Nicaragua Declares Independence

Date: April 30, 1838 • Location: Río Blanco, Nicaragua

This milestone marked the outbreak and beginning of this historic period, which spanned 1838.

Nicaragua declares independence from the Central American Federation.

Nicaragua, officially the Republic of Nicaragua, is a country in Central America, comprising 130,370 square kilometers (50,340 sq mi). With a population of 7,097,329 as of 2026, it is the third-most populous country in Central America after Guatemala and Honduras, and the largest by area in all of Central America.