Municipalities of Nicaragua

Sorin Cosoveanu pointed out to me the results of the 2005 census. There are now 153 municipalities.

Mario Pezza sent me a spreadsheet of the 152 municipalities of Nicaragua. The data came from Instituto Nacional de Estadísticas y Censos  and Instituto Nicaragüense de Estudios Territoriales  (scroll down past the map and click on department names). They are listed in this table.

MunicipalityHASCPop-2005Pop-1995Area(km.²)Capital
AchuapaNI.LE.AC13,79713,186416Achuapa
AcoyapaNI.CO.AC16,94616,8821,382Acoyapa
AltagraciaNI.RI.AL19,95517,616211Altagracia
BelénNI.RI.BE16,42815,967246Belén
BluefieldsNI.AS.BL45,54737,2544,775Bluefields
BoacoNI.BO.BO49,83945,1881,087Boaco
BonanzaNI.AN.BO18,63311,8101,898Bonanza
Buenos AiresNI.RI.BA5,4204,83575Buenos Aires
CamoapaNI.BO.CA34,96232,2971,483Camoapa
CárdenasNI.RI.CA6,9904,636227Cárdenas
CatarinaNI.MS.CA7,5247,10811Catarina
ChichigalpaNI.CI.CC44,76941,903223Chichigalpa
ChinandegaNI.CI.CN121,793117,037687Chinandega
Cinco PinosNI.CI.CP6,7816,22060Cinco Pinos
Ciudad AntiguaNI.NS.CA4,8683,421147Ciudad Antigua
Ciudad DaríoNI.MT.CD41,01435,871735Ciudad Darío
Ciudad SandinoNI.MN.CS75,083051Ciudad Sandino
ComalapaNI.CO.CO11,7851,094644Comalapa
CondegaNI.ES.CO28,48125,155371Condega
CorintoNI.CI.CO16,62417,17771Corinto
Corn IslandNI.AS.CI6,6265,3369Corn Island
Desembocadura de Río GrandeNI.AS.DR3,5853,1511,738Karawala
DipiltoNI.NS.DI5,2073,879105Dipilto
DiriáNI.GR.DA6,3756,07526Diriá
DiriambaNI.CA.DI57,54251,191349Diriamba
DiriomoNI.GR.DO22,35220,10250Diriomo
DoloresNI.CA.DO6,7615,4213Dolores
El AlmendroNI.SJ.EA13,36311,7951,009El Almendro
El AyoteNI.AS.EA12,41710,642831El Ayote
El CastilloNI.SJ.EC19,8649,7171,655Boca de Sábalos
El CoralNI.CO.EC7,0390306El Coral
El CruceroNI.MN.EC13,6560226El Crucero
El CuáNI.JI.EC43,30557,599637El Cuá
El JicaralNI.LE.EJ10,32610,036431El Jicaral
El JícaroNI.NS.EJ25,90122,000429Ciudad Sandino
El RamaNI.AS.ER52,48254,3373,753El Rama
El RealejoNI.CI.ER8,8388,154105El Realejo
El RosarioNI.CA.ER5,3173,92314El Rosario
El SauceNI.LE.ES27,90025,973693El Sauce
El TortugueroNI.AS.ET22,3249,4023,403El Tortuguero
El Tuma - La DaliaNI.MT.TD56,68143,887652La Dalia
El ViejoNI.CI.EV76,77569,0551,275El Viejo
EsquipulasNI.MT.ES15,87714,746219Esquipulas
EstelíNI.ES.ES112,08492,988796Estelí
GranadaNI.GR.GR105,17196,996592Granada
JalapaNI.NS.JA54,49141,756687Jalapa
JinotegaNI.JI.JI99,38277,222880Jinotega
JinotepeNI.CA.JI42,10937,470281Jinotepe
JuigalpaNI.CO.JU51,83850,791727Juigalpa
Kukra - HillNI.AS.KH8,7897,4551,193Kukra Hill
La ConcepciónNI.MS.LC31,95027,72866La Concepción
La ConcordiaNI.JI.LC6,4867,049151La Concordia
La ConquistaNI.CA.LC3,7773,92288La Conquista
La Cruz de Río GrandeNI.AS.LC23,2843,0003,449La Cruz de Río Grande
Laguna de PerlasNI.AS.LP10,6766,2531,963Laguna de Perlas
La LibertadNI.CO.LL11,4299,814775La Libertad
La Paz CentroNI.LE.LP28,11827,509692La Paz Centro
La Paz de CarazoNI.CA.LP4,6574,05416La Paz De Carazo
LarreynagaNI.LE.LM27,89829,798780Malpaisillo
Las SabanasNI.MD.LS4,1364,06365Las Sabanas
La TrinidadNI.ES.LT20,14018,518270La Trinidad
LeónNI.LE.LE174,051161,530820León
MacuelizoNI.NS.MA6,0764,768255Macuelizo
ManaguaNI.MN.MN937,489903,100267Managua
MasatepeNI.MS.MT31,58325,53859Masatepe
MasayaNI.MS.MY139,582117,523147Masaya
MatagalpaNI.MT.MP133,416104,381619Matagalpa
MateareNI.MN.MT28,77517,804298Mateare
MatiguásNI.MT.MS41,12738,5841,532Matiguas
MorritoNI.SJ.MO6,5706,093679Morrito
MoyogalpaNI.RI.MO9,7298,75866Moyogalpa
MozonteNI.NS.MO6,7955,186218Mosonte
Muelle de los BueyesNI.AS.MB22,08223,2521,380Muelle de Los Bueyes
MulukukúNI.AN.MU29,8381,905Mulukukú
MurraNI.NS.MU14,84711,017429Murra
Muy MuyNI.MT.MM14,72113,069375Muy Muy
NagaroteNI.LE.NA32,30329,200598Nagarote
NandaimeNI.GR.NA34,28832,510372Nandaime
NandasmoNI.MS.NA10,7327,87918Nandasmo
NindiríNI.MS.NN38,35529,026143Nindirí
NiquinohomoNI.MS.NQ14,84713,45832Niquinohomo
Nueva GuineaNI.AS.NG66,93679,2592,677Nueva Guinea
OcotalNI.NS.OC34,58026,07685Ocotal
PaiwasNI.AS.PW31,76232,911* 2,375Paiwas
PalacagüinaNI.MD.PA12,82511,843157Palacagüina
PosoltegaNI.CI.PO16,77115,331149Posoltega
PotosíNI.RI.PO11,9041,072144Potosí
PrinzapolkaNI.AN.PR16,1055,3127,020Prinzapolka
Pueblo NuevoNI.ES.PN20,62019,532203Pueblo Nuevo
Puerto CabezasNI.AN.PC66,16939,7715,985Bilwi
Puerto MorazánNI.CI.PM13,32811,411517Tonalá
QuezalguaqueNI.LE.QU8,5917,75486Quezalguaque
QuilalíNI.NS.QU26,46120,741345Quilalí
Rancho GrandeNI.MT.RG26,22317,077598Rancho Grande
Río BlancoNI.MT.RB30,78526,203663Río Blanco
RivasNI.RI.RI41,08037,817281Rivas
RositaNI.AN.RO22,72314,5992,205Rosita
San CarlosNI.SJ.SC37,46128,7331,444San Carlos
San DionisioNI.MT.SD16,27316,003166San Dionisio
San FernandoNI.NS.SF8,5495,950236San Fernando
San Francisco de CuapaNI.CO.SF5,5070277Cuapa
San Francisco del NorteNI.CI.SF6,7585,980120San Francisco Del Norte
San Francisco LibreNI.MN.SF9,4168,777668San Francisco Libre
San IsidroNI.MT.SI17,41215,353283San Isidro
San JorgeNI.RI.SJ8,0247,06425San Jorge
San José de BocayNI.JI.SJ42,02903,990San José de Bocay
San José de CusmapaNI.MD.SC7,0725,705130San José De Cusmapa
San José de los RematesNI.BO.SJ7,6507,646280San José de Los Remates
San Juan de LimayNI.ES.SJ13,45512,501428San Juan de Limay
San Juan del SurNI.RI.SS14,74113,125411San Juan Del Sur
San Juan de NicaraguaNI.SJ.SJ1,3072711,657San Juan del Norte
San Juan de OrienteNI.MS.SJ4,7343,1019San Juan De Oriente
San Juan de Río CocoNI.MD.SR21,11415,261182San Juan de Río Coco
San LorenzoNI.BO.SZ23,66622,346560San Lorenzo
San LucasNI.MD.SL12,97510,464152San Lucas
San MarcosNI.CA.SM29,01925,871118San Marcos
San MiguelitoNI.SJ.SM17,03113,5341,097San Miguelito
San NicolásNI.ES.SN6,7686,200163San Nicolás
San Pedro del NorteNI.CI.SP4,7194,04872San Pedro Del Norte
San Pedro de LóvagoNI.CO.SP7,6507,125467San Pedro de Lóvago
San Rafael del NorteNI.JI.SR17,78914,066233San Rafael del Norte
San Rafael del SurNI.MN.SR42,41737,062357San Rafael Del Sur
San RamónNI.MT.SR30,68223,061424San Ramón
San Sebastián de YalíNI.JI.SS26,97920,277401San Sebastián de Yalí
Santa LucíaNI.BO.SL8,2548,173121Santa Lucia
Santa MaríaNI.NS.SM4,4043,698158Santa María
Santa María de PantasmaNI.JI.SM37,88029,735560Pantasma
Santa Rosa del PeñónNI.LE.SR9,5299,129228Santa Rosa Del Peñón
Santa TeresaNI.CA.ST16,89117,555213Santa Teresa
Santo DomingoNI.CO.SD12,18212,543682Santo Domingo
Santo TomásNI.CO.ST16,40415,997547Santo Tomás
Santo Tomás del NorteNI.CI.ST7,1246,78840Santo Tomás del Norte
SébacoNI.MT.SE32,22124,936290Sébaco
SiunaNI.AN.SN64,09253,218* 5,040Siuna
SomotilloNI.CI.SO29,03024,767725Somotillo
SomotoNI.MD.SO33,78828,821466Somoto
TelicaNI.LE.TE23,26622,779394Telica
TelpanecaNI.MD.TE19,02515,113353Telpaneca
TerrabonaNI.MT.TE12,74010,605249Terrabona
TeustepeNI.BO.TE26,26521,299646Teustepe
TicuantepeNI.MN.TC27,00819,97961Ticuantepe
TipitapaNI.MN.TP101,68582,808975Tipitapa
TismaNI.MS.TI10,6819,993126Tisma
TolaNI.RI.TO22,01219,894477Tola
TotogalpaNI.MD.TO11,9278,796133Totogalpa
Villa El CarmenNI.MN.VC27,44924,230562Villa Carlos Fonseca
VillanuevaNI.CI.VI25,66022,341780Villanueva
Villa SandinoNI.CO.VS13,15220,543677Villa Sandino
WaslalaNI.AN.WL49,33932,9241,330Waslala
WaspánNI.AN.WP47,23135,0829,342Waspam
Wiwilí de JinotegaNI.JI.WI57,48551,9852,370Wiwilí de Jinotega
Wiwilí de Nueva SegoviaNI.NS.WN16,344398Wiwilí
YalagüinaNI.MD.YA9,5977,50171Yalagüina

Other names of subdivisions:

These all come from a comparison of the 1995 census list with the 2005 census list.

  1. Desembocadura de Río Grande: Desembocadura del Río Grande (variant)
  2. El Tuma - La Dalia: Tuma-La Dalia (variant)
  3. Larreynaga: Larreynaga-Malpaisillo (variant)
  4. Paiwas: Bocana de Paiwas (variant)
  5. San Juan de Nicaragua: San Juan del Norte (variant)
  6. San Juan de Río Coco: San Juan del Río Coco (variant)
  7. Villa El Carmen: Villa Carlos Fonseca (variant)
  8. Wiwilí de Jinotega: Wiwilí (variant)
  9. Wiwilí de Nueva Segovia: Wiwili Nueva Segovia (variant)

Change history:

2005-02-01: By Law No. 503, Mulukukú municipio, in Región Autónoma del Atlántico Norte, created from parts of Paiwas (former HASC code NI.AS.BP) and Siuna (NI.AN.SI). Since Paiwas is in R.A.A.S., this act also transferred a small part of R.A.A.S. to R.A.A.N. Reference: Ley Creadora del Municipio de Mulukukú , retrieved 2009-05-05.

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