Chinandega is a city and the departmental seat of Chinandega department in Nicaragua, also serving as administrative centre of the surrounding municipality of the same name. It is Nicaragua's second most important city by economy and sixth largest by population, with a population of 115,067 (137,539 in the wider municipality). It lies about 134 kilometers northwest of Managua and about 20 kilometers from the Pacific Ocean.
Facts
Area (sq km) Founding Year Population Estimate Year Elevation (m) Elevation Band Climate Zone Sources
1. Chinandega - Wikipedia
Lead section
It is Nicaragua's 2nd most important city (economy) and 6th largest city, with a population of 115,067 (2022 estimate), and a total of 137,539 in the municipality.
Infobox, Population year
2022 estimate
Geography section, area
687 km2 (265 sq mi)
History section
Officially a settlement (poblado) from 1796
Infobox, coordinates latitude
12.617°N
Infobox, coordinates longitude
87.150°W
- In Group: Cities of Central America (World), Wikipedia; part-of country and UN M49 subregion
View the Source2. Chinandega (Wikidata)
P2044 (elevation above sea level)Quote, P2044 (elevation above sea level)
elevation 46 m
3. GeoNames: Chinandega - GeoNames
GeoNamescities500 record 3620381
12.62951 -87.13133 P PPLA NI 03 126387 69 America/Managua
Place record, elevation
Elevation ca. 69 m
View the Source 4. Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna): World Map of the Koeppen-Geiger Climate Classification, present climate data
Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna)Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 12.75, -87.25Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 12.75, -87.25
12.75 -87.25 Aw
Wikidata: Chinandega
Wikidata Q974354, class allow-list match verified against P17/real-world identity (w-geo-qidcite-0926).View the Source Reader Challenges (0)
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