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Organisations with HQ in Nicaragua
- Acción Médica Cristiana (AMC) (Christian Medical Action)
- Association for Social Development of the Moravian Church (ADSIM)
- Centro Intereclesial de Estudios Teológicos y Sociales (Inter-ecclesial Centre of Theological and Social Studies) (CIEETS)
- Consejo de Iglesias Evangélicas Pro-Alianza Denominacional (Council of Evangelical Churches) (CEPAD)
- Iglesia Luterana de Nicaragua Fé y Esperanza (Nicaraguan Lutheran Church of Faith and Hope) (ILN)
International organisations in Nicaragua
- Consejo Latinoamericano de Iglesias (Latin American Council of Churches) (CLAI)
- Kerk In Actie (KIA)
- Lutheran World Relief (LWR)
- Presbyterian Disaster Assistance (PDA)
- The Lutheran World Federation (LWF)
Organisations funding work in Nicaragua
- Brot für die Welt (BfdW) (Bread for the World)
- Christian World Service (CWS)
- Church World Service (CWS)
- DanChurchAid (DCA)
- Diakonie Austria
- Diakonie Katastrophenhilfe (DKH)
- Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA)
- Inter-Church Organisation for Development Cooperation (ICCO)
- Norwegian Church Aid (NCA)
- Presbyterian World Service & Development (PWS&D)
- Primate’s World Relief and Development Fund, The (PWRDF)
- United Church of Canada (UCC)
About Nicaragua
- Population: 5.7 million (UN, 2009)
- Capital: Managua
- Area: 120,254 sq km (46,430 sq miles)
- Major languages: Spanish, English, indigenous languages
- Major religion: Christianity
- Life expectancy: 70 years (men), 76 years (women) (UN)
- Monetary unit: 1 gold cordoba = 100 centavos
- Main exports: Coffee, meat, shellfish, sugar, tobacco, cattle, gold
- GNI per capita: US $1080 (World Bank, 2008)