.ni is the Internet

Internet

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 country code

Country code

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 top-level domain

Top-level domain

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 (ccTLD) for Nicaragua

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...

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Second level domains

Registrations are at the third level beneath several second level names. There are also a handful of sites directly at the second level, including the registry site itself at nic.ni.

• .gob.ni: Nicaraguan government
• .co.ni, .com.ni: Commercial entities
• .ac.ni, .edu.ni: Educational institutions
• .org.ni: Non-governmental organizations
• .nom.ni: Personal domains of individuals
• .net.ni: Networks
• .mil.ni: Military institutions in Nicaragua

For political and/or marketing reasons, .ni is also occasionally registered and used by sites based in Northern Ireland

Northern Ireland

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, rather than the United Kingdom's official ccTLD, .uk (or Ireland

Republic of Ireland

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's .ie). The .co.ni subdomain is available for this purpose with the clear understanding that .co.ni is a subdomain of the .ni domain, which is the top level domain name for Nicaragua and as such subject to the terms and conditions of the .ni registry in Nicaragua.http://www.ni

External links

• IANA .ni whois information
• .ni domain registration website
• http://www.co.ni