Chinandega_Department

Chinandega Department

Chinandega Department

Department of Nicaragua

Chinandega (Spanish pronunciation: [tʃinanˈdeɣa]) is a department in Nicaragua, located on the border with Honduras. It covers an area of 4,822 km2 and has a population of 441,897 (2021 estimate). The indigenous inhabitants of Chinandega are the Chorotegas and the Nahuas, and was the location of the pre-Columbian Nahua kingdom of Tezoatega.[2][3][4] The capital is the city of Chinandega.

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Largely agricultural, it produces rum from sugar cane; other products are bananas, peanuts, shrimp and salt.

The port of Corinto, in Chinandega, is the most important in Western Nicaragua.

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References

  1. [1]
    [ "Nicaragua: Departments, Major Cities & Towns - Population Statistics, Maps, Charts, Weather and Web Information". www.citypopulation.de. Retrieved 2023-07-05.
  2. [2]
    "Chorotegas".
  3. [3]
    "Races of Chinandega".
  4. [4]
    Fernández de Oviedo y Valdés, Gonzalo, Historia General y Natural de las Indias, pag. 127., tomo XI, Editorial Guarania. Asunción, Paraguay, 1945.

12°37′N 87°09′W


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