The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1909-12-09
SOME COLD FACTS
ABOUT NICARAGUA
WITH NEARLY THE AREA OF
NEW YORK THE REPUBLIC HAS
POPULATION OF ONLY 100000.

cussion regarding Nicaraguan poll /
tics. the international bureau OF the I.
American republI.s, an institution
devoted to the d yplopment of bet F.
ter acquaintance among American
nations, gives cut the following data
ia response to hundreds Of inqul
rics being received at its offices
ir Washington concerning Nicara.
qua:
Everybody seems to be asking, in
view of present developments, what,
exactly, is Nicaragua. how large is
It. what are its resources, commerce
and climate? Some interesting com
PARSONS and fact, prepared by the
international bureau of American
republics, will help to answer these
pertinent natural questions
There is only four square miles
difference between the area of Mica
ragua and the state of New York.
Take Connecticut out Of New Eng.
land and Nicaragua would cover the
rest of It, It Is approximately half
the size of the state of Washington.
To be exact, 1t covers i9,2OO square
miles. which is larger than Holland,
Belgium and Denmark combined. 1t
has a remarkable extent of coast
line on two oceans. On the Carib-
bean it reaches nearly 800 miles
due north and south; on the Pacific
it extends 225 miles. Its greatest
width Is 275 miles, or approximate
ly the distance from Washington to
New York. Its least width is 12j
miles, or approximately the distance
from Chicago to the Mississippi
river.
II has the smallest population IF
any Central American country, but
is corrcspondlngly capable of great
material development. There ere
only about 100000 people within its
limits OF these, fiye-sixths are upon
the western or Pacific side. The
eastern CT Caribbean shore lies low
and is drained by many rivers. The
only industry of this section is the
growing OF bananas. which wee
shipped in 1905 to the number os
100000 punches. valued at 80 GEMS
bunch. The principal town here is
Buefields, a little south of the c,r-
ter. having 5000 inhabitants. it is
l,lS6 miles from New Orleans and
$40 miles from Colon. The only otn
or important places on this east
coast are Greytown, at the southern
point, with 1000 inhabitants, near
the mouth of the San Juan river,
which was to have been the course
of the Isthmian canal If built
through Nicaragua and Cape Ora.
cias Dios. at the northern point,
with only l,500 people. On the popu-
lated Pacific slope, the chief cities
are Leon. with 10000 inhabitants;
Managua, the present capital. with
10000; Matagalpa, with 5000; Ora
NADIA, with 10000, and several other
towns of from 5000 - 10000 The
principal port on the Pacific sid"
IL Corinto. near the northern end,
with only about 1000 people. At the
southern end is the harb5r of san
Juan del Sur
There is one railroad in Nicara-
qua, which starts at Corinto and
runs to Managua and thence across
20 Granada on Lake Nicaragua,
which is the largest inland body of
water in all Latin America, II one
wishes to go to Nicaragua he can
take steamers on the Atlantic side
from New York, New Orleans or
Mobile Going by the Pacific. he
will take steamers from San Fran
cisco or from coast points Of other
countries Perhaps the quickest way
10 reach II today is either through
Mexico by rail and by steamer from
Salina Cruz TO Corinto, or by steam
or from New Orleans direct to Blue
fields The latter journey generally
takes about four days. If, however,
ore lands on the east coast, it is
practically impossible to So TO the
west coast, on account of the lack
OF railroads and other facilities. \
common way to 20 20 the west
coast is via Panama and the Pa
cific side
The total value of the foreign
trade OF Nicaragua in 1908 amounted
t. S750O,OO0. OF which exports We're
si,500,OOO and Imports 100000, NJ.
caragua bought from the United
states textiles clothing. machinery,
etc, valued at $l,3OO,OOO, She sold