Nicaragua

Map of Nicaragua

Location

Nicaragua is located South of Honduras and North of Costa Rica. On the east is the Caribbean Ocean, and on the west is the Pacific Ocean. Nicaragua is located between the Tropic of Cancer and the Equator.

Physical Features

This is a physical map (to the left) of Nicaragua that shows the sea level through out Nicaragua. It looks like there is the most green which means 500 feet or 153 meters. The rest of the colours are used except for the dark orange, which means 1000 feet or 305 meters to 5000 feet or 1525 meters.



Nicaragua has lots of volcanoes (to the right). Alot of them are still dormant. The are a few lakes. There’s lots of trees and forest areas. There is also alot of hills. There is a lot of beaches. There is also cities. Nicaragua is the worlds most active earthquake regions.



This is a road map (above) of some of Nicaragua. It shows roads and tracks, road numbers, distances between points in kilometers, airports, cities, towns, villages, settlements, Indian villages, military posts, ranches, rivers, lakes, streams, heights in meters, contour lines, active volcanoes, and international boundaries, plus informative narrative text regarding the more important aspects of Nicaragua.

Regions

Departaments:
1 Boaco
2 Carazo
3 Chinandega
4 Chontales
5 Estelí
6 Granada
7 Jinotega
8 León
9 Madriz
10 Managua
11 Masaya
12 Matagalpa
13 Nueva Segovia
14 Rivas
15 Río San Juan
Autonomous Regions:
16 Región Autónoma del Atlántico Norte
17 Región Autónoma del Atlántico Sur

Resources

Some of Nicaragua’s resources include gold, silver, copper, tungsten, lead, zinc, timber, and fish. Some agriculture products are coffee, bananas, sugarcane, cotton, rice, corn, tobacco, sesame, soy, beans, beef, veal, pork, poultry, dairy products, shrimp and lobsters.

Communication

Everyone needs to communicate no matter where you are. There are 220,900 main telephone lines in Nicaragua. There are 738,000 cell phones used. The two radio stations used are AM 63 and FM 32. There are 3 television broadcast stations. There are 12,628 Internet hosts. There is also 125,000 internet users.

Transportation

In Nicaragua there are 176 airports. There are only 11 airports with paved runways, and 165 airports with unpaved runways. The railways are a total of 6km. The roadways are a total of 19,036km. There are 2,299km of road that is paved, and 16,737km of road that is unpaved. People also would use boats a lot because Nicaragua is surrounded by water on the east and west side, which is the Pacific Ocean, and the Atlantic Ocean.