Nicaragua

Complete Name: Republic of Nicaragua

Native Name: Nicaragua

ISO-Code: NIC

Capital: Managua

Contents

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

Departments
Principal Cities
Table of Cities

Departments

	Name	Abbr.	Status	Capital	A-L (km2)	C 1971-04-20	Cf 1995-04-25	Cf 2005-05-28
<	Boaco	BOA	Dep	Boaco	4,244	69,187	136,949	150,636
<	Carazo	CAR	Dep	Jinotepe	1,050	71,134	149,407	166,073
<	Chinandega	CHI	Dep	Chinandega	4,926	155,286	350,212	378,970
<	Chontales	CHO	Dep	Juigalpa	6,378	68,802	144,635	153,932
<	Estelí {Esteli}	EST	Dep	Estelí	2,335	79,164	174,894	201,548
<	Granada	GRA	Dep	Granada	929	71,102	155,683	168,186
<	Jinotega	JIN	Dep	Jinotega	9,755	90,640	257,933	331,335
<	León {Leon}	LEO	Dep	León	5,107	166,820	336,894	355,779
<	Madriz	MAD	Dep	Somoto	1,602	53,423	107,567	132,459
<	Managua	MAN	Dep	Managua	3,672	485,850	1,093,760	1,262,978
<	Masaya	MAS	Dep	Masaya	590	92,152	241,354	289,988
<	Matagalpa	MAT	Dep	Matagalpa	8,523	168,139	383,776	469,172
<	Nueva Segovia	NSE	Dep	Ocotal	3,123	65,784	148,492	208,523
<	Región Autónoma Atlántico Norte {Region Autonoma Atlantico Norte}	RAAN	AReg	Puerto Cabezas	32,159	54,988	192,716	314,130
<	Región Autónoma Atlántico Sur (Zelaya) {Region Autonoma Atlantico Sur}	RAAS	AReg	Bluefields	27,407	90,520	272,252	306,510
<	Río San Juan {Rio San Juan}	RSJ	Dep	San Carlos	7,473	20,832	70,143	95,596
<	Rivas	RIV	Dep	Rivas	2,155	74,129	140,432	156,283
	Nicaragua	NIC		Managua	121,428	1,877,952	4,357,099	5,142,098

(1971) UN Demographic Yearbook 1979.
(1995) (2005) 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
10	Juigalpa	CHO	42,763
11	Jinotega	JIN	41,134

Table of Cities

	Name	Adm.	MU C 1971-04-20	MU Cf 1995-04-25	MU Cf 2005-05-28
<	Bluefields	RAAS	14,406	33,745	38,623
<	Boaco	BOA	6,443	17,344	20,405
<	Camoapa	BOA	4,485	11,110	13,995
<	Chichigalpa	CHI	14,596	28,823	34,243
<	Chinandega	CHI	29,922	97,387	95,614
<	Ciudad Darío {Ciudad Dario}	MAT	5,708	9,745	16,646
<	Ciudad Sandino	MAN	Managua	Managua	72,501
<	Condega	EST	3,399	7,856	9,894
<	Corinto	CHI	13,371	16,926	16,466
<	Diriamba	CAR	10,151	30,558	35,222
<	El Rama	RAAS	1,432	17,138	14,838
<	El Viejo	CHI	8,480	33,607	39,178
<	Estelí {Esteli}	EST	19,801	71,550	90,294
<	Granada	GRA	35,422	71,783	79,418
<	Jalapa	NSE	3,604	21,668	24,435
<	Jinotega	JIN	10,235	30,824	41,134
<	Jinotepe	CAR	12,461	25,132	31,257
<	Juigalpa	CHO	8,772	36,999	42,763
<	La Concepción {La Concepcion}	MAS	2,684	8,986	12,234
<	La Paz Centro	LEO	6,622	17,299	19,010
<	Larreynaga	LEO	4,183	5,475	11,292
<	La Trinidad	EST	3,410	7,267	11,000
<	León {Leon}	LEO	54,841	123,865	139,433
<	Managua	MAN	384,904	864,201	908,892
<	Masatepe	MAS	7,181	13,924	15,482
<	Masaya	MAS	30,796	88,971	92,598
<	Matagalpa	MAT	20,682	59,397	80,228
<	Mateare	MAN	1,331	11,417	25,313
<	Nagarote	LEO	7,250	19,646	19,614
<	Nandaime	GRA	5,677	14,594	15,866
<	Nindirí {Nindiri}	MAS	2,148	7,563	17,313
<	Nueva Guinea	RAAS	...	31,359	25,585
<	Ocotal	NSE	7,734	25,264	34,190
<	Puerto Cabezas	RAAN	5,528	22,588	39,428
<	Río Blanco {Rio Blanco}	MAT	...	9,242	12,933
<	Rivas	RIV	10,007	20,868	27,650
<	San Carlos	RSJ	2,487	8,909	12,174
<	San Marcos	CAR	3,491	16,041	18,852
<	San Rafael del Sur	MAN	2,896	19,083	23,420
<	Santo Tomás {Santo Tomas}	CHO	2,320	10,167	11,678
<	Sébaco {Sebaco}	MAT	3,200	16,102	22,431
<	Siuna	RAAN	...	8,530	10,345
<	Somotillo	CHI	1,853	9,891	13,290
<	Somoto	MAD	5,579	14,218	18,126
<	Ticuantepe	MAN	...	7,749	10,328
<	Tipitapa	MAN	5,674	67,925	85,948

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