Boaco
Sign in to saveBoaco () is the capital city and a municipality of the Boaco Department of Nicaragua. The municipality of Boaco has a population of 63,422 (2022 est.) and an area of 1,087 km2 (26% of the Boaco Department) while the department (state) is 4,177 km2.
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Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Boaco
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Municipality
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Boaco at night.jpg
- Settlement.imagesize
- 250px
- Settlement.image_caption
- View of Boaco at night
- Settlement.image_flag
- Flag of Boaco.svg
- Settlement.image_seal
- Seal of Boaco.svg
- 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
Key dates
- Inception
- 4 March 1895
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- municipality of Nicaragua
- Country
- Nicaragua
- Located in
- Boaco Department
- Population
- +49839
- Area
- +1087
- Elevation
- +360
- Time zone
- UTC−06:00
- Capital of
- Boaco Department
- Image
- Church in Boaco.jpg
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Boaco () is the capital city and a municipality of the Boaco Department of Nicaragua. The municipality of Boaco has a population of 63,422 (2022 est.) and an area of 1,087 km2 (26% of the Boaco Department) while the department (state) is 4,177 km2.
The city of Boaco, with a population of 26,209 (2022 estimate), is located in the mountains 88 km. east of Managua. Boaco is called "Ciudad de Dos Pisos" (The Two-Storey City), nicknamed by Dr. Armando Incer Barquero. The city's only two flat places are El Parque (Park) and the baseball field.