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Transnational_issues of Nicaragua

Disputes - international:memorials and countermemorials were filed by the parties in Nicaragua's 1999 and 2001 proceedings against Honduras and Colombia at the ICJ over the maritime boundary and territorial claims in the western Caribbean Sea, final public hearings are scheduled for 2007; the 1992 ICJ ruling for El Salvador and Honduras advised a tripartite resolution to establish a maritime boundary in the Gulf of Fonseca, which considers Honduran access to the Pacific; legal dispute over navigational rights of San Juan River on border with Costa Rica
Illicit drugs:transshipment point for cocaine destined for the US and transshipment point for arms-for-drugs dealing

Nicaragua Quickstats

  • Population: 5,675,356 (July 2007 est.)
  • Area: 129,494 sq km
  • Density: 42 /km² (157th)
  • GDP (total): $20.996 billion (108th)
  • GDP (per capita): $3,636 (119th)
  • Literacy: 67.5%

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  • Currency: Córdoba (NIO)
  • Dial code: +505

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