Place:Matagalpa, Nicaragua

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NameMatagalpa
Alt namesMatagalpasource: Wikipedia
TypeDepartment
Coordinates12.917°N 85.667°W
Located inNicaragua
Contained Places
Inhabited place
Ciudad Darío
Esquipulas
La Trinidad
Matagalpa
Matiguás
Muy Muy
San Dionisio
San Isidro
Sébaco
source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
source: Family History Library Catalog


the text in this section is copied from an article in Wikipedia

Matagalpa is a department in central Nicaragua. It covers an area of 6,804 km2 and has a population of 600,057 (2021 est).[1] The capital is the city of Matagalpa with a population of about 111,000.

Matagalpa is the second largest region of the country in population size, and the fifth in area (after the North Atlantic, the South Atlantic, Jinotega and Río San Juan).

Matagalpa is the most diversified region producing coffee, cattle, milk products, vegetables, wood, gold, flowers. Its extensive forests, rivers and geography are suited for ecotourism.

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