Nicaraguan 1170078 225271320 2008-07-12T20:30:14Z 201.143.51.117 {{Infobox Ethnic group |group = Nicaraguan |image = [[Image:Rubén Darío.jpg|100px]] [[Image:Ortega Daniel.jpg|124px]] |caption = {{flagicon|Nicaragua}}<small>Notable Nicaraguans: <br/>[[Rubén Dario]] • [[Daniel Ortega]] |poptime = 6,000,000 (est) |regions = {{flagcountry|Nicaragua}}{{spaces|6}}5.6 million |region1 = {{flagcountry|Costa Rica}} |pop1 = 600,000 - 800,000 |region2 = {{flagcountry|USA}} |pop2 = 300,000-700,000 |region3 = {{flagcountry|Spain}} |pop3 = 6,096 |langs = [[Spanish language|Spanish]], [[American English|English]], others |rels = [[Roman Catholicism]] |related = [[Nicaraguan American]],</br> [[Chinese Nicaraguan]], [[Afro-Latin American|Afro-Nicaraguan]], [[Jewish Nicaraguan]], [[Palestinian Nicaraguan]] }} '''Nicaraguans''' ([[Spanish language|Spanish]]: ''Nicaragüense''; also ''Nica'',''Nicoya'' and [[Pinolero]]) are people inhabiting in, originating or having significant heritage from [[Nicaragua]]. Most Nicaraguans live in Nicaragua, although there is also a significant [[Nicaraguan Diaspora|Nicaraguan diaspora]], particularly in [[Costa Rica]] and the [[United States]] with smaller communities in other countries around the world. There are also people living in Nicaragua who are not Nicaraguans because they were not born or raised in Nicaragua nor have they gained [[citizenship]]. ==Demographics== ===Population=== {{main|Demographics of Nicaragua}} The most populous city in Nicaragua is the capital city, [[Managua]], with a population of 1.2 million (2005). As of 2005, over 4.4 million inhabitants live in the Pacific, Central and North regions, 2.7 in the Pacific region alone, while inhabitants in the Caribbean region only reached an estimated 700,000.<ref name="CN">{{cite news | first= | last= | coauthors= | title=VIII Censo de Poblacion y IV de Vivienda | date=October 2005 | publisher= | url =http://www.inec.gob.ni/censos2005/ResumenCensal/RESUMENCENSAL.pdf | work =Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos | pages = | accessdate = 2007-07-07 | language = Spanish }}</ref> According to the [[CIA World Factbook]], Nicaragua has a population of 5,675,356 (July 2007 est.) with a [[population growth rate]] of 1.855% and a [[birth rate]] of 24.12/1,000 population, third lowest in the [[Central America|region]]. The [[life expectancy]] for Nicaraguans at birth is 70.92 years; 68.82 for males and 73.13 for females. {| style="width: 22em; font-size: 85%; text-align: left;" class="infobox" |- !align="center" bgcolor="lightblue" colspan="2"|Ethnic groups |- |- {{#if:Image:Nicaboy.jpg|<tr><td colspan="2" style="text-align:center;">[[Image:Nicaboy.jpg|200px]] {{#if:Nicaraguan boys|</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" style="text-align:center">''Nicaraguan boys''|}} </td></tr>}} ! style="background:#efefef;" align=center | Group ! style="background:#efefef;" align=center | Number |- |[[Mestizo]] (69%) |align=right|3,915,995 |- |[[White people|White]] (17%) |align=right|964,810 |- |[[Black people|Black]] (9%) |align=right|510,782 |- |[[Amerindian]] (5%) |align=right|283,767 |- |colspan=2 style="background:#e9e9e9;" align=center|<small>Source: [https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/ CIA World Factbook] (2007)</small> |- |} ===Ethnic groups=== The majority of the Nicaraguan population is Mestizo and White. Exactly 69% are [[Mestizo]]s (mixed [[Amerindian]] and [[White people|White]]) and 17% are White with the majority being of [[Spanish people|Spanish]], [[German people|German]], [[Italian people|Italian]], or [[French people|French]] ancestry. Mestizos and Whites mainly reside in the western region of the country and combined make up 86% of the Nicaraguan population, approximately 4.8 million people. [[Image:Afro-Nica.jpg|left|thumb|An Afro-Nicaraguan.]] About 9% of Nicaragua's population is black, or Afro-Nicaragüense, and mainly reside on the country's sparsely populated Caribbean or Atlantic coast. The black population is mostly of [[Antilles|West Indian]] (Antillean) origin, the [[Kinship|descendants]] of indentured laborers brought mostly from [[Jamaica]] when the region was a [[United Kingdom|British protectorate]]. Nicaragua has the largest [[Afro Latin American]] population in [[Central America]] with the second largest percentage. There is also a smaller number of [[Garifuna]], a people of mixed [[Carib]], [[Angolan]], [[Congolese]] and [[Arawak]] descent. The remaining 5% are [[Amerindian]]s, the unmixed descendants of the country's indigenous inhabitants. Nicaragua's [[pre-Colombian]] population consisted of many indigenous groups. In the western region the [[Nicarao]] people, whom the country is named after, were present along with other groups related by culture and language to the [[Mayans]]. The Caribbean coast of Nicaragua was inhabited by indigenous peoples who were mostly [[chibcha]] related groups that had migrated from [[South America]], primarily present day [[Colombia]] and [[Venezuela]]. These groups include the [[Miskito]]s, [[Rama people|Ramas]] and [[Sumo (people)|Sumos]]. In the [[19th century|nineteenth century]], there was a substantial [[Indigenous (ecology)|indigenous]] minority, but this group was also largely assimilated culturally into the [[mestizo]] majority. In the mid-1980s, the government divided the department of [[Zelaya (Nicaragua)|Zelaya]] into two autonomous regions and granted the black and indigenous people of this region limited self-rule.{{clear}} ===Immigration=== [[Image:Nica Women.jpg|thumb|Nicaraguan women at a concert in Managua.]] Relative to its overall population, Nicaragua has never experienced any large scale wave of [[immigrants]]. The total number of immigrants to Nicaragua, both originating from other [[Latin America]]n countries and all other countries, never surpassed 1% of its total population prior to 1995. The 2005 census showed the foreign-born population at 1.2%, having risen a mere .06% in 10 years.<ref name="CN"/> This is not to say that immigrants were not important to the evolution of Nicaraguan society and the Nicaraguan nation. [[Image:DeutscheClub.JPG|left|thumb|The founding members of the Deutsche Club in Nicaragua]] In the 1800s Nicaragua experienced a wave of immigration, primarily from [[Europe]]. In particular, families from [[Germany]], [[Italy]], [[Spain]], [[France]] and [[Belgium]] generally moved to Nicaragua to set up businesses with money they brought from Europe. They established many agricultural businesses such as coffee and sugar cane plantations, and also newspapers, hotels and banks. There is also a small [[Middle East]]ern-Nicaraguan community of [[Demographics of Syria|Syrian]], [[Armenians|Armenian]], [[Palestinian Nicaraguan]], [[Jewish Nicaraguan]], and [[Lebanon|Lebanese]] people in Nicaragua with a total population of about 30,000. There is also an [[East Asia]]n community of [[Japan]]ese, [[Taiwan]]ese and [[Han Chinese|Chinese]]. The [[Chinese Nicaraguan]] population is estimated at around 12,000.{{fact|date=January 2008}} The Chinese arrived in the late 19th century but were unsubstantiated until the second census (in 1920) revealed 400 people of the Chinese nationality.{{clear}} ==Nicaraguans abroad== Nicaragua, as well as other [[Latin America]]n countries, have a long history of migration to the United States. However, Nicaragua is the only countries in its region to have [[Costa Rica]] as the primary destination. Estimates on the basis of the Nicaraguan Health Survey indicated that at least 11% of Nicaraguan households have at least 1 person residing abroad.<ref>{{cite news | first=Juan Carlos | last=Vargas | coauthors= | title=Nicaraguans in Costa Rica and the United States: Data from Ethnic Surveys | date= | publisher= | url =http://repositories.cdlib.org/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1104&context=ccpr | work =California Center for Population Research | pages = | accessdate = 2007-10-02 | language = }}</ref> Smaller numbers of Nicaraguans live in many other countries around the world such as other countries in [[Latin America]], [[Europe]], [[Canada]], [[PRC|China]] and [[Taiwan]] among others. ===Nicaraguans in Costa Rica=== Nicaraguan [[migration]] to [[Costa Rica]] has occurred since the mid-19th century. Unlike other Latin American countries, Nicaraguan migrants primary destination is not the United States, it is Costa Rica. An estimated 10% (400,000 - 600,000) of the Costa Rican population is made up of Nicaraguans,<ref>{{cite news | first= | last= | coauthors= | title= Background Note: Costa Rica; People | date= | publisher= | url =http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/2019.htm | work =U.S. State Department | pages = | accessdate = 2007-10-02 | language = }}</ref> most of whom [[Human migration|migrate]] for seasonal work opportunities and then return to their country. Costa Rica and Nicaragua signed an agreement regulating seasonal migration in 1998; it allows Nicaraguans with work permits to enter Costa Rica at the western border at Peñas Blancas on the Pan-American Highway. In the northern part of Costa Rica there are 200,000 Nicaraguans and the [[Catholic Church]] in this area has an active program to protect the rights of migrant workers.<ref>{{cite news | first= | last= | coauthors= | title=Best Practices Concerning Migrant Workers and their Families | date= | publisher= | url =http://www.unesco.org/most/migration/full_rep_santiago.pdf | work =UNESCO | pages = | accessdate = 2007-10-02 | language = }}</ref> ===Nicaraguans in the U.S.=== [[Image:LittleHavanOct06CafeteriaArt.jpg|thumb|250px|right|A mural in Little Managua featuring Nicaraguan poet, [[Rubén Darío]], Venezuelan [[Simón Bolívar]] among others.]] [[Image:J Smooth and Xiomara.jpg|thumb|right|250px|[[J Smooth]] and [[Miss Nicaragua]] 2007, [[Xiomara Blandino]] celebrating ''La Feria Agostina'', or the Nicaraguan Festival, in [[Los Angeles]] with up to 8,000 Nicaraguan Americans.]] {{main|Nicaraguan American}} Abroad, the United States is home to the second largest number of Nicaraguans outside Nicaragua, particularly in the [[Miami, Florida|Miami]] area. The estimated number of Nicaraguan Americans in the U.S. was 281,167 in 2006, up from 177,684 in 2000.<ref>{{cite news | first= | last= | coauthors= | title=2005 American Community Survey | date= | publisher= | url =http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/DTTable?_bm=y&-geo_id=01000US&-ds_name=ACS_2005_EST_G00_&-redoLog=false&-mt_name=ACS_2005_EST_G2000_B03001 | work =U.S. Census Bureau, 2006 | pages = | accessdate = 2007-10-02 | language = }}</ref> The earliest documents of immigration from [[Nicaragua]] to the United States was combined in total with those of other [[Central America]]n countries. However, according to the [[U.S. Census Bureau]] some 7,500 Nicaraguans legally [[immigrated]] from 1967 to 1976. An estimated 28,620 Nicaraguans were living in the U.S. in 1970, 90% of which self-reported as ''[[white people|white]]'' on the 1970 [[census]]. Most Nicaraguan immigrants during the late 1960s were women: there were only 60 male Nicaraguan immigrants for every 100 female immigrants during this period.<ref>{{cite book | first=Ann | last=Orlov | coauthors= Reed Veda | title="Central and South Americans," Harvard Encyclopedia of American Ethnic Groups | date=1980 | publisher=Harvard University Press | url = | work = | pages =210-217 | accessdate = 2007-05-23 | language = }}</ref> In 1998 more than two million Nicaraguans were left homeless due to [[hurricane Mitch]], as a result many Nicaraguans received permanent residence or temporary protected status (TPS) in the late 1990s.<ref name="NM">{{cite news | first= | last= | coauthors= | title=Context for Nicaraguan Immigration | date= | publisher= | url =http://www.immigrantinfo.org/kin/nicaragua.htm | work = | pages = | accessdate = 2007-05-24 | language = }}</ref> According to the [[United States Census, 1990|1990 U.S. Census]] 168,659 of the total 202,658 documented Nicaraguans in the U.S. were born in Nicaragua.<ref>{{cite news | first= | last= | coauthors= | title=1990 U.S. Census | date=1990 | publisher=U.S. Census Bureau | url =http://www.census.gov/main/www/cen1990.html | work = | pages = | accessdate = 2007-05-24 | language = }}</ref> In 1992 approximately 10–12% of the Nicaraguan population had [[Emigration|emigrate]]d. These emigrants tended to be disproportionately of working age, better educated, and more often [[white-collar workers]] than nonmigrants. In addition, emigrants were more likely to come from larger premigration households and higher [[income]] households.<ref name="F">{{cite book | first=Edward | last=Funkhouser | coauthors= | title=Migration from Nicaragua: Some Recent Evidence | date=1992 | publisher= | url = | work =World Development, Volume 20 | pages =1210 | accessdate = 2007-05-24 | language = }}</ref> ;Areas of greatest concentration in the U.S. The largest concentration of Nicaraguan Americans in the U.S., about 79,559, is in [[Miami]], [[Florida]], most notably around th areas of [[Sweetwater, Florida|Sweetwater]] and "[[Little Havana|Little Managua]]". Sweetwater has the highest concentration of Nicaraguan American in the U.S., in 2000 16.63% of Sweetwater residents identified as being of Nicaraguan heritage. This was the highest percentage of Nicaraguan Americans of any place in the country. As a result, Sweetwater is locally known as "Little Managua" after [[Managua]], the Nicaraguan capital. However, the area of "Little Havana" in Miami is also colloquially called "[[Little Havana|Little Managua]] even though Sweetwater has a higher number of Nicaraguan Americans. [[California]] hosts the second largest concentration, most notably in the metropolitan areas of [[Los Angeles, California|Los Angeles]] and [[San Francisco]]. The number of Nicaraguan Americans living in California was 51,336 in 2000.<ref name=CB>{{cite news | first= | last= | coauthors= | title=Census 2000 Demographic Profile Highlights: Nicaraguans | date=2000 | publisher=U.S. Census Bureau | url =http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/SAFFIteratedFacts?_event=&geo_id=01000US&_geoContext=01000US%7C04000US51&_street=&_county=&_cityTown=&_state=04000US51&_zip=&_lang=en&_sse=on&ActiveGeoDiv=geoSelect&_useEV=&pctxt=fph&pgsl=040&_submenuId=factsheet_2&ds_name=DEC_2000_SAFF&_ci_nbr=410&qr_name=DEC_2000_SAFF_R1010®=DEC_2000_SAFF_R1010%3A410&_keyword=&_industry= | work = | pages = | accessdate = 2007-05-24 | language = }}</ref> ==History== {{main|History of Nicaragua}} [[Image:AcahualincaFootprints.JPG|thumb|left|6000 year old human footprints preserved in volcanic mud near the lake in Managua, Nicaragua.]] It is known that Nicaragua was inhabited by [[Paleo-Indians]] as far back as 6000 years. The [[ancient footprints of Acahualinca]] confirms it along with other archaeological evidences, mainly ceramics and statues made of volcanic stone like the ones found on the island of [[Zapatera]] and [[petroglyphs]] found in [[Ometepe]] island. At the end of the 15th century, western Nicaragua was inhabited by several indigenous peoples related by culture and language to the [[Mayan]]s. However, within three decades an estimated Indian population of one million plummeted to a few tens of thousands, as approximately half of the indigenous people in western Nicaragua died of [[disease]]s brought by the [[Spaniard]]s. The Caribbean coast of Nicaragua was inhabited by indigenous peoples who were mostly [[chibcha]] related groups that had migrated from [[South America]], primarily present day [[Colombia]] and [[Venezuela]]. These groups include the [[Miskito]]s, [[Rama people|Ramas]] and [[Sumo (people)|Sumos]] which lived a less sedentary life based on hunting and gathering.<ref>{{cite news | first= | last= | coauthors= | title=Nicaragua: VI History | date= | publisher= | url =http://encarta.msn.com/encyclopedia_761577584_8/Nicaragua.html | work =Encarta | pages = | accessdate = 2007-06-13 | language = }}</ref> During the 1979 uprising, many wealthy families left Nicaragua. The [[FSLN|Sandinista revolution]] during the 1980s brought a wave of Nicaraguan [[refugee]]s into the U.S., <ref>{{cite book | first=Jennifer | last=H. Lundquist | coauthors= Douglas S. Massey | title=The Contra War and Nicaraguan Migration to the United States | date=2005 | publisher= | url =n | work =Journal of Latin American Studies | pages =29-53 | accessdate = 2007-05-24 | language = }}</ref> and the largest wave of documented immigrants. Many Nicaraguans also fled to nearby Costa Rica and other countries. Over 62 percent of the total documented immigration from 1979 to 1988 occurred after 1984.<ref name="F"/> Many Nicaraguans who immigrated did so to escape poverty, in [[Santa Clara County]], California, the Nicaraguan public benefits recipients reported that in their families, 43% have one [[self-employed]] person or [[business owner]], and 14% of the families have two such persons.<ref name="NM"/> However, nearly all of the estimated 200,000 Nicaraguans who fled to the U.S. (and other nearby Central American countries) between 1978–1979 returned after the victory of the [[Sandinista]]s in 1979.<ref>{{cite book | first=Darrell | last=Y. Hamamoto | coauthors= Rodolfo D. Torres | title=New American Destinies: A Reader in Contemporary Asian and Latino Immigration | date=1997 | publisher=Routledge | url = | work = | pages =108 | accessdate = 2007-05-24 | isbn = 0415917689 }}</ref> ==Culture and traditions== {{main|Culture of Nicaragua}}{{see also|Literature of Nicaragua|Music of Nicaragua|Religion in Nicaragua}} [[Image:gueguense diriamba.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Distinctive traditional costumes and dance from a very renowned folk dance from Nicaragua, [[El Güegüense]]]] [[Image:ArtesaniaNica.jpg|200px|thumb|right|An example of typical Nicaraguan artisans which are sold in markets all over the country]] [[Culture of Nicaragua|Nicaraguan culture]] has strong folklore, music and religious traditions, deeply influenced by [[European culture]] but enriched with Amerindian sounds and flavors. Nicaraguan culture can further be defined in several distinct strands. The Pacific coast has strong folklore, music and religious traditions, deeply influenced by [[Iberian Peninsula|European]]. It was colonized by [[Spain]] and has a similar culture to other [[Spanish language|Spanish]]-speaking [[Latin America]]n countries. The Caribbean coast of the country, on the other hand, was once a [[United Kingdom|British]] [[protectorate]]. [[English language|English]] is still predominant in this region and spoken domestically along with [[Spanish language|Spanish]] and indigenous languages. Its culture is similar to that of [[Caribbean]] nations that were or are British possessions, such as [[Jamaica]], [[Belize]], The [[Cayman Islands]], etc. The indigenous groups that were present in the Pacific coast have largely been assimilated into the mestizo culture, however, the indigenous people of the Caribbean coast have maintained a distinct identity. [[Music of Nicaragua|Nicaraguan music]] is a mixture of indigenous and European, especially [[Spain|Spanish]], influences. Musical instruments include the [[marimba]] and others common across Central America. The marimba of Nicaragua is uniquely played by a sitting performer holding the instrument on his knees. He is usually accompanied by a bass [[fiddle]], [[guitar]] and guitarrilla (a small guitar like a [[mandolin]]). This music is played at social functions as a sort of background music. The marimba is made with hardwood plates, placed over bamboo or metal tubes of varying lengths. It is played with two or four [[hammer]]s. The [[Caribbean]] coast of Nicaragua is known for a lively, sensual form of [[dance music]] called [[Palo de Mayo]] which is very much alive all throughout the country. It is especially loud and celebrated during the Palo de Mayo festival in May. The [[Garifuna]] community exists in Nicaragua and is known for its popular music called [[Punta]]. [[Image:CarnavalNica.jpg|left|200px|thumb|Celebrating the annual ''"Alegria por la vida"'' [[Carnaval]] in [[Managua]], Nicaragua]] [[Literature of Nicaragua]] can be traced to [[pre-Columbian]] times with the myths and [[oral literature]] that formed the cosmogonic view of the world that indigenous people had. Some of these stories are still know in Nicaragua. Like many [[Latin America]]n countries, the Spanish conquerors have had the most effect on both the culture and the literature. Nicaraguan literature has historically been an important source of [[poetry]] in the Spanish-speaking world, with internationally renowned contributors such as [[Rubén Darío]] who is regarded as the most important literary figure in Nicaragua, referred to as the ''"Father of Modernism"'' for leading the [[modernismo]] literary movement at the end of the 19th century.<ref name="NI">{{cite news | title=Showcasing Nicaragua's Folkloric Masterpiece - El Gueguense - and Other Performing and Visual Arts | url =http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1G1-150984344.html | work =Encyclopedia.com | accessdate = 2007-08-03}}</ref> Other literary figures include [[Ernesto Cardenal]], [[Gioconda Belli]], [[Claribel Alegría]] and [[Jose Coronel Urtecho]], among others. [[El Güegüense]] is a [[satirical]] [[drama]] and was the first literary work of pre-Columbian Nicaragua. It is regarded as one of Latin America's most distinctive colonial-era expressions and as Nicaragua's signature folkloric masterpiece combining music, dance and theater.<ref name='NI'>{{cite news | title=Showcasing Nicaragua's Folkloric Masterpiece - El Gueguense - and Other Performing and Visual Arts | url =http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1G1-150984344.html | work =Encyclopedia.com | accessdate = 2007-08-03}}</ref> The [[theatrical]] [[Play (theatre)|play]] was written by an anonymous author in the 16th century, making it one of the oldest indigenous theatrical/dance works of the [[Western Hemisphere]].<ref>{{cite news | title=Native Theatre: El Gueguense | date= | publisher=Smithsonian Institution | url =http://www.nmai.si.edu/calendar/index.asp?month=10&year=2006&day=22 | accessdate = 2007-08-03}}</ref> The story was published in a book in 1942 after many centuries.<ref>{{cite news | title=El Güegüense o Macho Ratón | url =http://www.vianica.com/go/specials/21-el-gueguense-macho-raton.html | work =ViaNica | accessdate = 2007-08-03}}</ref> ===Language=== [[Image:BluefieldsSign.jpg|left|thumb|A sign in [[Bluefields]] in English (top), Spanish (middle) and Miskito (bottom).]] [[Image:AfroNicoya.jpg|right|thumb|An English speaking creole from Bluefields.]] {{Main|Languages of Nicaragua|Central American Spanish}} [[Spanish language|Spanish]] is spoken by about 90% of the country's population. In Nicaragua the [[Voseo]] form is common, just as in other countries in Central and South America like [[Honduras]], [[Argentina]], [[Uruguay]] or coastal [[Colombia]]. Spanish has many different dialects spoken throughout Latin America, [[Central American Spanish]] is the dialect spoken in Nicaragua. In the Caribbean coast many afro-Nicaraguans and creoles speak [[English language|English]] and [[creole English]] as their first language. Also in the Caribbean coast, many Indigenous people speak their native languages, such as the [[Miskito language|Miskito]], [[Sumo language|Sumo]], [[Rama language|Rama]] and [[Garifuna language]].<ref>{{cite news | title=Languages of Nicaragua | url =http://www.ethnologue.com/show_country.asp?name=NI | work =Ethnologue | accessdate = 2007-05-09}}</ref> In addition, many [[ethnic group]]s in Nicaragua, such as the [[Chinese Nicaraguan]]s and [[Palestinian Nicaraguan]]s, have maintained their ancestral languages, which are minority languages, while also speaking Spanish and/or English. These minority languages include [[Chinese language|Chinese]], [[Arabic language|Arabic]], [[German language|German]], and [[Italian language|Italian]], among others. Nicaragua has a total of 3 [[extinct language]]s, one of which was never classified. [[Nicaraguan Sign Language]] is also of particular interest to [[linguists]]. ===Symbols=== [[Image:Flag of Nicaragua.svg|thumb|right|The flag of Nicaragua]] {{main|National symbols of Nicaragua}} The [[flag of Nicaragua]] was adopted on August 27, 1971. It is based on the flag of the United States of Central America. The two blue stripes represented the Pacific Ocean and Caribbean Sea; while white symbolizes peace. A modern interpretation indicates that the color blue symbolizes justice and loyalty; while the color white represents virtue and purity. The coat of arms features an equilateral triangle which represents equality. Inside the triangle are five [[volcano]]es, which represent the five members of the federation. The triangle also contains symbols of liberty and peace which is represented by a red Phrygian cap, white rays and a [[rainbow]]. == See also == *[[Demographics of Nicaragua]] **[[List of Nicaraguans]] *[[Nicaraguan American]] **[[List of Nicaraguan Americans]] *[[Asian Latin American]] *[[Afro Latin American]] == References == {{reflist|2}} {{Nicaragua topics}} [[Category:Nicaraguan people|*]] [[Category:Ethnic groups in Central America]]