Sébaco

Sébaco
Coordinates	12 ° 51 ′  N , 86 ° 6 ′  W Coordinates: 12 ° 51 ′  N , 86 ° 6 ′  W
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Basic data
Country	Nicaragua
Department	Matagalpa
surface	291 km²
Residents	22,431
density	77.1  Ew. / km²
founding	1538
politics
mayor	Luis Martínez Medal

Sébaco is a municipality in the Matagalpa department in northwest Nicaragua .

location

Sébaco is located in the west of the Matagalpa department, about 103 kilometers from the capital Managua .

traffic

Sébaco is located on a section of the Pan-American Highway . In addition, expressway 3 runs from Sébaco to the east of the country.

history

Sébaco was founded in 1538. The name of the city comes from the Nahuatl language and means “twisted woman”, an expression for the deity of fertility and agriculture. Since its inception, Sébaco has benefited from its location between the fertile and productive parts of the country and the commercial and economic centers of south-west Nicaragua.

Agriculture

Sébaco is a center of agriculture and the most important place in the Sébaco Valley, which is considered the most fertile region in the country. Most of the country's rice production is handled in Sébaco.

Sports

With the CD Sébaco , the city has a first division team in Nicaraguan football.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Maplandia.com Team: Sebaco Map | Nicaragua Google Satellite Maps. Retrieved May 5, 2018 . 
2. ↑ Google Maps. Retrieved May 5, 2018 . 
3. ↑ Sebáco Nicaragua -Info-Nicaragua.com- Discover Nicaragua online- . In: Info Nicaragua . ( info-nicaragua.com [accessed May 5, 2018]).
4. ↑ Nicaragua - CD Sébaco - Results, fixtures, squad, statistics, photos, videos and news - Soccerway. Retrieved May 5, 2018 .