Nicaragua: Departments, Major Cities & Towns - Statistics & Maps on City Population

The departments of Nicaragua as well as all cities and towns of more than 10,000 inhabitants.

Departments
Principal Cities
Cities & Towns

Departments

	Name	Abbr.	Status	Capital	A-L (km²)	C 1971-04-20	Cf 1995-04-25	Cf 2005-05-28	P 2009-06-30	P 2012-06-30
i	Boaco	BOA	Dep	Boaco	4,177	69,187	136,949	150,636	166,000	174,700
i	Carazo	CAR	Dep	Jinotepe	1,081	71,134	149,407	166,073	177,600	186,900
i	Chinandega	CHI	Dep	Chinandega	4,822	155,286	350,212	378,970	411,400	423,100
i	Chontales	CHO	Dep	Juigalpa	6,481	68,802	144,635	153,932	174,500	182,800
i	Estelí {Esteli}	EST	Dep	Estelí	2,230	79,164	174,894	201,548	217,600	220,700
i	Granada	GRA	Dep	Granada	1,040	71,102	155,683	168,186	191,200	201,000
i	Jinotega	JIN	Dep	Jinotega	9,222	90,640	257,933	331,335	384,700	417,400
i	León {Leon}	LEO	Dep	León	5,138	166,820	336,894	355,779	393,300	404,500
i	Madriz	MAD	Dep	Somoto	1,708	53,423	107,567	132,459	148,200	158,000
i	Managua	MAN	Dep	Managua	3,465	485,850	1,093,760	1,262,978	1,383,500	1,448,300
i	Masaya	MAS	Dep	Masaya	611	92,152	241,354	289,988	331,700	348,300
i	Matagalpa	MAT	Dep	Matagalpa	6,804	168,139	383,776	469,172	513,000	542,400
i	Nueva Segovia	NSE	Dep	Ocotal	3,491	65,784	148,492	208,523	232,700	243,000
i	Región Autónoma del Atlántico Norte {Region Autonoma del Atlantico Norte}	RAAN	AReg	Puerto Cabezas	33,106	54,988	192,716	314,130	394,800	453,500
i	Región Autónoma del Atlántico Sur (Zelaya) {Region Autonoma del Atlantico Sur}	RAAS	AReg	Bluefields	27,260	90,520	272,252	306,510	346,700	369,300
i	Río San Juan {Rio San Juan}	RSJ	Dep	San Carlos	7,541	20,832	70,143	95,596	107,500	122,700
i	Rivas	RIV	Dep	Rivas	2,162	74,129	140,432	156,283	167,900	174,600
	Nicaragua	NIC		Managua	121,428	1,877,952	4,357,099	5,142,098	5,742,308	6,071,000

(1971) UN Demographic Yearbook 1979.
(1995) (2005) (2009) (2012) Instituto Nacional de Estadísticas y Censos, Nicaragua (web).

Principal Cities

	Name	Adm.	MU Cf 2005-05-28
1	Managua	MAN	908,892
2	León	LEO	139,433
3	Chinandega	CHI	95,614
4	Masaya	MAS	92,598
5	Estelí	EST	90,294
6	Tipitapa	MAN	85,948
7	Matagalpa	MAT	80,228
8	Granada	GRA	79,418
9	Ciudad Sandino	MAN	72,501

Cities & Towns

	Name	Adm.	MU C 1971-04-20	MU Cf 1995-04-25	MU Cf 2005-05-28	MU P 2009-06-30
i	Acoyapa	CHO	2,853	7,575	8,108	9,206
i	Bluefields	RAAS	14,406	33,745	38,623	44,030
i	Boaco	BOA	6,443	17,344	20,405	23,414
i	Bonanza	RAAN	...	4,459	8,143	10,376
i	Camoapa	BOA	4,485	11,110	13,995	15,658
i	Chichigalpa	CHI	14,596	28,823	34,243	36,348
i	Chinandega	CHI	29,922	97,387	95,614	106,635
i	Ciudad Darío {Ciudad Dario}	MAT	5,708	9,745	16,646	18,531
i	Ciudad Sandino	MAN	Managua	Managua	72,501	82,189
i	Condega	EST	3,399	7,856	9,894	10,648
i	Corinto	CHI	13,371	16,926	16,466	17,797
i	Diriamba	CAR	10,151	30,558	35,222	38,795
i	Diriomo	GRA	3,621	7,078	8,711	10,623
i	El Crucero	MAN	...	...	7,276	8,149
i	El Rama	RAAS	1,432	17,138	14,838	17,944
i	El Sauce	LEO	3,246	7,052	7,584	8,890
i	El Viejo	CHI	8,480	33,607	39,178	45,294
i	Estelí {Esteli}	EST	19,801	71,550	90,294	99,061
i	Granada	GRA	35,422	71,783	79,418	93,299
i	Jalapa	NSE	3,604	21,668	24,435	29,945
i	Jinotega	JIN	10,235	30,824	41,134	47,249
i	Jinotepe	CAR	12,461	25,132	31,257	33,577
i	Juigalpa	CHO	8,772	36,999	42,763	47,987
i	La Concepción {La Concepcion}	MAS	2,684	8,986	12,234	14,902
i	La Paz Centro	LEO	6,622	17,299	19,010	21,713
i	Larreynaga (Malpaisillo)	LEO	4,183	5,475	11,292	13,160
i	La Trinidad	EST	3,410	7,267	11,000	11,861
i	León {Leon}	LEO	54,841	123,865	139,433	156,049
i	Managua	MAN	384,904	864,201	908,892	985,143
i	Masatepe	MAS	7,181	13,924	15,482	17,856
i	Masaya	MAS	30,796	88,971	92,598	110,491
i	Matagalpa	MAT	20,682	59,397	80,228	91,160
i	Mateare	MAN	1,331	11,417	25,313	32,785
i	Matiguás {Matiguas}	MAT	2,221	7,334	8,907	10,836
i	Nagarote	LEO	7,250	19,646	19,614	22,523
i	Nandaime	GRA	5,677	14,594	15,866	18,780
i	Nindirí {Nindiri}	MAS	2,148	7,563	17,313	21,356
i	Nueva Guinea	RAAS	...	31,359	25,585	32,253
i	Ocotal	NSE	7,734	25,264	34,190	37,549
i	Puerto Cabezas	RAAN	5,528	22,588	39,428	50,761
i	Quilalí {Quilali}	NSE	1,293	7,870	7,106	8,221
i	Río Blanco {Rio Blanco}	MAT	...	9,242	12,933	15,124
i	Rivas	RIV	10,007	20,868	27,650	29,860
i	Rosita	RAAN	...	5,930	8,535	11,087
i	San Carlos	RSJ	2,487	8,909	12,174	13,881
i	San Marcos	CAR	3,491	16,041	18,852	20,328
i	San Rafael del Sur	MAN	2,896	19,083	23,420	26,157
i	Santo Tomás {Santo Tomas}	CHO	2,320	10,167	11,678	12,992
i	Sébaco {Sebaco}	MAT	3,200	16,102	22,431	24,283
i	Siuna	RAAN	...	8,530	10,345	14,726
i	Somotillo	CHI	1,853	9,891	13,290	15,404
i	Somoto	MAD	5,579	14,218	18,126	19,849
i	Ticuantepe	MAN	...	7,749	10,328	12,512
i	Tipitapa	MAN	5,674	67,925	85,948	105,773
i	Waslala	RAAN	...	4,082	8,604	11,354

(1971) (1995) Instituto Nacional de Estadísticas y Censos, Nicaragua (provided by Clive Thornton).
(2005) (2009) Instituto Nacional de Estadísticas y Censos, Nicaragua (web).

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Departments

Principal Cities

Cities & Towns