Ocotal

Ocotal
Coordinates: 13 ° 38 ′  N , 86 ° 29 ′  W Ocotal​ Ocotal on the map of Nicaragua
Basic data
Country	Nicaragua
Department	Nueva Segovia
City foundation	1780
Residents	32,450
City insignia
Detailed data
surface	104 km 2
Population density	312 inhabitants / km 2
height	598  m
Time zone	UTC −6
City Presidency	Xiomara Tercero Lopez ( FSLN )
Website	www.alcaldiaocotal.gob.ni
Church with a new bell tower

Ocotal is a city in northern Nicaragua in the Nueva Segovia department about 225 km from Managua . It is 598  m high, its area is 104 km², on which around 32,450 inhabitants live mainly from growing coffee and tobacco .

history

The city was founded in 1780 as Nueva Reducción de Segovia .

Ocotal was a stronghold of Augusto César Sandino's army in the 1920s . It was bombed from the air by US Marine Corps units on July 16, 1927 at the Battle of Ocotal .

Twin cities

• Swindon , UK
• Hartford , USA
• Wiesbaden , Germany

Web links

Commons : Ocotal  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Monumento San Francisco