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| Introduced | 1989 |
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| TLD type | Country code top-level domain |
| Status | Active |
| Registry | Universidad Nacional de Ingeniería (Nicaragua) |
| Sponsor | Universidad Nacional de Ingeniería (Nicaragua) |
| Intended use | Entities connected with  Nicaragua |
| Actual use | Popular in Nicaragua; co.ni subdomain is being promoted in Northern Ireland with limited success |
| Structure | Registrations are made at the third level beneath second-level names |
| Documents | .ni Rules (Spanish) Archived 24 September 2006 at the Wayback Machine); co.ni rules Archived 28 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine |
| Dispute policies | UDRP |
| Registry website | nic.ni |
.ni is the Internet country code top-level domain (ccTLD) for Nicaragua.
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
For political and/or marketing reasons, .ni is also occasionally registered and used by sites based in Northern Ireland, rather than the United Kingdom's official ccTLD, .uk (or Ireland'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.[1]