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Altagracia

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Also known as Municipality of Altagracia, Altagracia Municipality

Key facts

Settlement.name
Altagracia
Settlement.settlement_type
Municipality
Settlement.other_name
Astagalpa
Settlement.image_skyline
Esculturas Altagracia.jpg
Settlement.imagesize
200px
Settlement.image_caption
Sculpture park next to the cathedral of Altagracia
Settlement.pushpin_map
Nicaragua
Settlement.pushpin_label_position
right
Settlement.pushpin_mapsize
250
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
Location in Nicaragua
Settlement.subdivision_type
Country
Settlement.subdivision_type1
Department
Settlement.subdivision_name1
Rivas Department
Settlement.unit_pref
Imperial
Settlement.area_total_km2
211
Settlement.population_as_of
2005
Settlement.population_total
19955
Settlement.population_urban
7041

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Wikidata facts

Country
Nicaragua
Population
19955
Area
211.2
Elevation
66
Time zone
UTC−06:00
Image
Altagracia Finca Magdalena y Volcan Concepcion.jpg
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postal code
48800
located in/on physical feature
Ometepe
twinned administrative body
Quetzaltenango
Commons category
Altagracia, Nicaragua
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Encyclopedic overview

6 sections
Contents
  • History
  • Tradition
  • Gallery
  • See also
  • References
  • External links

Altagracia () is a municipality in the Rivas Department of Nicaragua.

It is the largest town on the island of Ometepe, above the town of Moyogalpa. Its original name was Astagalpa, meaning ‘house of the herons’ in Nahuatl. This city also has a ferry port, Puerto de Gracia, that services Granada and San Carlos near the Rio San Juan. However, due to seasonal water level fluctuations, this port and the nightly ferry crossings are often seasonally cancelled.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Altagracia” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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