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GovernmentCountry name
Conventional long form Republic of Nicaragua
Conventional short form Nicaragua Local long form Republica de Nicaragua Local short form Nicaragua Government type
Republic
Capital
Name Managua
Geographic coordinates 12 08 N, 86 15 W Time difference UTC-6 (1 hour behind Washington, DC during Standard Time) Administrative divisions
15 departments (departamentos, singular - departamento) and 2 autonomous regions* (regiones autonomistas, singular - region autonoma); Atlantico Norte*, Atlantico Sur*, Boaco, Carazo, Chinandega, Chontales, Esteli, Granada, Jinotega, Leon, Madriz, Managua, Masaya, Matagalpa, Nueva Segovia, Rio San Juan, Rivas Independence
15 September 1821 (from Spain)
Constitution
9 January 1987; revised in 1995, 2000, and 2005 Legal system
Civil law system; Supreme Court may review administrative acts International law organization participation
Accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction with reservations; non-party state to the ICCt Suffrage
16 years of age; universal
Executive branch
Chief of state
President Jose Daniel ORTEGA Saavedra (since 10 January 2007); Vice President Moises Omar HALLESLEVENS Acevedo (since 10 January 2012); note - the president is both chief of state and head of government Head of government President Jose Daniel ORTEGA Saavedra (since 10 January 2007); Vice President Moises Omar HALLESLEVENS Acevedo (since 10 January 2012) Cabinet Council of Ministers appointed by the president Elections President and vice president elected on the same ticket by popular vote for a five-year term; election last held on 6 November 2011 (next to be held by November 2016) Election results Daniel ORTEGA Saavedra reelected president; percent of vote - Daniel ORTEGA Saavedra 62.5%, Fabio GADEA 31%, Arnoldo ALEMAN 5.9%, other 0.6% Legislative branch
Unicameral National Assembly or Asamblea Nacional (92 seats; 90 members elected by proportional representation and party lists to serve five-year terms; 1 seat for the previous president, 1 seat for the runner-up in previous presidential election) Elections Last held on 6 November 2011 (next to be held by November 2017) Election results Percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - FSLN 63, PLI/MRS 27, PLC 2 Judicial branch
Supreme Court or Corte Suprema de Justicia (16 judges elected for five-year terms by the National Assembly); note - in 2010, President Ortega directly replaced seven justices on the Supreme Court Political parties and leaders
Conservative Party or PC [Alejandro BOLANOS Davis]; Independent Liberal Party or PLI [Indalecio RODRIGUEZ]; Liberal Constitutionalist Party or PLC [Jorge CASTILLO Quant]; Nicaraguan Liberal Alliance or ALN [Alejandro MEJIA Ferreti]; Sandinista National Liberation Front or FSLN [Jose Daniel ORTEGA Saavedra]; Sandinista Renovation Movement or MRS [Enrique SAENZ-NAVARRETE] Political pressure groups and leaders
National Workers Front or FNT (a Sandinista umbrella group of eight labor unions including: Farm Workers Association or ATC, Health Workers Federation or FETASALUD, Heroes and Martyrs Confederation of Professional Associations or CONAPRO, National Association of Educators of Nicaragua or ANDEN, National Union of Employees or UNE, National Union of Farmers and Ranchers or UNAG, Sandinista Workers Central or CST, and Union of Journalists of Nicaragua or UPN); Permanent Congress of Workers or CPT (an umbrella group of four non-Sandinista labor unions including: Autonomous Nicaraguan Workers Central or CTN-A, Confederation of Labor Unification or CUS, Independent General Confederation of Labor or CGT-I, and Labor Action and Unity Central or CAUS); Nicaraguan Workers' Central or CTN (an independent labor union); Superior Council of Private Enterprise or COSEP (a confederation of business groups) International organization participation
BCIE, CACM, CELAC, FAO, G-77, IADB, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICRM, IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ITSO, ITU, ITUC, LAES, LAIA (observer), MIGA, NAM, OAS, OPANAL, OPCW, PCA, Petrocaribe, SICA, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNHCR, UNIDO, Union Latina, UNWTO, UPU, WCO, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO Diplomatic representation in the us
Chief of mission
Ambassador Francisco Obadiah CAMPBELL Hooker Chancery 1627 New Hampshire Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20009 Telephone [1] (202) 939-6570, 6573FAX [1] (202) 939-6545 Consulate(s) general Houston, Los Angeles, Miami, New Orleans, New York, San Francisco Diplomatic representation from the us
Chief of mission Ambassador (vacant)
Embassy Kilometer 5.5 Carretera Sur, Managua Mailing address American Embassy Managua, APO AA 34021 Telephone [505] 252-7100, 252-7888; 252-7634 (after hours) FAX [505] 252-7304Flag description
Three equal horizontal bands of blue (top), white, and blue with the national coat of arms centered in the white band; the coat of arms features a triangle encircled by the words REPUBLICA DE NICARAGUA on the top and AMERICA CENTRAL on the bottom; the banner is based on the former blue-white-blue flag of the Federal Republic of Central America; the blue bands symbolize the Pacific Ocean and the Caribbean Sea, while the white band represents the land between the two bodies of water Note Similar to the flag of El Salvador, which features a round emblem encircled by the words REPUBLICA DE EL SALVADOR EN LA AMERICA CENTRAL centered in the white band; also similar to the flag of Honduras, which has five blue stars arranged in an X pattern centered in the white band National symbol(s)
Turquoise-browed motmot (bird)
National anthem
Name
"Salve a ti, Nicaragua" (Hail to Thee, Nicaragua) Lyrics/music Salomon Ibarra MAYORGA/traditional, arranged by Luis Abraham DELGADILLO Note Although only officially adopted in 1971, the music was approved in 1918 and the lyrics in 1939; the tune, originally from Spain, was used as an anthem for Nicaragua from the 1830"s until 1876
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