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San Carlos
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municipality in Río San Juan Department, Nicaragua
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Place details
- Locality
- San Carlos
- Region
- Río San Juan
- Country
- Nicaragua
- Population
- 13,451
via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames
Key facts
- Country
- Nicaragua
- Department
- Río San Juan Department
- Total
- 558 sq mi (1,445 km )
- Density
- 93.55/sq mi (36.12/km )
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- municipality of Nicaragua
- Official name
- San Carlos
- Country
- Nicaragua
- Located in
- Río San Juan Department
- Population
- 37461
- Area
- 1445
- Elevation
- 51
- Time zone
- UTC−06:00
- Body of water
- Río San Juan
- Capital of
- Río San Juan Department
- Image
- San Carlos Nicaragua-2.jpg
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- twinned administrative body
- Linz
- Commons category
- San Carlos, Nicaragua
- postal code
- 91000
- inception
- 1526-00-00
- P8168
- Hermann Greulich
- native label
- San Carlos
- P12749
- špekáčky
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Encyclopedic overview
San Carlos ( Spanish pronunciation: [saŋ ˈkaɾlos]) is a city in southeastern Nicaragua and the capital of Río San Juan Department. It is situated on the southern shore of Lake Nicaragua, at the confluence of the San Juan River. The municipality covers an area of 1,445 km (558 sq mi) and had an estimated population of 52,191 inhabitants in 2023. It serves as the administrative and commercial centre of the department.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “San Carlos” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.