State

Nicaragua

sovereign state in Central America

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1821–1945
Founded
1821
Capital
Managua
Government
republic
Languages
Spanish
Preceded by
State of NicaraguaMosquitiaMosquitia

Overview

Nicaragua, officially the Republic of Nicaragua, is a country in Central America, comprising 130,370 square kilometers (50,340 sq mi). With a population of 7,097,329 as of 2026, it is the third-most populous country in Central America after Guatemala and Honduras, and the largest by area in all of Central America.

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All rulers (40)

  1. Fruto Chamorro1854–1855
  2. José María Estrada1854–1855
  3. Ponciano Corral Acosta1855
  4. Patricio Rivas1855–1857
  5. José María Estrada1855
  6. Fermín Ferrer1856
  7. William Walker1856–1857
  8. Máximo Jerez1857
  9. Tomás Martínez Guerrero1857–1867
  10. Fernando Guzmán Solórzano1867–1871
  11. José Vicente Cuadra1871–1875
  12. Pedro Joaquín Chamorro Alfaro1875–1879
  13. Joaquín Zavala1879–1883
  14. Adán Cárdenas1883–1887
  15. Evaristo Carazo1887–1889
  16. Roberto Sacasa1889–1891
  17. Nicolás Osorno1889
  18. Roberto Sacasa1891–1893
  19. Ignacio Chaves Tellería1891
  20. Joaquín Zavala1893
  21. José Santos Zelayo1893–1909
  22. Salvador Machado1893
  23. José Madriz1909–1910
  24. Luis Mena1910
  25. Juan José Estrada Morales1910–1911
  26. José Dolores Estrada1910
  27. Adolfo Díaz1911–1917
  28. Emiliano Chamorro Vargas1917–1921
  29. Diego Manuel Chamorro1921–1923
  30. Bartolomé Martínez1923–1925
  31. Rosendo Chamorro1923
  32. Carlos José Solórzano1925–1926
  33. Emiliano Chamorro Vargas1926
  34. Sebastián Uriza1926
  35. Adolfo Díaz1926–1929
  36. José María Moncada1929–1933
  37. Juan Bautista Sacasa1933–1936
  38. Julián Irías Sandres1936
  39. Carlos Alberto Brenes1936–1937
  40. Anastasio Somoza García1937–1947

Records (30)

  1. 1762 — Battle for the Río San Juan de NicaraguaBattle
  2. 1823 — Tratado Montealegre-VelascoTreaty
  3. 1826–1829 — First Central American Civil WarWar
  4. 1844–1845 — Malespín's WarWar
  5. 1845 — Battle of LeonBattle · El Salvador, Honduras ▸ Nicaragua
  6. 1854 — Tratado Molina-MarcoletaTreaty
  7. 1855–1857 — Filibuster WarWar
  8. 1855 — First Battle of RivasBattle
  9. 1855 — Battle of Granada, NicaraguaBattle · Filibusters ▸ Legitimists
  10. 1855 — Battle of La VirgenBattle · Filibusters ▸ Legitimists
  11. 1855 — Battle of RivasBattle · Legitimists ▸ Liberals, American Filibusters, Native Americans
  12. 1856 — Second Battle of RivasBattle
  13. 1856 — Action of 23 November 1856Battle
  14. 1856–1857 — National War of NicaraguaWar
  15. 1857 — Battle of RivasBattle · Central American Alliance ▸ American Filibusters
  16. 1857 — Battle of San JorgeBattle · Central American Allies ▸ Filibusters
  17. 1860 — Treaty of ManaguaTreaty
  18. 1863 — Nicaraguan-Salvadoran WarWar
  19. 1885 — Barrios' War of ReunificationWar
  20. 1895 — Amapala PactTreaty
  21. 1912 — Battle of Coyotepe HillBattle
  22. 1912 — Battle of MasayaBattle
  23. 1926–1927 — Nicaraguan Civil War of 1926–1927War
  24. 1927 — Battle of OcotalBattle
  25. 1927 — Battle of San FernandoBattle
  26. 1927 — Battle of TelpanecaBattle
  27. 1927 — Battle of Santa ClaraBattle
  28. 1927 — Battle of La Paz CentroBattle
  29. 1928 — Battle of La FlorBattle
  30. 1928 — Battle of El BramaderoBattle

Facts from Wikidata (CC0), HCED (CC0) and Cliopatria (CC BY 4.0); overview excerpted from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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