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Matagalpa

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Also known as Perla del Septentrión, Municipality of Matagalpa, Matagalpa Municipality

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."

Key facts

Settlement.name
Matagalpa
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Municipality
Settlement.other_name
San Pedro de Matagalpa
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Matagalpa080408c.jpg
Settlement.image_caption
Matagalpa's Cathedral
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Flag of Matagalpa.svg
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Seal of Matagalpa.svg
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Nicaragua
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Matagalpa
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above
Settlement.pushpin_mapsize
250
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Location in Nicaragua
Settlement.subdivision_type
Country
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Department
Settlement.subdivision_name1
Matagalpa Department
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Mayor
Settlement.leader_name
Sadrach Zeledón
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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==

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Matagalpa” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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