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Chinandega
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Chinandega () is a city and the departmental seat of Chinandega department in Nicaragua. It is also the administrative centre of the surrounding municipality of the same name. It is Nicaragua's 2nd most important city (economy) and 6th largest city, with a population of 115,067 (2022 estimate), and a total of 137,539 in the municipality. It is located about northwest of Managua and about southwest of El Guasaule, on the border with Honduras. Chinandega is situated about from the Pacific Ocean.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Chinandega
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Municipality
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Acceso principal Ciudad de Chinandega.jpg
- Settlement.imagesize
- 250px
- Settlement.image_caption
- Chinandega main roundabout.
- Settlement.image_flag
- Flag of Chinandega.svg
- Settlement.image_seal
- Escudo de Chinandega.svg
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Nicaragua
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- above
- Settlement.pushpin_mapsize
- 250
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location in Nicaragua
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Department
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Chinandega Department
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 687
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2022 estimate
- Settlement.population_total
- 137539
- Settlement.population_density_km2
- auto
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- municipality of Nicaragua
- Country
- Nicaragua
- Located in
- Chinandega Department
- Population
- 137539
- Area
- 686.6
- Elevation
- 46
- Time zone
- UTC−06:00
- Capital of
- Chinandega Department
- Official website
- www.alcaldiadechinandega.gob.ni
- Image
- Chinandega El Calvario Entrada.jpg
Show 6 more facts
- twinned administrative body
- Eindhoven
- Commons category
- Chinandega
- postal code
- 25000
- inception
- 1839-00-00
- described by source
- Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary
- P12749
- 1273
Sources (8)
via Wikidata · CC0
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Encyclopedic overview
14 sectionsContents
- Geography
- Climate
- History
- Churches
- Our Lady Santa Ana Parish
- El Calvario Parish
- Sanctuary of Our Lady of Guadalupe
- Saint Anthony Church (Iglesia San Antonio)
- Colonial buildings
- Culture
- Sports
- Notable people
- References
- External links
Chinandega () is a city and the departmental seat of Chinandega department in Nicaragua. It is also the administrative centre of the surrounding municipality of the same name. It is Nicaragua's 2nd most important city (economy) and 6th largest city, with a population of 115,067 (2022 estimate), and a total of 137,539 in the municipality. It is located about northwest of Managua and about southwest of El Guasaule, on the border with Honduras. Chinandega is situated about from the Pacific Ocean.
The city is served by Chinandega Airport.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Chinandega” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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