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Nicaragua

Latitude: 12.15083 N Longitude: -86.26833 W Capital: Managua

 
 

Travel in Nicaragua

A total of 39 members have visited 79 locations in Nicaragua.

Together they have written 151 travel stories and uploaded 1381 pictures from Nicaragua.

Last visit in Nicaragua was made 2009-08-04 by Ellamae who was in Isla Ometepe.

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Short introduction to Nicaragua

Settled as a colony of Spain in the 1520s, Nicaragua gained its independence in 1821. Violent opposition to governmental manipulation and corruption spread to all classes by 1978 and resulted in a short-lived civil war that brought the Marxist Sandinista guerrillas to power in 1979. Nicaraguan aid to leftist rebels in El Salvador caused the US to sponsor anti-Sandinista contra guerrillas through much of the 1980s. Free elections in 1990 and again in 1996 saw the Sandinistas defeated. The country has slowly rebuilt its economy during the 1990s, but was hard hit by Hurricane Mitch in 1998.

Source: World Factbook

Most pictured locations in Nicaragua

  1. San Juan Del Sur
  2. Granada
  3. Leon
  4. Isla De Ometepe
  5. Managua

  6. Masaya
  7. San Juan De Oriente
  8. Las Penitas
  9. Matagalpa
10. Isla Ometepe

11. Mombacho
12. Somoto
13. Laguna De Apoyo
14. Altagracia
15. El Castillo

16. Lago De Nicaragua
17. San Juan
18. Chinandega
19. Esteli
20. Amaya


Most written from locations in Nicaragua

  1. Leon
  2. Granada
  3. San Juan Del Sur
  4. Managua
  5. San Jose Del Sur

  6. Masaya Volcanic National Park
  7. Esteli
  8. Masaya
  9. Altagracia
10. Laguna De Apoyo

11. Kukra Hill
12. Sabalos
13. Bluefields
14. Nicaragua
15. Mulukuku

16. Isla De Ometepe
17. Corn Island
18. Miraflores
19. El Castillo
20. Las Peņitas

 


Travel stories from Nicaragua

cathedral at night. Taken 2007-08-23 in Granada, Nicaragua by traveler vorn.

highest and lowest

hostel in leon was pretty cool but had some dirty thieves. i had the cords from my camera and ipod stolen; it obviously could have been a lot worse but it is just such a dirty low down thing to do as ...

  
bookmobile. Taken 2009-01-08 in Tipitapa, Nicaragua by traveler jlibrarian.

Tipitapa

On our drive back to Managua, we stopped at a small library in Tipitapa. I'm unsure of how the relationship between Jane/San Juan del Sur Biblioteca Movil and Tipitapa began, but it is a very strong ...

  
Wow.....what a hole!. Taken 2006-08-16 in Leon, Nicaragua by traveler aloden.

Volcano boarding?

So after leaving Steve in Managua, I cried a bit and then decided I need to move on with my life. I hopped on a bus up to the town of Leon where I had heard that you can surf a volcano. Arriving in ...

  

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Nicaragua external links

Selected links to recommended web sites with information about Nicaragua

 1.  

Nicaragua on Lonely Planet
Nicaragua travel information, images, facts and more.

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Nicaragua on Wikipedia
Lots of user contributed links and information on Nicaragua.



 
 
 

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