Matagalpa is the capital of Matagalpa department in the north-central highlands of Nicaragua and one of the country's principal coffee-producing centers. The city lies in a mountainous coffee zone settled in part by German immigrant families in the nineteenth century, whose descendants remained prominent in the regional coffee trade. Matagalpa was also a site of guerrilla activity and civilian resistance during the Nicaraguan Revolution, and it today serves as the commercial hub for the surrounding highland municipalities.
Facts
Area (sq km) Founding Year Population Estimate Year Elevation (m) Latitude12.928361 degrees north 1 Elevation Band Climate Zone Sources
1. Matagalpa (Wikidata)
P571 (inception)
+1851-04-05T00:00:00Z
P1082 (population)
population 171,473 (2023)
P625 (coordinate location)
latitude 12.928361, longitude -85.918447
P2044 (elevation above sea level)
elevation 680 m
P2046 (area)
area 619.4 sq km
P1082 (population), P585 (point in time)
population 171473 (2023)
View the Source2. GeoNames: Matagalpa - GeoNames
GeoNamescities500 record 3617708
12.92795 -85.91906 P PPLA NI 12 109089 689 America/Managua
Place record, elevation
Elevation ca. 689 m
View the Source 3. 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, -85.75Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 12.75, -85.75
12.75 -85.75 Aw
Matagalpa (Wikipedia)
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