Ocotal

Also known as Municipality of Ocotal, Ocotal Municipality

Ocotal () is the capital of the Nueva Segovia Department in Nicaragua, Central America and the municipal seat of Ocotal Municipality.

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Locality: Ocotal
Region: Nueva Segovia
Country: Nicaragua
Population: 33,928

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Key facts

Settlement.name: Ocotal
Settlement.settlement_type: Municipality
Settlement.other_name: La Sultana del Norte
Settlement.image_skyline: Ocotal 1.jpg
Settlement.imagesize: 250px
Settlement.image_caption: Downtown Ocotal
Settlement.image_seal: Seal of Ocotal.svg
Settlement.seal_size: 65px
Settlement.image_map: Nueva Segovia Department with Ocotal highlighted.svg
Settlement.mapsize: 220
Settlement.map_caption: Ocotal in Nueva Segovia
Settlement.pushpin_map: Nicaragua
Settlement.pushpin_label_position: right
Settlement.pushpin_mapsize: 250
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption: Location in Nicaragua
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Department
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Nueva Segovia Department

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Ocotal () is the capital of the Nueva Segovia Department in Nicaragua, Central America and the municipal seat of Ocotal Municipality.

==History== The region occupied by the city of Ocotal was formerly occupied by different ethnic groups that had probably migrated from Mexico to Central America many centuries ago, speaking a variety of Nahuatl.

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