Somoto

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Somoto
Coordinates: 13 ° 29 ′  N , 86 ° 35 ′  W
Map: Nicaragua
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Somoto​
Somoto on the map of Nicaragua
Basic data
Country NicaraguaNicaragua Nicaragua
Department Madriz
City foundation 1867
Residents 20,300  (2005)
City insignia
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Detailed data
height 720  m
Time zone UTC −6
City Presidency Marcio Rivas Núñez ( FSLN )
City patron Santiago
Website alcaldiasomoto.gob.ni www.alcaldiasomoto.gob.ni/ alcaldiasomoto.gob.ni
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Somoto is a city in northern Nicaragua , the administrative seat of the municipality of the same name and capital of the Madriz department .

The city is connected to Managua , 216 km away , via the Panamericana CA1 .

The name in Nahuatl , "Tecpecxomotli" means "mountain of geese". In the colonial times, the Cabildo was called in the Cédulas Reales : Santiago de Los Caballeros de Somoto Grande .

It is a market town in the highlands with a pleasant climate. The brothers Luis Enrique and Carlos Mejía Godoy , the local editor of La Prensa for Madriz, Marlon Caldera Balladárez and the football club Real Madriz , were born in Somoto .

Iglesia Santiago

The Iglesia Santiago was built from adobe bricks and broken stones. It houses, among others, a figure of Señor de los Milagros , a picture of Corazón de Jesús and a baptismal font from 1652 - as well as a black Christ on the cross. The current construction was started on September 9, 1661 by the carpenters Ángel Aguilar and Juan Vásquez. Mayor at that time was Guadalupe Rin.

"There is a three-aisled church at the site, the roof of which rests on 14 wooden pillars, an unadorned altar and a bell tower on four wooden piles that is covered with straw."

- Fray Agustín Morel de Santa Cruz, 1755

Museums

Archaeological sites of which artifacts were found in the vicinity

  • Museo Piedra Pintada .
  • Museo de Cerámica precolombina small exhibition in the town hall.
  • Museo Arqueológico y de Historia in Parque Central Zelaya in Somoto.

Agriculture

La Flor del Henequén isgrownon the surrounding Cerros , which is why the city itself is called that.

Festivals

The feast of Señor de los Milagros is celebrated in May. The feast of the Sagrado Corazón de Jesús is celebrated in June. The patron feast of Santiago is celebrated on July 25th. On November 11, 1936, Dr. Juan Benito Briseño and General Luis Fiallos succeeded in creating the department of Madriz: Therefore, November is Carnival.

Rosquilla

In Somoto, rosquillas , a toroidal pastry similar to donuts , are baked in clay ovens.

Cañón de Somoto

Cañón de Somoto

One to ten kilometers north of the Panamericana is a tributary of the Rio Coco , the Cañón de Somoto, at the level of Somoto .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ La Prensa , 24 DE OCTUBRE DEL 2004 Tránsito religioso de siglos
  2. ↑ Museo Piedra Pintada Museo Piedra Pintada
  3. ↑ La Prensa , 24 DE OCTUBRE DEL 2004 Tránsito religioso de siglos
  4. ↑ La Prensa , 11 DE NOVIEMBRE DEL 2003 Madriz arriba hoy a sus 67 años de creación

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