Nicaragua
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Codes and identifiers
- ISO alpha-2
- NI
- ISO alpha-3
- NIC
- ISO numeric
- 558
- FIPS 10-4
- NU
- GeoNames ID
- 3617476
Key facts
- Capital
- Managua
- Area
- 129,494 km²
- Population
- 6,465,513
- Currency
- Cordoba (NIO)
- Calling code
- +505
- Top-level domain
- .ni
- Official languages
- es-NI,en
Continent
- Name
- North America
- Code
- NA
- In this dataset
- 42 countries
Location
- Latitude
- 13
- Longitude
- -85
- Min latitude
- 10.7134815470001
- Min longitude
- -87.6858210929999
- Max latitude
- 15.030969950000099
- Max longitude
- -82.72569739499994
Boundary
The API call behind this page
Request
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" \
"https://geosearch.dev/v1/countries/NI?fields=iso_code,iso3_code,name,capital,population,area_sq_km,currency_code,continent_code"Response
{
"data": {
"area_sq_km": 129494,
"capital": "Managua",
"continent_code": "NA",
"currency_code": "NIO",
"iso3_code": "NIC",
"iso_code": "NI",
"name": "Nicaragua",
"population": 6465513
}
}Formatted for reading. The API returns the same JSON on one line.
Other endpoints for this country
/v1/countries/NI/regions/v1/cities?country=NI/v1/postal-codes?country=NI/v1/timezones?country=NI
Name in other languages
- Arabic
- نيكاراغوا
- Chinese
- 尼加拉瓜
- English
- Nicaragua
- French
- Nicaragua
- German
- Nicaragua
- Hindi
- निकारागुआ
- Italian
- Nicaragua
- Japanese
- ニカラグア
- Korean
- 니카라과
- Portuguese
- Nicarágua
- Russian
- Никарагуа
- Spanish
- Nicaragua
- Total language variants
- 143
The API returns any of them with ?lang=.
Time zones
| IANA ID | UTC offset | DST offset |
|---|---|---|
| America/Managua | UTC-06:00 | UTC-06:00 |
Postal code format
- Format
- ###-###-#
- Pattern
^(\d{7})$
First-level administrative regions
- Departamento de Managua
- Departamento de Matagalpa
- North Caribbean Coast
- Departamento de Jinotega
- Departamento de Chinandega
- Departamento de León
- South Caribbean Coast
- Departamento de Masaya
- Departamento de Nueva Segovia
- Departamento de Estelí
- Departamento de Granada
- Departamento de Carazo
- Departamento de Chontales
- Departamento de Boaco
- Departamento de Rivas
- Departamento de Madriz
- Departamento de Río San Juan
17 of 17 shown, largest first
Largest cities
| City | Population |
|---|---|
| Managua | 973,087 |
| León | 144,538 |
| Masaya | 130,113 |
| Chinandega | 126,387 |
| Matagalpa | 109,089 |
| Estelí | 96,422 |
| Granada | 89,409 |
| Mateare | 61,234 |
| Jinotega | 55,000 |
| El Viejo | 53,504 |
Coverage in this dataset
- Cities
- 2,630
- First-level regions
- 17
- Postal codes
- 0
- Name languages
- 143
- Boundary polygon
- Yes
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