Administrative Division of Nicaragua: Departments and Municipalities

Contents: Departments and Municipalities

The population of the departments and municipalities of Nicaragua.

Name	Status	Population census 1995-04-25	Population census 2005-05-28	Population projection 2012-06-30
Boaco	Department	136,949	150,636	174,682	o
Boaco	Municipality	45,188	49,839	58,496	o
Camoapa	Municipality	32,297	34,962	38,758	o
San José de los Remates	Municipality	7,646	7,650	8,271	o
San Lorenzo	Municipality	22,346	23,666	30,054	o
Santa Lucía	Municipality	8,173	8,254	8,871	o
Teustepe	Municipality	21,299	26,265	30,232	o
Carazo	Department	149,407	166,073	186,898	o
Diriamba	Municipality	51,191	57,542	62,631	o
Dolores	Municipality	5,421	6,761	7,822	o
El Rosario	Municipality	3,923	5,317	6,676	o
Jinotepe	Municipality	37,470	42,109	50,812	o
La Conquista	Municipality	3,922	3,777	4,008	o
La Paz de Carazo	Municipality	4,054	4,657	5,355	o
San Marcos	Municipality	25,871	29,019	31,652	o
Santa Teresa	Municipality	17,555	16,891	17,942	o
Chinandega	Department	350,212	378,970	423,062	o
Chichigalpa	Municipality	41,903	44,769	51,167	o
Chinandega	Municipality	117,037	121,793	133,361	o
Cinco Pinos	Municipality	6,220	6,781	7,095	o
Corinto	Municipality	17,177	16,624	18,036	o
El Realejo	Municipality	8,154	8,838	9,777	o
El Viejo	Municipality	69,055	76,775	86,317	o
Posoltega	Municipality	15,331	16,771	18,725	o
Puerto Morazán	Municipality	11,411	13,328	15,490	o
San Francisco del Norte	Municipality	5,980	6,758	7,171	o
San Pedro del Norte	Municipality	4,048	4,719	5,060	o
Santo Tomás del Norte	Municipality	6,788	7,124	8,140	o
Somotillo	Municipality	24,767	29,030	32,262	o
Villanueva	Municipality	22,341	25,660	30,461	o
Chontales	Department	144,635	153,932	182,838	o
Acoyapa	Municipality	16,882	16,946	19,792	o
Comalapa	Municipality	10,940	11,785	17,584	o
El Coral	Municipality	...	7,039	7,909	o
Juigalpa	Municipality	...	51,838	59,545	o
La Libertad	Municipality	9,814	11,429	13,569	o
San Francisco de Cuapa	Municipality	...	5,507	7,941	o
San Pedro de Lóvago	Municipality	7,125	7,650	9,071	o
Santo Domingo	Municipality	12,543	12,182	13,984	o
Santo Tomás	Municipality	15,997	16,404	18,754	o
Villa Sandino	Municipality	...	13,152	14,689	o
Estelí	Department	174,894	201,548	220,703	o
Condega	Municipality	25,155	28,481	30,307	o
Estelí	Municipality	92,988	112,084	122,924	o
La Trinidad	Municipality	18,518	20,140	21,957	o
Pueblo Nuevo	Municipality	19,532	20,620	23,410	o
San Juan de Limay	Municipality	12,501	13,455	14,694	o
San Nicolás	Municipality	6,200	6,768	7,411	o
Granada	Department	155,683	168,186	200,991	o
Diriá	Municipality	6,075	6,375	7,040	o
Diriomo	Municipality	20,102	22,352	30,477	o
Granada	Municipality	96,996	105,171	123,697	o
Nandaime	Municipality	32,510	34,288	39,777	o
Jinotega	Department	257,933	331,335	417,372	o
El Cuá	Municipality	...	43,305	56,897	o
Jinotega	Municipality	77,222	99,382	123,548	o
La Concordia	Municipality	7,049	6,486	7,200	o
San José de Bocay	Municipality	...	42,029	54,664	o
San Rafael del Norte	Municipality	14,066	17,789	20,722	o
San Sebastián de Yalí	Municipality	20,277	26,979	32,441	o
Santa María de Pantasma	Municipality	29,735	37,880	50,057	o
Wiwilí de Jinotega	Municipality	...	57,485	71,843	o
León	Department	336,894	355,779	404,471	o
Achuapa	Municipality	13,186	13,797	14,784	o
El Jicaral	Municipality	10,036	10,326	11,537	o
El Sauce	Municipality	25,973	27,900	30,785	o
La Paz Centro	Municipality	27,509	28,118	31,623	o
Larreynaga	Municipality	29,798	27,898	32,111	o
León	Municipality	161,530	174,051	201,100	o
Nagarote	Municipality	29,200	32,303	36,803	o
Quezalguaque	Municipality	7,754	8,591	9,515	o
Santa Rosa del Peñón	Municipality	9,129	9,529	10,674	o
Telica	Municipality	22,779	23,266	25,539	o
Madriz	Department	107,567	132,459	158,020	o
Las Sabanas	Municipality	4,063	4,136	4,896	o
Palacagüina	Municipality	11,843	12,825	15,003	o
San José de Cusmapa	Municipality	5,705	7,072	7,785	o
San Juan de Río Coco	Municipality	15,261	21,114	30,080	o
San Lucas	Municipality	10,464	12,975	14,881	o
Somoto	Municipality	28,821	33,788	37,741	o
Telpaneca	Municipality	15,113	19,025	21,892	o
Totogalpa	Municipality	8,796	11,927	14,157	o
Yalagüina	Municipality	7,501	9,597	11,585	o
Managua	Department	1,093,760	1,262,978	1,448,271	o
Ciudad Sandino	Municipality	...	75,083	101,929	o
El Crucero	Municipality	...	13,656	15,033	o
Managua	Municipality	...	937,489	1,028,808	o
Mateare	Municipality	17,804	28,775	42,073	o
San Francisco Libre	Municipality	8,777	9,416	10,810	o
San Rafael del Sur	Municipality	37,062	42,417	50,991	o
Ticuantepe	Municipality	19,979	27,008	34,227	o
Tipitapa	Municipality	82,808	101,685	130,627	o
Villa El Carmen	Municipality	24,230	27,449	33,773	o
Masaya	Department	241,354	289,988	348,254	o
Catarina	Municipality	7,108	7,524	8,406	o
La Concepción	Municipality	27,728	31,950	39,226	o
Masatepe	Municipality	25,538	31,583	36,297	o
Masaya	Municipality	117,523	139,582	166,588	o
Nandasmo	Municipality	7,879	10,732	13,207	o
Nindirí	Municipality	29,026	38,355	50,138	o
Niquinohomo	Municipality	13,458	14,847	16,218	o
San Juan de Oriente	Municipality	3,101	4,734	6,131	o
Tisma	Municipality	9,993	10,681	12,043	o
Matagalpa	Department	383,776	469,172	542,419	o
Ciudad Darío	Municipality	35,871	41,014	50,030	o
El Tuma - La Dalia	Municipality	43,887	56,681	67,510	o
Esquipulas	Municipality	14,746	15,877	17,568	o
Matagalpa	Municipality	104,381	133,416	150,643	o
Matiguás	Municipality	38,584	41,127	50,230	o
Muy Muy	Municipality	13,069	14,721	16,366	o
Rancho Grande	Municipality	17,077	26,223	33,646	o
Río Blanco	Municipality	26,203	30,785	34,422	o
San Dionisio	Municipality	16,003	16,273	18,094	o
San Isidro	Municipality	15,353	17,412	19,185	o
San Ramón	Municipality	23,061	30,682	35,474	o
Sébaco	Municipality	24,936	32,221	35,321	o
Terrabona	Municipality	10,605	12,740	13,931	o
Nueva Segovia	Department	148,492	208,523	243,014	o
Ciudad Antigua	Municipality	3,421	4,868	5,790	o
Dipilto	Municipality	3,879	5,207	6,006	o
El Jícaro	Municipality	22,000	25,901	30,449	o
Jalapa	Municipality	41,756	54,491	64,419	o
Macuelizo	Municipality	4,768	6,076	6,570	o
Mozonte	Municipality	5,186	6,795	7,886	o
Murra	Municipality	11,017	14,847	17,118	o
Ocotal	Municipality	26,076	34,580	41,875	o
Quilalí	Municipality	20,741	26,461	30,418	o
San Fernando	Municipality	5,950	8,549	10,291	o
Santa María	Municipality	3,698	4,404	4,753	o
Wiwilí de Nueva Segovia (Güigüilí)	Municipality	...	16,344	17,439	o
Región Autónoma del Atlántico Norte (RAAN)	Autonomous Region	192,716	314,130	453,541	o
Bonanza	Municipality	11,810	18,633	24,715	o
Mulukukú	Municipality	...	29,838	42,032	o
Prinzapolka	Municipality	5,312	16,105	32,490	o
Puerto Cabezas	Municipality	39,771	66,169	101,216	o
Rosita	Municipality	14,599	22,723	30,552	o
Siuna	Municipality	...	64,092	101,770	o
Waslala	Municipality	32,924	49,339	63,445	o
Waspán	Municipality	35,082	47,231	57,320	o
Región Autónoma del Atlántico Sur (RAAS, Zelaya)	Autonomous Region	272,252	306,510	369,254	o
Bluefields	Municipality	37,254	45,547	54,863	o
Desembocadura de Río Grande	Municipality	3,151	3,585	3,866	o
El Ayote	Municipality	...	12,417	15,599	o
El Rama	Municipality	...	52,482	57,261	o
El Tortuguero	Municipality	9,402	22,324	37,998	o
Islas del Maíz (Corn Islands)	Municipality	5,336	6,626	7,296	o
Kukra Hill	Municipality	7,455	8,789	9,559	o
La Cruz de Río Grande	Municipality	13,642	23,284	31,889	o
Laguna de Perlas (Pearl Lagoon)	Municipality	6,253	10,676	14,503	o
Muelle de los Bueyes	Municipality	23,252	22,082	23,806	o
Nueva Guinea	Municipality	...	66,936	77,191	o
Paiwas	Municipality	...	31,762	35,423	o
Río San Juan	Department	70,143	95,596	122,666	o
El Almendro	Municipality	11,795	13,363	14,420	o
El Castillo	Municipality	9,717	19,864	30,150	o
Morrito	Municipality	6,093	6,570	7,382	o
San Carlos	Municipality	28,733	37,461	50,473	o
San Juan de Nicaragua	Municipality	271	1,307	1,955	o
San Miguelito	Municipality	13,534	17,031	18,286	o
Rivas	Department	140,432	156,283	174,589	o
Altagracia	Municipality	17,616	19,955	22,088	o
Belén	Municipality	15,967	16,428	18,121	o
Buenos Aires	Municipality	4,835	5,420	5,677	o
Cárdenas	Municipality	4,636	6,990	7,416	o
Moyogalpa	Municipality	8,758	9,729	10,284	o
Potosí	Municipality	10,720	11,904	12,982	o
Rivas	Municipality	37,817	41,080	50,684	o
San Jorge	Municipality	7,064	8,024	8,644	o
San Juan del Sur	Municipality	13,125	14,741	15,553	o
Tola	Municipality	19,894	22,012	23,140	o

Source: Instituto Nacional de Estadísticas y Censos, Nicaragua (web).

2012-07-14WWW.CITYPOPULATION.DE

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Contents: Departments and Municipalities