Nicaragua..?
Does anyone know the national flower of Nicaragua? Or any other facts about Nicaragua...
Answers: The national flower of Nicaragua is the Plumeria alba, locally agreed as "Sacuanjoche" Laos (in South East Asia) is the only other country to hold the flower as their national flower. They call it "Champa" within Laos.
Other interesting facts about Nicaragua:
It have the 2 largest lakes contained by Central America (Lake Managua and Lake Nicaragua), one of which is the 2nd largest lake within Latin America and 20th largest in the world.
Lake Nicaragua is the solitary fresh-water lake within the world that has sharks surrounded by it, they are called the "Nicaragua Shark" (Carcharhinus nicaraguensis).
Ometepe, an island contained by Lake Nicaragua, was formed by two volcanoes and is attached by a small strip of land. Ometepe is also the largest volcanic island contained by a fresh water tarn in the world.
Granada is the oldest colonial city on mainland America.
The Islets of Granada is an archipelago of 365 islets that formed hundreds of year ago after the Mombacho volcano erupted. Now, its a tourist spot and various people live and hold houses on the islets.
Nicaragua has the larges rainforest surrounded by the continent of America, North of the Amazon in Brazil.
Nicaragua borders the longest mere in Central America, Coco River (Rio Coco) which serves as boundary vein with Honduras.
Managua, the income of Nicaragua, was the first income city in Central America to be declared free of illiteracy, this happen in 2007.
Nicaragua is rate the safest country in Central America, Managua is also rate the safest capital surrounded by the region.
Nicaragua is very diverse, its population is 5.6 million and 69% are Mestizo (mixed white and Amerindian), 17% are white (mostly of German, Spanish, Dutch, French and Italian desecnt), 9% are of black descent (mostly Jamaican, other afro-caribbean, creole, garifuna and west African descent), and 5% are Amerindians (the biggest indigenous group individual the Miskitos).
Spanish is the official terminology but on the Caribbean coast of Nicaragua English and Indigenous languages are spoken and are used properly alongside Spanish.
Most people surrounded by the Caribbean coast speak an indigenous language, English and Spanish, making them polyglots.
Nicaragua is the largest country contained by Central America and 18% of its territory is protected as Natural Reserves, Wildlife Reserves, National Monuments, ect.
There are tons minorities in Nicaragua such as the Palestinians, Jews, Lebanese, Asians (mostly Chinese) and others.
Flor de Ca~na, a luscious rum made and manufactured in Nicaragua, have won over 80 international awards and is sold in tons countries around the world (including Taiwan, Japan, Germany, Switzerland, all of Central America, Venezuela, the U.S. and others).
El Güegüense (also particular as Macho Ratón) is a satirical drama and was the first literary work of post-Columbian Nicaragua. It be awarded as a "Masterpiece of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity" in 2005 by UNESCO.
Nicaragua is the singular country in Central America and one of six surrounded by Latin America to have 2 proclaimed masterpieces by UNESCO.
In 2001 UNESCO proclaimed the Garífuna's poetry, dance and music as a "Masterpiece of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity" within Nicaragua, Honduras, and Belize.
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