World Summary --- Nicaragua

Summary information

Names
ISO3-Code	NIC
Continent`	North America
Country Name	Nicaragua
Administrative
Admin Level Used	2
Level1 Type	Departamento
Level2 Type	Municipio
Number of Units	142
Population Estimates
Ref. Year First	1982
Ref. Year Last	1995
Pop '90 (estimated) ('000)	3,831
Pop '95 (estimated) ('000)	4,357
Pop '90 (UN) ('000)	3,827
Pop '95 (UN) ('000)	4,426
Difference '90	-0.1 %
Difference '95	1.6 %
Spatial Estimates
Area (sq km)	129,494
Resolution (km)	30
PopPerUnit ('000)`	31
Resources
Web Site 1	http://populi.eest.ucr.ac.cr

Data sources Boundaries generated by the GIS facility of the Centro Internacional de Agricultura Tropical (CIAT). Contact: Glenn Hyman Reference: Jones, P. G. and Bell, W. C. (1997) Coverage of Latin America Administrative Divisions. Version 1.1 Apr 1997 digital dataset. CIAT Cali Colombia Pop Data from Central America Pop web site at http://populi.eest.ucr.ac.cr Census data by Municipio for 1971 and 1995 from Instituto Nacional de Estadísticas y Censos VII Censo de Población y III de Vivienda, Nicaragua 1995 CUADRO 3. POBLACION URBANA Y RURAL DE LA REPUBLICA, POR DEPARTAMENTO Y MUNICIPIO EN LOS CENSOS DE 1971 Y 1995 Official estimates by Municipio for 1982 from: Instituto Nacional de Estadísticas y Censos Annuario Estadistico de Nicaragua 1982 P90E was based on the 1982-1995 growth rates, unless the Municipios for the two time periods did not exist yet or if the growth rates were too unrealistic (suggesting a change in boundaries). In these cases, the aggregate Department-level growth rate was used.

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