Key facts
- Country
- Nicaragua
- Established
- 11 November 1936
- Capital
- Somoto
- Total
- 1,708 km (659 sq mi)
- Density
- 106.2/km (275.0/sq mi)
- Iso 3166 2
- NI-MD
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- department of Nicaragua
- Country
- Nicaragua
- Located in
- Nicaragua
- Contains
- Yalagüina
- Capital
- Somoto
- Population
- 132459
- Area
- 1708
- Time zone
- UTC−06:00
- Shares border with
- Nueva Segovia Department
- Image
- Volcán Tepesomoto.JPG
- Licence plate code
- MD
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- Category:Madriz Department
- Commons category
- Madriz Department
- inception
- 1936-00-00
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Encyclopedic overview
Madriz ( Spanish pronunciation: [maˈðɾis]) is an administrative division and department in Nicaragua. It covers an area of 1,708 km (659 sq mi) and has a population of 181,328 in 2023. The capital and seat of the department is at Somoto. It was created from Nueva Segovia department in 1936, and is named after former Nicaraguan president José Madriz.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Madriz Department” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.