La Trinidad (Nicaragua)

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La Trinidad
Coordinates: 12 ° 58 ′  N , 86 ° 14 ′  W
Map: Nicaragua
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La Trinidad
La Trinidad on the map of Nicaragua
Basic data
Country Nicaragua
Department Estelí
City foundation 1967
Residents 11,000  (2005)
Detailed data
surface 270 km 2
Population density 41 people / km 2
height 610  m
Time zone UTC −6

La Trinidad is a city in Nicaragua with about 11,000 inhabitants. It is located about 120 km north of the capital Managua and about 25 km southeast of Estelí in the Estelí department .

La Trinidad is located in the mountainous highlands at an altitude of about 600 meters. There are a number of extinct volcanoes in the region . The place is framed by three mountains (Oyanca, La Mocuana, El Atillo). A large number of smaller villages belong to the municipality , so that the population has a total of over 20,000 inhabitants. La Trinidad is located directly on the Panamericana and is therefore easy to reach by car and bus. Often only narrow, non-passable footpaths lead to the decentralized districts . The place has a hospital, a central library and around 40 decentralized schools.

The region's main sources of income are agriculture (maize, beans, vegetables) and the bakery trade. There is a bread factory. The farms are partially affected by drought caused by El Niño . Part of the population works in Estelí due to a lack of local jobs .

Town twinning

  • Moers , Germany, since 1989

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