National Institute of Statistics and Census of Nicaragua
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The National Institute of Statistics and Census of Nicaragua
(INEC, in the Spanish acronym for the Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos de Nicaragua) is the institution in charge of completing census
es and surveys
. The 8th population and the 4th dwellings census was carried out in 2005, and the institute already works in its results.
win the Revolution, the statistical office was finally renamed to INEC.
INEC ran its first census in 2005, and expect to continue the every-ten-years trend imposed in 1995.
Nicaragua
Nicaragua is the largest country in the Central American American isthmus, bordered by Honduras to the north and Costa Rica to the south. The country is situated between 11 and 14 degrees north of the Equator in the Northern Hemisphere, which places it entirely within the tropics. The Pacific Ocean...
(INEC, in the Spanish acronym for the Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos de Nicaragua) is the institution in charge of completing census
Census
A census is the procedure of systematically acquiring and recording information about the members of a given population. It is a regularly occurring and official count of a particular population. The term is used mostly in connection with national population and housing censuses; other common...
es and surveys
Statistical survey
Survey methodology is the field that studies surveys, that is, the sample of individuals from a population with a view towards making statistical inferences about the population using the sample. Polls about public opinion, such as political beliefs, are reported in the news media in democracies....
. The 8th population and the 4th dwellings census was carried out in 2005, and the institute already works in its results.
History
INEC was first called Dirección General de Estadística about 1905. There were a lot of financial troubles with the organization, and the enterprise had to close several times between its foundation and 1939. When the SandinistasSandinista National Liberation Front
The Sandinista National Liberation Front is a socialist political party in Nicaragua. Its members are called Sandinistas in both English and Spanish...
win the Revolution, the statistical office was finally renamed to INEC.
INEC ran its first census in 2005, and expect to continue the every-ten-years trend imposed in 1995.
Censuses in Nicaragua
- 1906. First Population Census.
- 1920. Second Population Census.
- 1940. Third Population Census.
- 1950. Fourth Population Census.
- 1963. Fifth Population Census.
- 1971. Sixth Population Census.
- 1995. Seventh Population Census.
- 2005. Eighth Population Census.