Nicaragua Guide: Culture
If you really want to make a new life in a country, you need to understand the people who live there. Our guide will give you useful and interesting information about culture and history, people, traditions, customs and more.
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A turbulent history
Get to know Nicaragua’s past
Bordering Honduras and El Salvador to the north and Costa Rica to the south, and flanked by the Caribbean and Pacific oceans, Nicaragua is known for its beautiful landscape. In fact, in 2015, the Boston Globe considered it their third-top country to visit in the world.
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Cuisine and literature
Popular Nicaraguan food and authors
Thanks to its historically fertile land, agriculture plays a central role in the economy of Nicaragua, with the main crops being rice, coffee, bananas, plantains and the yucca root. Nicaragua’s literature and poetry are also crucial parts of Nicaragua’s culture and have had a huge role in forging the country’s cultural, political and social identity.
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