San Juan de Cinco Pinos

San Juan de Cinco Pinos
Coordinates: 13 ° 14 ′  N , 86 ° 52 ′  W San Juan de Cinco Pinos​ San Juan de Cinco Pinos on the map of Nicaragua
Basic data
Country	Nicaragua
Department	Chinandega
City foundation	1879
Residents	5894  (2005)
- in the metropolitan area	6,781
Detailed data
surface	60 km 2
Population density	98 inhabitants / km 2
height	400  m
City structure	Cinco Pinos (main town), 14 other comarcas
Post Code	27200
Time zone	UTC −6

San Juan de Cinco Pinos is a municipality in the Chinandega department in the northwest of the Central American state of Nicaragua .

history

The place was founded in 1879 by immigrants from neighboring Honduras on the eastern edge of a small village called Villa Salvadorita . In the early 1950s, with the development of cotton growing, the city was renamed San Juan de Cinco Pinos.

geography

San Juan de Cinco Pinos is located on the NIC-32 in the triangle between San Francisco del Norte in the east, San Pedro del Norte directly on the border with Honduras in the north and Santo Tomás del Norte also directly on the border in the west. Chinandega , the capital of the department, is about 100 km south and can be easily reached via the asphalt NIC-32. Managua is a good 200 km south.

structure

In addition to the main town of Cinco Pinos, there are 14 comarcas that together make up 80% of the population.

Culture

Every year from February 9th to 11th, celebrations in honor of the patron saint San Caralampio with the traditional costume dance Toro Huaco take place.