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Nicaragua is a nation in Central America.It is located about midway between Mexico and Colombia, bordered by Honduras to the north and Costa Rica to the south. Nicaragua ranges from the Caribbean Sea on the nation's east coast, and the Pacific Ocean bordering the west.
Francisco Hernandez de Córdoba Nicaraguan Postage, 1924 A statue of Francisco Hernández de Córdoba in Granada. Francisco Hernández de Córdoba (Spanish: [fɾanˈθisko eɾˈnandeθ ðe ˈkoɾðoβa]; c. 1475 – 1526) is usually reputed as the founder of Nicaragua, and in fact he founded two important Nicaraguan cities, Granada and León.
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 .
Some key dates in Nicaragua's history: 1522 - Spanish explorer Gil Gonzalez de Avila names Nicaragua after a local Indian chief, ... 1961 - Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN) founded.
Nicaragua becomes state in Federal Republic of Central America, ... Traditional founding date of the imperial dynasty by Emperor Jimmu. 15 May 1972:
Originally founded as Villanueva de La Serena, the city was destroyed completely in a native uprising in 1549 and re-founded the same year as San Bartolomé de La Serena; its founding date is for this reason sometimes listed as 1549. Second oldest European city in Chile. 1545: Potosí: Potosí: Bolivia: 1545 San Juan de los Remedios: Villa ...
The third union of Honduras, Nicaragua, and El Salvador as the Greater Republic of Central America or "Republica Mayor de Centroamerica" lasted from 1896 to 1898. The last attempt occurred between June 1921 and January 1922 when El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras and Costa Rica formed a (second) Federation of Central America.
Spanish Colonial architecture in Nicaragua (1 C, 1 P) Pages in category "History of Nicaragua" The following 17 pages are in this category, out of 17 total.