual compound growth rate of 9 percent in meat exports and 11 percent per year in milk production over the past 8 years, Nicaragua maintains its position as the main livestock, dairy products and meat producer of the Central American region. [citation needed]
Bolsa de Valores de Nicaragua is supervised by the Superintendencia de Bancos y Otras Instituciones Financieras (Supervision of Banks and Other Financial Institutions). [2] This institution supervises trading activity, market positions, as well as stock brokers, banks, insurance companies and issuers of securities .
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Dark blue: Zelaya (1957–1987) Yellow line: the current border of RACCN and RACCS. Zelaya is a former department in Nicaragua.The department was located along the Mosquito Coast bordering the Caribbean Sea and was named after former President of Nicaragua José Santos Zelaya, who conquered the region for Nicaragua from the Mosquito Coast, then a British protectorate and indigenous monarchy ...
On July 20, 1999, a Cessna Grand Caravan operating as La Costeña flight 046 from Managua to Bluefields crashed into a remote hillside 50 km west of Bluefields when it descended prematurely, killing all 16 on board. On December 19, 2007 a Short 360 of La Costeña Airlines struck a tire when attempting takeoff from Bluefields Airport. No-one was ...
Nicaragua's economy continues to post growth, with preliminary indicators showing the Nicaraguan economy growing an additional 5% in 2011. [13] Consumer Price inflation have also curtailed since 2008, when Nicaragua's inflation rate hovered at 19.82%. [14] In 2009 and 2010, the country posted lower inflation rates, 3.68% and 5.45%, respectively ...