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Nicaragua Cities with Hotels
 Nicaragua, largest republic of Central America, bounded on the north by Honduras, on the east by the Caribbean Sea, on the south by Costa Rica, and on the west by the Pacific Ocean. The area of Nicaragua is approximately 130,000 sq km (50,193 sq mi). The capital and largest city is Managua.
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Land and Resources
The Nicaraguan highlands, with a mean elevation of about 610
m (about 2000 ft), cross Nicaragua from the northwest to the southeast.
Several mountain ranges, the highest of which, the Cordillera Isabelia,
reaches an elevation of more than 2100 m (more than 6890 ft), cut the
highlands from east to west. In the west is a great basin, or depression,
containing two lakes, Lake Nicaragua, the largest in Central America, and
Lake Managua. The two are connected by the Tipitapa River. A chain of
volcanoes, which are a contributory cause of local earthquakes, rises
between the lakes and the Pacific coast. In the east, the
Caribbean coastal
plain known as the Costa de Mosquitoes (Mosquito Coast) extends some 72 km
(some 45 mi) inland and is partly overgrown with rain forest. The four
principal rivers, the San Juan, Coco (Wanks), Grande, and Escondido, empty
into the Caribbean.
Climate
The coastal regions of Nicaragua have a tropical climate with
a mean average temperature of 25.5° C (78° F). In the higher altitudes in
the interior, the temperature varies between 15.5° and 26.5° C (60° and 80°
F). The rainy season is from May to October, and along the
Caribbean coast
annual rainfall averages 3810 mm (150 in).
"Nicaragua," Microsoft®
Encarta® 97 Encyclopedia.
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