Nicaragua (anthem)

Nicaragua
	Former national anthem of Nicaragua
Lyrics	Fernando Álvarez
Music	José del Carmen Vega
Adopted	1876
Relinquished	1889
Succeeded by	"Marcha Roberto Sacasa"
Audio sample
	“Nicaragua” (instrumental) file; help;

“Nicaragua”^[1] or “La patriótica”^[2] was the first national anthem of Nicaragua, premiered during a tertulia in Masaya in 1876 and adopted by the government of Pedro Joaquín Chamorro Alfaro in the same year.^[3]^: 7^[4]^: 15 It was composed by José del Carmen Vega, with lyrics written by Fernando Álvarez.^[5]^: 104^[3]^: 8 It was used until 1889, when it was replaced by Marcha Roberto Sacasa.^[4]^: 17

During the early years of José Santos Zelaya’s administration, readoption of the music of this anthem was taken into consideration,^[4]^: 17 but ultimately a different anthem, Hermosa Soberana, has been adopted.^[4]^: 19

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