Climate | We have tropical in lowlands, cooler in highlands |
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Revenue from forest resources | |
Revenue from coal | |
Waste and recycling | Municipal solid waste generated annually: 1.529 million tons (2024 est.) |
Total renewable water resources | 164.52 billion cubic meters (2022 est.) |
Major rivers (by length in km) | |
Total water withdrawal | |
Municipal | 190 million cubic meters (2022 est.) |
Industrial | 620,000 cubic meters (2022 est.) |
Agricultural | 1.084 billion cubic meters (2022 est.) |
Land Use | |
Agricultural land | 42.3% (2022 est.) |
Agricultural land: arable land | arable land: 12.5% (2022 est.) |
Agricultural land: permanent crops | permanent crops: 2.5% (2022 est.) |
Agricultural land: permanent pasture | permanent pasture: 27.4% (2022 est.) |
Forest | 26.7% (2022 est.) |
Other | 31% (2022 est.) |
Urbanization | |
Urban population | 59.8% of total population (2023) |
Rate of urbanization | 1.45% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.) |
Major urban areas (Pop) | 1.095 million MANAGUA (capital) (2023). |
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