Nicaragua
Area:	130, 688 sq.km slightly larger than New York State
Population:	4,485,00
Ethnicity:	Mestizo 69% White 17% Black (Jamaican origin) 9% Indigenous 5%
Capital:	Managua (pop. 1,000,000)
Religion:	Roman Catholic 85%
Official Language:	Spanish English and indigenous languages on the Coast
Literacy:	75%
Life Expectancy:	62 yrs.
Unemployed:	16%
Underemployed:	36%
Per Capita GDP:	$438
National GDP:	$2.3 billion
Natural Resources:	arable land, livestock, fisheries, gold, timber
Agriculture:	(35% of GDP) corn, coffee, sugar, meat, rice, beans, bananas.
Industry:	(20% of GDP) processed food, beverages, textiles, petroleum, metal products.
Services:	(45% of GDP) commerce, construction, government, banking, transportation, energy.
Trade:	exports: coffee, seafood, beef, sugar, industrial goods, gold, bananas, sesame.
Markets:	United States 43% European Union 33% Central American Common Market (CACM) 17% Mexico 2%.