Matagalpa
Sign in to saveMatagalpa () is a city in Nicaragua which is the capital of the department of Matagalpa. The city has a population of 112,697 (2022 estimate), while the population of the department is 606,643. Matagalpa is Nicaragua's seventh largest city, the largest in the country's interior, and one of the most commercially active outside of Managua. Matagalpa is known as the "Pearl of the North" and "Land of Eternal Spring."
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Matagalpa
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Municipality
- Settlement.other_name
- San Pedro de Matagalpa
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Matagalpa080408c.jpg
- Settlement.image_caption
- Matagalpa's Cathedral
- Settlement.image_flag
- Flag of Matagalpa.svg
- Settlement.image_seal
- Seal of Matagalpa.svg
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Nicaragua
- Settlement.pushpin_label
- Matagalpa
- 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
- Matagalpa Department
- Settlement.leader_title
- Mayor
- Settlement.leader_name
- Sadrach Zeledón
- Settlement.unit_pref
- metric
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Matagalpa () is a city in Nicaragua which is the capital of the department of Matagalpa. The city has a population of 112,697 (2022 estimate), while the population of the department is 606,643. Matagalpa is Nicaragua's seventh largest city, the largest in the country's interior, and one of the most commercially active outside of Managua. Matagalpa is known as the "Pearl of the North" and "Land of Eternal Spring."
==Etymology==