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Nicaragua accepted the convention on December 17, 1979, making its historical sites eligible for inclusion on the list. As of 2024, Nicaragua has two World Heritage Sites, both located in León Department .
Nicaragua, [d] officially the Republic of Nicaragua, [e] is the geographically largest country in Central America, comprising 130,370 km 2 (50,340 sq mi). With a population of 7,142,529 as of 2024, [ 16 ] it is the third-most populous country in Central America after Guatemala and Honduras .
In 1999, Nicaragua's National Assembly unanimously approved an exploration concession, Law 319, [23] for the construction of a shallow-draft waterway along the San Juan River, known as the Ecocanal. This would connect Lake Nicaragua to the Caribbean Sea, but would lack the inter-oceanic link to the Pacific Ocean.
Nicaraguan Revolution; Part of the Central American crisis and the Cold War: Clockwise from top left: FSLN guerrillas entering León, suspected rebels executed in León, a government spy captured by guerrilla forces, destruction of towns and villages taken by guerrilla forces, a bombing by the National Guard air force, an FSLN soldier aiming an RPG-2
Colonel [a] Harland David Sanders (September 9, 1890 – December 16, 1980) was an American businessman and founder of fast food chicken restaurant chain Kentucky Fried Chicken (also known as KFC).
Survivor: Nicaragua is the 21st season of the American CBS competitive reality television series Survivor. [2] It premiered on September 15, 2010, at 8:00pm, moving to the Wednesday timeslot for the first time since Survivor: Borneo. [3] [4] Applications were due in January 2010, filming started from June and ended in July 2010.
The COVID-19 pandemic in Nicaragua was a part of the worldwide pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The virus was shown to have spread to Nicaragua when the first case, a Nicaraguan citizen who had returned to the country from Panama , was confirmed on 18 March 2020.
The Weather Bureau Office in Miami, Florida issued its first bulletin at 1600 UTC on September 4, while the depression was centered about 250 miles (400 km) east-southeast of Cabo Gracias a Dios, Nicaragua. [3]