The
National Flag. Nicaragua has had 3 flags in its history. The first one was
the same as the other Central American countries because the entire region
was called "Federal Republic of Central Amercia", after the independence
from Spain. That was in 1823 and 14 years later, each country declared themselves
Independent States hence, they changed their flags. However, Nicaragua mantained
the same colors as the original flag, like other countries did. In 1854,
president Fruto Chamorro adapted a flag with 3 horizontal stripe. Then in
1908, president José Santos Zelaya made some changes to thaat flag,
which is the current one.
The Nacional Seal has the shape of an equilateral triangle, meaning that
all Nicaraguans are the same; black, white, rich or poor. The
5 volcanoes represent the five republics of Central America. The
"gorro friguio"(the red object above the volcanoes) represents
the liberty we enoy and the rainbow represents
peace for all Nicaraguans.
Sancuanjoche is the National Flower. It's also knows as May flower because
it blooms in the month of May. The name comes from the native Nicaraguan
dialect, the "náhuatl"; "xacuan"(sacuan) means
beautiful yellow petals and "xochilt"(joche) is flower. Sancuanjoche
was declared National Flower on August 17th, 1971. Its scientific name is
"Plumeria rubra var alba". It could be found in Masaya
Volcano National Park and other places.
National Tree is El Madroño. Its scientific name is "Calycophyllum
candisissimum". 
National Bird is Guardabarranco. Scientific name is "Eumomola supercillians".
NATIONAL ANTHEM
(try the instrumental version; MP3)
ya no ruge la voz del cañón,
ni se tiñe con sangre de hermanos
tu glorioso pendón bicolor.
nada empañe tu gloria inmortal,
que el trabajo es tu digno laurel y el honor es tu enseña triunfal
...es tu enseña triunfal(repeats).