Nicaragua
Republic of Nicaragua
Nicaragua (NI, NIC) is a country in Central America, with Managua as its capital. The currency is the Nicaraguan Córdoba (NIO, NIO). The international dialling code is +505; mobile numbers are written like 8123 4567. The time zone is America/Managua. Official language: Spanish.
CurrencyNIONIO
Dial code+505e.g. 8123 4567
Time zoneManaguaUTC−06:00
LanguageSpanish
CapitalManagua
Population6.7M130.4K km²
Overview
- Official name
- Republic of Nicaragua
- Native name
- Nicaragua
- ISO 3166-1 alpha-2
- NI
- ISO 3166-1 alpha-3
- NIC
- ISO 3166-1 numeric
- 558
- IOC code
- NCA
- Demonym
- Nicaraguan
- Capital
- Managua
- Region
- Americas › Central America
- Status
- Independent, UN member
- Groups
- Central America
- United Nations
- Internet domain
- .ni
- Coordinates
- 13, -85
- Area
- 130,373 km²
- Population
- 6,676,950
- GDP
- $51.1B ($7.7K per person)
- Literacy
- 78%
- Landlocked
- No
- Land borders
Currency
Nicaraguan Córdoba NIO
- Symbol
- NIO narrow C$
- Minor units
- 2 decimals
- Example
- C$1,234.50
Former currencies: NIC
Languages
| Language | Status | Share of population | Writing |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spanish es | Official | 78% (5.2M) |
Time zones
| Time zone | Local time | Standard | Daylight saving | Name |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| America/Managua | UTC−06:00 | none | Central Standard Time |
Phone numbers
- Calling code
- +505
- Dial-out prefix
- 00
- Trunk prefix
- none
- National number length
- 8 digits
- Emergency number
- 115 pattern 1(?:1[58]|2[08])
Number types
| Type | National format | International format | Layout | Digits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fixed line | 2123 4567 | +505 2123 4567 | XXXX XXXX | 8 |
| Mobile | 8123 4567 | +505 8123 4567 | XXXX XXXX | 8 |
| Toll free | 1800 1234 | +505 1800 1234 | XXXX XXXX | 8 |
Show the 1 formatting rules
| Digits pattern | Leading digits | Format | International |
|---|---|---|---|
(\d{4})(\d{4}) | [125-8] | $1 $2 | $1 $2 |
Address and postal code
Address layout
{Name}
{Organization}
{Street address}
{Postal code}
{City}, {State/province}
- Uppercase fields
- City, State/province
- Region label
- department
- Predefined regions
- 17
Calendar, units and conventions
- First day of the week
- Sunday
- Weekend
- Saturday to Sunday
- First week of the year
- Contains at least 1 day of the new year
- Hour cycle
- 12-hour (1–12), also H, hB, hb
- Calendars
- gregorian
- Measurement system
- Metric
- Temperature
- Celsius
- Paper size
- US-Letter
- Locales
Number and date formats
As written by the Spanish (Nicaragua) locale (es-NI), amounts in NIO.
- Number
- 1,234,567.891
- Percent
- 45.7%
- Currency (NIO)
- C$1,234,567.89
- Accounting
- -C$1,234,567.89
- Currency, name
- 1,234,567.89 córdobas nicaragüenses
- Compact short
- 1.2 M
- Compact long
- 1.2 millones
- Scientific
- 1.235E6
- Speed
- 88 kilómetros por hora
- Temperature
- 21.5 °C
- Date, full
- viernes, 27 de marzo de 2026
- Date, long
- 27 de marzo de 2026
- Date, medium
- 27 mar 2026
- Date, short
- 27/3/26
- Time, medium
- 3:04:05 p. m.
- Time, short
- 3:04 p. m.
- Date and time
- 27 mar 2026, 3:04 p. m.
- Month and year
- marzo de 2026
- Weekday
- viernes
- Relative time
- ayer · dentro de 3 días · hace 2 horas
- List: and
- A, B y C
- List: or
- A, B o C