Nicaragua
in Central America
North America

National active POI Bordering countries
Country Quickfacts
Currency and Currency Code:
Cordoba - NIO
Spoken languages:
Spanish, English
Local electricity:
120 V - 60 Hz (plugs: A, B)
Mobile phone / cellular frequencies (MHz):
850 MHz, 1900 MHz, 3G, 4G
ISO 2-Letter code:
NI
Internet top level domain:
.ni
Country phone prefix:
+505
Local Time (capital):
Timezone:
UTC/GMT offset: hours

Map of Nicaraguan Unesco Heritage Sites

Click any of the markers above to learn more about the corresponding heritage site and learn more about Nicaragua in North America. The list below is ordered by name. The oldest site is Ruins of León Viejo. On the list since 2000. The youngest site is León Cathedral. On the list since 2011.

Name Since
León Cathedral
Built between 1747 and the early 19th century to the design of Guatemalan architect Diego José de Porres Esquivel, the monument expresses the transition from Baroque to Neoclassical architecture and ...		 2011
Ruins of León Viejo
León Viejo is one of the oldest Spanish colonial settlements in the Americas. It did not develop and so its ruins are outstanding testimony to the social and economic structures of the Spanish Empire...		 2000