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Nicaragua

      Titles Descriptions
  1. CIA World Factbook: Nicaragua
  2. Ethnologue Language Database: Nicaragua
  3. Library of Congress Country Studies: Nicaragua
  4. Maps of the Americas
  5. Nicaragua Country Report on Human Rights Practices for 2006
  6. Political Resources on the Net: Nicaragua
  7. VolcanoWorld Volcano Index
  8. World Travel Guide: Nicaragua

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CIA World Factbook: Nicaragua
Basic reference information about Nicaragua, including details of geography, people, economy, government, communications, transportation, military and transnational issues. Geographical information includes area, population, flag, maps, high and low points, co-ordinates, boundary length, border countries, climate, land use and natural resources.
     Author: CIA
     Subjects: nicaragua
     DeweyClass: 917.285
     Resource type: document
Ethnologue Language Database: Nicaragua
A catalogue of all the languages and dialects spoken in Nicaragua, with details of the numbers of speakers of each language. Also some demographic data such as rates of literacy, blindness and deafness.
     Author: Summer Institute of Linguistics
     Subjects: nicaragua
     DeweyClass: 409.7285
     Resource type: document
Library of Congress Country Studies: Nicaragua
Detailed handbook describing the history of Nicaragua and analysing its political, economic, social, and national security systems and institutions, the interrelationships of those systems and the ways they are shaped by cultural factors. Particular attention is given to the people who make up the society, their origins, dominant beliefs and values, common interests and the issues on which they are divided, and their attitudes toward each other and toward their social system and political order.
     Author: Library of Congress
     Subjects: nicaragua
     DeweyClass: 972.85
     Resource type: documents
Maps of the Americas
Set of political and relief maps produced by the CIA covering Canada, all the countries in Central and South America and the Caribbean.
     Author: Perry-Castaneda Library Map Collection, University of Texas at Austin
     Subjects: antigua and barbuda, argentina, bahamas, barbados, belize, bermuda, bolivia, brazil, canada, canadian geography, caribbean, central america, chile, colombia, costa rica, cuba, dominica, dominican republic, ecuador, el salvador, grenada, guatemala, guyana, haiti, honduras, jamaica, mexico, nicaragua, panama, paraguay, peru, saint kitts nevis, saint lucia, saint vincent, south america, suriname, trinidad and tobago, uruguay, venezuela, world maps
     DeweyClass: 912.7
     Resource type: map collection
Nicaragua Country Report on Human Rights Practices for 2006
Detailed assessment of human rights practices in Nicaragua. Topics assessed include torture, arbitrary detention or exile, fair public trial, freedom of speech and press, freedom of assembly, movement and religion; democratic rights, worker rights, and discrimination based on race, sex, religion, disability, language, or social status.
     Author: US Department of State
     Subjects: nicaragua
     DeweyClass: 323.7285
     Resource type: document
Political Resources on the Net: Nicaragua
Listing of political resources relevant to Nicaragua, with links to parties, organisations, government, media and results of recent elections, where available.
     Author: Torre Argentina Societa di Servizi - Agora telematica Division
     Subjects: nicaragua
     DeweyClass: 320.97285
     Resource type: documents, index
VolcanoWorld Volcano Index
Photographs, latitude and longitude, height, date of last eruption and descriptive information about numerous active volcanoes in over 40 countries in the world.
     Author: North Dakota University
     Subjects: antarctic, australian geography, bolivia, cameroon, cape verde, chad, chile, china, colombia, comoros, congo democratic republic, costa rica, dominica, ecuador, el salvador, ethiopia, greece, guatemala, iceland, india, indonesia, iran, italy, japan, kenya, libya, mexico, micronesia, mountaineering, new zealand, nicaragua, niger, papua new guinea, peru, philippines, rwanda, saint vincent, saudi arabia, solomon islands, spain, sudan, tanzania, turkey, uganda, volcanoes, zaire
     DeweyClass: 551.21
     Resource type: images, reference data
World Travel Guide: Nicaragua
Basic reference information about Nicaragua, such as area, capital, population, population density, geography, language, religion, time zone, history and government, plus business and social information, including details of accommodation, addresses, climate, regions, travel, visas, passports, money, health and public holidays.
     Author: Columbus Press
     Subjects: nicaragua
     DeweyClass: 917.285
     Resource type: documents