Nicaragua By Brianna, Lydia, and Carri
Welcome to Nicaragua, this short tour is about the amazing life in Nicaragua. We will tell you about the people, education, and the economy in Nicaragua. Hope you love this tour! ď Š
NICARAGUA PEOPLE Nicaragua’s religion is 90% Christianity. Most Nicaragua belongs to the Roman Catholic Church. The kids as well as the parents go to church every Sunday.
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Nicaragua has nearly 6 million people. Major cities populations are Managua has 950,000, Leon has 120,000, and Granada has 70,000. Ethnic groups are Mestizo has 70%, European has 17%, African has 5%, and Indian has 5% of all the population.
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Nicaragua people speak Spanish. They are both Indian and European. They also follow the Spanish American way of life.
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Nicaragua has 5 private schools and 5 state universities. Normally school age is 6 to 13, but some kids don’t have money to go or get supplies they would need like paper or pencil. So if some kids can afford more school they can have more school because they’re only 4 grades. So if they want to they have to go to a different city. Another reason some kids can’t go to school is they might have to work to support his or her family.
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Now even though people live in Nicaragua most people don’t even speak the Nicaraguan language! So instead they speak and talk Spanish. Also your probably wondering do they do school the same as us? Well, they do the same subjects math, social studies, reading and more. Many schools don’t even have enough classrooms to teach all the kids. So they have to go to school in shifts morning and afternoon.
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The kids in Nicaragua don’t wear the stuff we do. The girls wear white blouses and blue skirts and the boys wear white shirts and pants. Since they don’t have a lot of money education is technically free. But the number -of schools are increasing because they are getting more money then the earlier years.
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In Nicaragua more than half of the population is unemployed. About 40% of the labor is employed in agriculture. That is because there are not as many jobs there. Nicaragua has some deposits of copper, gold, sliver. In Nicaragua 2/5 of the countries workers is involved in raising crops. This is because the workers need to work to get their money and have a good and healthy life.
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~Agriculture~ In Nicaragua their valuable agriculture exports include beef, dairy products, coffee, peanut, sugar cane, and tobacco. Nicaragua economy relies on agriculture exports. Because of the food they grow. Their thick green forests cover about half the land. Their forests are beautiful and are very large. Nicaragua’s farming is the leading economy activity.
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Nicaragua’s government has control over the mines. Nicaragua still has potential for a strong economy. The economy is Nicaragua’s greatest challenge because of its natural disasters. Nicaragua is the largest republic in Central America.
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I hope you learned a lot from the tour! Thanks for exploring with us!