Key facts
- Country
- Nicaragua
- Capital
- Estelí
- Total
- 2,230 km (860 sq mi)
- Density
- 105/km (271/sq mi)
- Iso 3166 2
- NI-ES
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Esteli is an administrative division and department in northern Nicaragua. The city of Estelí serves as the capital of the department. Situated on the Pan American Highway, it forms the gateway to the Las Segovia region and northern Honduras. The valleys in the department form an important center of tobacco cultivation, and the associated cigar industry.
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