page_title: Outline of Nicaragua
section_title: Geography of Nicaragua
hierarchical_section_title: Outline of Nicaragua / Geography of Nicaragua
caption_attribution_description: Topographic map of Nicaragua. Created with GMT from SRTM data.
context_page_description: The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to Nicaragua:
  Nicaragua – sovereign, representative democratic republic and the most extensive nation in Central America. It is also the least densely populated with a demographic similar in size to its smaller neighbors. The country is bordered by Honduras to the north and by Costa Rica to the south. The Pacific Ocean lies to the west of the country, while the Caribbean Sea lies to the east. Falling within the tropics, Nicaragua sits 11 degrees north of the Equator, in the Northern Hemisphere.
  The country's name is derived from Nicarao, the name of the Nahuatl-speaking tribe which inhabited the shores of Lago de Nicaragua before the Spanish conquest of the Americas, and the Spanish word Agua, meaning water, due to the presence of the large lakes Lago de Nicaragua and Lago de Managua, as well as lagoons and rivers in the region.
  At the time of the Spanish conquest, Nicaragua was the name given to the narrow strip of land between Lake Nicaragua and the Pacific Ocean. Chief Nicarao ruled over the land when the first conquerors arrived.
context_section_description: Geography of Nicaragua
  Nicaragua is: a country
  Location:
  Northern Hemisphere and Western Hemisphere
  Americas
  North America
  Middle America
  Central America
  Time zone:  Central Standard Time (UTC-06)
  Extreme points of Nicaragua
  High:  Mogoton 2,107 m (6,913 ft)
  Low:  North Pacific Ocean and Caribbean Sea 0 m
  Land boundaries:  1,231 km
   Honduras 922 km
   Costa Rica 309 km
  Coastline:  910 km
  Population of Nicaragua: 5,603,000  - 107th most populous country
  Area of Nicaragua: 129,494 km²
  Atlas of Nicaragua
caption: An enlargeable topographic map of Nicaragua
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