Somotillo
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Somotillo is a town and a municipality in the Chinandega department of Nicaragua.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Somotillo
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Municipality
- 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
- Chinandega
- Settlement.unit_pref
- Imperial
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 725
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2022 estimate
- Settlement.population_total
- 35044
- Settlement.population_density_km2
- auto
- Settlement.population_urban
- 20211
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- municipality of Nicaragua
- Country
- Nicaragua
- Located in
- Chinandega Department
- Population
- 29030
- Area
- 724.7
- Elevation
- 50
- Time zone
- UTC−06:00
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- twinned administrative body
- Bennington
- postal code
- 26800
- Commons category
- Somotillo
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Encyclopedic overview
5 sectionsContents
- Geography
- Hurricane Mitch
- International relations
- Twin towns – Sister cities
- References
Somotillo is a town and a municipality in the Chinandega department of Nicaragua.
==Geography== According to the Instituto Nicaragüense de Estudios Territoriales (INETER), the municipality of Somotillo measures 724.71 km2 and lies approximately 41 meters above sea level. Physiographically, most of the municipality lies north and east of the Nicaraguan Depression or Graben in the western foothills of the central cordillera of the country. The area drains into the Pacific, largely through the Estero Real. The town of Somotillo is located on the northern bank of the Rio Gallo, also known as the Rio Grande. A seasonal stream known as the Tecomapa runs north of the town.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Somotillo” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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