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Nicaragua & Nicaraguan Posters, Art Prints, Charts, & Maps
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educational posters > geography > North America > Central America > Nicaragua < Hispanics and Latinos < social studies
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 The Republic of Nicaragua, the largest nation in Central America, is bordered by Costa Rica on the south and Honduras on the north. El Salvador is just across the Gulf of Fonseaca to the northwest on the Pacific Ocean coastline. The east coast is the Caribbean Sea. The largest freshwater lake in Central America is Lago de Nicaragua. Nicaragua is a blended word from the Spanish "agua" for water and the word they used for the indigenous tribe. The Pacific and Atlanta Lowlands have a tropical climate, the north-central mountains are cooler. Like other Central American countries Nicaragua is susceptible to hurricanes; and western Nicaragua, sitting atop the collison point of two tectonic plate is subject to volcanic eruptions and earthquakes.
Nicaragua was colonized by the Spanish in the early 1500s, won independence from Spain in 1821 and was a member of the United States of Central America federation until 1838 when it became an independent republic. Nicaragua was the first nation to rarify the UN Charter after WWII. The capital of Nicaragua is Managua. Nicaragua suffered a civil war in the 1980s between the Sandinistas and the Contras.
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Boy Kicking Soccer Ball on Beach, Lake Nicaragua, Granada, Nicaragua
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Exterior Detail of Leon Cathedral, Leon, Nicaragua
• architecture posters
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Sculpture and Wall Painting in Church, Solentiname Archipelago, Esteli, Nicaragua
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A Smokey Grey Wooden Door of a Painted Colonial House, Granada, Nicaragua
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Isla de Ometepe in Lake Nicaragua is the largest fresh-water volcanic island in the world.
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Concepcion Volcano and Maderas Volcano form the Isla de Ometepe
• volcano posters
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Anastasio Somoza
b. 2-1-1896;
d. 9-29-1956; assassinated
TIME Cover article
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Policy on Nicaragua / TIME Cover: April 23, 1984, TIME Magazine
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Daniel Ortega
b. 11-11-1945; La Libertad
Ortega, who was Nicaraguan president from 1985 to 1990, was elected again 2006.
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Hurricane Felix, category 5, struck Central America between Nicaragua and Honduras on September 4, 2007. Felix caused 133 deaths and $50 million of damage. FYI - the area between Nicaragua and Honduras is known as the Mosquito Coast; Columbus explored there in 1504.
• hurricane posters
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Vintage Map of Central America
• map posters
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Earthquakes
Poster Text: When the plates of the Earth's crust move and collide with each other the forces create vibrations. These vibrations are commonly known as earthquakes. ... most occur along plate boundaries where techonic forces build up. ... more
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