Nicaragua Government

The Republic of Nicaragua is a constitutional democracy whose president is both the head of state as well as the head of government. The government, which is made up of the president, the vice president, and the cabinet, holds the executive powers. The legislative powers rest on a unicameral National Assembly with its 92 deputies. The president appoints the members of the cabinet who are then confirmed by the National Assembly. The cudiciary is independent of both the executive and the legislative branches of government.

The people of Nicaragua elect both the president and the vice president. They are placed on the one ballot and are then selected through a simple majority. They serve for five years with no term limits. 90 of the 92 deputies of the National Assembly are elected through proportional representation from party lists.

The seat of parliament is in Managua, the capital city of Nicaragua. Nicaragua’s official presidential residence used to be the Casa Presidencial, which was funded by the Taiwanese government. It was used as such from 1999 up to 2007 by the presidents at the time. The current president, however, refused to move in citing the high maintenance costs as his primary reason. He currently lives and works from the General Secretariat of the Sandinista National Liberation Front.

Major political parties in Nicaragua include the Sandinista National Liberation Front, the Constitutionalist Liberal Party, and the Independent Liberal Party.

This page was last modified on May 1st, 2018

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Published on 2019-11-06


Capital	Managua
Languages	Spanish (official) 95.3%, Miskito 2.2%, Mestizo of the Caribbean coast 2%, other 0.5%
Ethnic Groups	Mestizo (mixed Amerindian and white) 69%, white 17%, black 9%, Amerindian 5%
Religion	Roman Catholic 51.6%, Evangelical 33.9%, other 1.5%, unspecified 12.9%, none 0.2% (2016 est.)
Government	Presidential republic
Independance	15 September 1821 (from Spain)
Area	130,370.00 km²
Water Area	10,380.00 km²
Land Area	119,990.00 km²
Population	5,966,798.00 The overwhelming majority of the population resides in the western half of the country, with much of the urban growth centered in the capital city of Managua; coastal areas also show large population clusters
Location	Central America, bordering both the Caribbean Sea and the North Pacific Ocean, between Costa Rica and Honduras
No. Bordering Countries	2
Bordering Countries	Costa Rica 313 km, Honduras 940 km
GDP(PPP)	$33,550,000,000.00 (USD)
GDP (Per Capita)	$5,300.00 (USD)
Export Partners	Its major export partners are the United States, Mexico, and Venezuela.
Export Commodities	Its main exports are coffee, beef, gold, sugar, and peanuts.
Import Partners	Its major import partners are the United States, China, and Mexico.
Import Commodities	Its major imports include consumer goods, machinery and equipment, raw materials, and petroleum products.
Climate	Tropical in lowlands, cooler in highlands
Terrain	Extensive Atlantic coastal plains rising to central interior mountains; narrow Pacific coastal plain interrupted by volcanoes
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