Place:Chinandega, Nicaragua

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NameChinandega
Alt namesChinandegasource: Wikipedia
TypeDepartment
Coordinates12.833°N 87.083°W
Located inNicaragua
Contained Places
Inhabited place
Chichigalpa
Chinandega
Cinco Pinos
Corinto
El Viejo
Puerto Morazán
Santo Tomás del Norte
Somotillo
Villanueva
source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
source: Family History Library Catalog


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Chinandega is a department in Nicaragua, located on the border with Honduras. It covers an area of 4,822 km² and has a population of 441,897 (2021 estimate). The capital is the city of Chinandega.

Largely agricultural, it produces rum from sugar cane; other products are bananas, peanuts, shrimp and salt.

The port of Corinto, in Chinandega, is the most important in Western Nicaragua.

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