Nicaragua (/ ˌnɪkəˈrɑːɡwə, -ˈræɡ-, -ɡjuə/ (mverani);Spanish: [nikaˈɾaɣwa] (mverani)), mwalamulo Republic of Nicaragua (Spanish: República de Nicaragua, ndi dziko lalikulu kwambiri mdzikolo.Central America isthmus, malire ndi Honduras kumpoto chakumadzulo,Caribbean kummawa,Costa Rica kumwera, ndiPacific Ocean kumwera chakumadzulo.Managua ndiye likulu la dzikolo komanso mzinda waukulu kwambiri. Pofika chaka cha 2015, udakhala mzinda wachiwiri waukulu kuCentral America. Chiwerengero cha anthu amitundu yosiyanasiyana cha 6 miliyoni akuphatikizapo anthu a mestizo, amwenye, a ku Ulaya ndi kuAfrica. Chilankhulo chachikulu ndi Chisipanishi. Mafuko a ku Mosquito Coast amalankhula zinenero zawo komansoChingerezi.
Derali lokhalidwa ndi zikhalidwe zosiyanasiyana kuyambira kalekale, derali lidagonjetsedwa ndi Ufumu wa Spain m'zaka za zana la 16. Dziko la Nicaragua linalandira ufulu wodzilamulira kuchokera ku dziko la Spain mu 1821. Nyanja ya Mosquito Coast inatsatira njira ina ya mbiri yakale, ndipo inkalamulidwa ndi Angelezi m’zaka za m’ma 1700 ndipo kenako inakhala pansi pa ulamuliro waBritain. Inakhala gawo lodziyimira pawokha la Nicaragua mu 1860 ndipo gawo lake lakumpoto linasamutsidwa ku Honduras mu 1960. Chiyambireni ufulu wake, Nicaragua yakhala ikukumana ndi zipolowe zandale, zankhanza, ntchito ndi mavuto azachuma, kuphatikizapo Revolution ya Nicaragua ya 1960s ndi 1970s ndi 1970s ndi 1970s. Contra War of the 1980s.
