Masatepe
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Masatepe (Nawat: Masatepek), () is one of the nine municipalities of the Masaya Department in Nicaragua. It is located on the plateau of the villages 50 kilometers from Managua along the road to Masaya. It belongs to the tourist corridor of " Los Pueblos Blancos" on top of the coffee-producing Volcanic Plateau. The origin of the word "Masatepe" comes from the Nawat language and is named after the Nahua chiefdom of Masatepek, which was located in the present-day department of Masaya. Masatepek is a combination of the Nawat words Masat (deer), and -tepek (hill). The literal translation of Masate
Key facts
- Settlement.area_code
- 42600
- Settlement.name
- Masatepe
- Settlement.native_name
- Masatepek
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Municipality
- Settlement.image_caption
- Sunset over Masatepe. Visible on the power lines is the curious grass that grows on them there
- Settlement.image_flag
- File:Bandera de Masatepe.png
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Nicaragua
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- left
- Settlement.pushpin_mapsize
- 250
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location in Nicaragua
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- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Department
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Masaya
- Settlement.unit_pref
- Imperial
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 59.4
- Settlement.elevation_m
- 475
- Settlement.population_total
- 41809
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2022 estimate
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Population
- 31583
- Area
- 59.40
- Elevation
- 475
- Image
- Parroquia San Juan Bautista de Masatepe.jpg
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- Masatepe
- postal code
- 42600
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Masatepe (Nawat: Masatepek), () is one of the nine municipalities of the Masaya Department in Nicaragua. It is located on the plateau of the villages 50 kilometers from Managua along the road to Masaya. It belongs to the tourist corridor of " Los Pueblos Blancos" on top of the coffee-producing Volcanic Plateau. The origin of the word "Masatepe" comes from the Nawat language and is named after the Nahua chiefdom of Masatepek, which was located in the present-day department of Masaya. Masatepek is a combination of the Nawat words Masat (deer), and -tepek (hill). The literal translation of Masatepek is "deer hill". The Indigenous inhabitants of Masaya are the Nahuas and the Chorotegas, and the Nahuas who still inhabit the municipality dominate the cocoa production in Masatepe.
== History and Etymology ==
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