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National System of Protected Areas (Spanish: Sistema Nacional de Áreas Protegidas) SINAP, is the Nicaraguan national parks administrator, and is part of the Nicaraguan Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources (MARENA).
Two more protected areas were established in 1979 and there was a total of 25 by 1990. Prior to 1979, the Central Bank of Nicaragua was assigned responsibility for the two national parks and one natural reserve created during the Somoza regime. [1] In March 1999, a new law established regulations for private reserves in Nicaragua.
Laguna de Apoyo Nature Reserve (Spanish: Reserva Natural Laguna de Apoyo) is a nature reserve located between the departments of Masaya and Granada in Nicaragua.Lake Apoyo was declared a nature reserve in 1991 and is managed by the Ministry of the Environment and Natural Resources (MARENA) and comprises one of 78 protected areas of Nicaragua. [2]
The Bosawás Biosphere Reserve is a tropical rainforest in Nicaragua designated as a UNESCO biosphere reserve in 1997. At approximately 20,000 km 2 (2 million hectares) in size, the reserve (i.e. nucleus plus buffer zone) comprises about 15% of the nation's total land area.
It covers an area of 6,804 km 2 and has a population of 600,057 (2021 est). [1] The capital is the city of Matagalpa with a population of about 111,000. Matagalpa is the second largest region of the country in population size, and the fifth in area (after the North Atlantic, the South Atlantic, Jinotega and Río San Juan).
Carazo (Spanish pronunciation:) is a department in Nicaragua. It covers an area of 1,081 km 2 (417 sq mi) and has a population of 198,395 (2021 estimate). The capital is Jinotepe .
Waspam (Spanish: Waspán, Spanish pronunciation:) is a Miskito town and a municipality in the North Caribbean Coast Autonomous Region of Nicaragua. Language [ edit ]
The regional official languages are: Spanish (national official language of Nicaragua), Creole (Miskito Coast Creole and Rama Cay Creole), Sumo (Mayangna and Ulwa), Rama, Miskito, and Garifuna. [ 3 ] The Pearl Cays archipelago is also a part of the South Caribbean Coast Autonomous Region but mainly belonging to the municipality of Pearl Lagoon .