The flag of Nicaragua was adopted on August 27, 1971. It is based on the flag of the United States of Central America. Image File history File links Flag_of_Nicaragua. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Nicaragua. ... FIAV usage code 63. ... August 27 is the 239th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (240th in leap years), with 126 days remaining. ... 1971 (MCMLXXI) is a common year starting on Friday (click for link to calendar). ... The United Provinces of Central America (UPCA) was a country that existed in Central America from July 1823 to approximately 1840. ...
This flag was originally that of the United Provinces of Central America (independent 1821) from which Nicaragua succeeded in 1838.
The present form of the flag was established by a Decree of 4 September 1908, and this stipulates that the national emblem shall appear in the centre of the flag but makes no mention of a civil or merchant flag without arms.
Whitney Smith presents flag with coat of arms as national flag and civil flag, and plain BWB flag as alternate civil flag.
Nicaragua's is an agrarian economy has historically been based on the export of cash crops such as bananas, coffee, sugar, beef and tobacco.
Nicaragua's pre-Colombian population consisted of the Nahuatl-speaking Nicarao people of the west after whom the country is named, and six other ethnic groups including the Miskitos, Ramas and Sumos along the Caribbean coast.
The Cuisine of Nicaragua is as diverse as its inhabitants.
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