- Source: Chinandega Department
Chinandega (Spanish pronunciation: [tʃinanˈdeɣa]) 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 indigenous inhabitants of Chinandega are the Chorotegas and the Nahuas, and was the location of the pre-Columbian Nahua kingdom of Teswatlan. 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.
Municipalities
Chichigalpa
Chinandega
Corinto
El Realejo
El Viejo
Posoltega
Puerto Morazán
San Francisco del Norte
San Juan de Cinco Pinos
San Pedro del Norte
Santo Tomás del Norte
Somotillo
Villanueva
References
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- Daftar negara menurut titik geografis paling barat
- Nikaragua
- Departemen di Nikaragua
- Chinandega Department
- Chinandega
- Corinto, Nicaragua
- List of Nicaraguan cities by population
- Puerto Morazán
- Bethania Aburto
- Chichigalpa
- Chinandega Airport
- List of Spanish words of Nahuatl origin
- Geography of Nicaragua