Managua is the capital and largest city of Nicaragua, and one of the largest cities in Central America. Located on the shores of Lake Managua, the city had an estimated population of 1,055,247 as of 2020, and a population of 1,401,687 in its metropolitan area. The city also serves as the seat of Managua Department.
León is the second largest city in Nicaragua, after Managua. Founded by the Spanish as Santiago de los Caballeros de León, it is the capital and largest city of León Department. As of 2022, the municipality of León has an estimated population of 213,718.
Augusto César Sandino, full name Augusto Nicolás Calderón Sandino, was a Nicaraguan revolutionary and leader of a rebellion between 1927 and 1933 against the United States occupation of Nicaragua. Despite being referred to as a "bandit" by the United States government, his exploits made him a hero throughout much of Latin America, where he became a symbol of resistance to American imperialism. Sandino drew units of the United States Marine Corps into an undeclared guerrilla war. The United States troops withdrew from the country in 1933 after overseeing the election and inauguration of President Juan Bautista Sacasa, who had returned from exile.
Jinotega is a department of Nicaragua. Its departmental head is Jinotega. It is located in the north of the country, on the border with Honduras.
Jinotega is the capital city of the Department of Jinotega in north-central Nicaragua.
Managua is a department in Nicaragua. It covers an area of 3,465 km2 and has a population of 1,559,774, making it the country's most populated department. The capital is the city of Managua, which is also the capital of Nicaragua. The department has two coastlines, on the Pacific Ocean and on Lake Managua, but does not border Lake Nicaragua. The Nahua chiefdom of Tekwantepet was located in the Managua department. According to Spanish conquistador and historian Gonzalo Fernández de Oviedo y Valdés, Tekwantepet one of the last chiefdoms in present-day Nicaragua to fall to the conquistadors and their central Mexican allies. The chiefdom's name is a combination of the Nawat words tēkwani (jaguar), and tepet (hill), therefore the translation of Tekwantepet is "hill of jaguars" or "jaguar hill". The municipality of Ticuantepe located in the department is likely named after this chiefdom. The Indigenous inhabitants of Managua are the Chorotegas and Nahuas.
Nueva Segovia is a department in Nicaragua. It covers an area of 3,491 km2 and has a population of 275,291. Nueva Segovia is also home to the indigenous Chorotegas and Nahuas. The capital is Ocotal.
Matagalpa is a city in Nicaragua which is the capital of the department of Matagalpa. The city has a population of 112,697, while the population of the department is 606,643. Matagalpa is Nicaragua's seventh largest city, the largest in the country's interior, and one of the most commercially active outside of Managua. Matagalpa is known as the "Pearl of the North" and "Land of Eternal Spring."
San Rafael del Sur is a town and a municipality in the Managua department of Nicaragua.
Tuma-La Dalia is a municipality in the Matagalpa Department of Nicaragua. The municipal seat is the town of La Dalia. The municipality takes its name from its two main towns: El Tuma and La Dalia. It is located 175 kilometers from the capital, Managua, and 45 kilometers from the city of Matagalpa, the departmental capital of the same name.
El Castillo is a municipality located on the Río San Juan in the Río San Juan Department of Nicaragua. The settlement of what would eventually become the municipality of El Castillo began in 1673, when construction of the Fortaleza de la Limpia Pura e Inmaculada Concepción, was begun. The village of El Castillo eventually grew around the fortress, which continued to be strategically important to the Captaincy General of Guatemala until the late 18th century.
Tourism in Nicaragua has grown considerably recently, and it is now the second largest industry in the nation. Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega has stated his intention to use tourism to combat poverty throughout the country.
The following is an alphabetical list of topics related to Nicaragua.
Salomón de la Selva was a Nicaraguan poet and honorary member of the Mexican Academy of Language.
The Cacaopera people also known as the Matagalpa or Ulúa., are an Indigenous people in what is now El Salvador and Nicaragua.
José D'Andrea Valeri known as "Padre Odorico D'Andrea", was an Italo-Nicaraguan Catholic priest. He founded the Franciscan Sisters Pilgrims of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, along with Father Francisco Javier Munguía Alvarado, also a Franciscan. He was a missionary of the Order of Friars Minor or Franciscans, devoted to the mission in the communities of the City of San Rafael del Norte in the department of Jinotega, Nicaragua.
Sandino is a 1990 Spanish-Nicaraguan biographical film about Nicaraguan revolutionary Augusto César Sandino, directed by Chilean filmmaker Miguel Littín and produced by Spanish Televisión Española and Nicaraguan state producer Umamzor. It was released first in cinemas as a two-hour- long film. Later it was broadcast on television as a miniseries of three 55-minute episodes.
Blanca Stella Aráuz Pineda is the first National Heroine of Nicaragua. She was noted as a telegraphist who assisted the guerrilla forces during the United States occupation of Nicaragua and who negotiated with President Juan Bautista Sacasa to gain amnesty for the rebels and negotiate peace at the end of the conflict.
National Heroines and Heroes of Nicaragua are promulgated by legal decree of the Nicaraguan Legislature. Those who receive the title are people who were instrumental in helping the country gain its independence, or who worked to maintain the sovereignty and national self-determination of the country. Initially called National Heroes of Nicaragua, in 2014 legislation was passed via Law No. 859 to change the title to "National Heroines and Heroes of Nicaragua". The amended law provides that to be honored with the title, the person nominated must be deceased, and the nomination must be accompanied by certifications, recognition, or guarantees created by public or private institutions, such as trade unions, artistic associations, sporting organizations, or educational institutions, to confirm their service to the country and exemplary or heroic actions.
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