Waslala
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Coordinates: 13 ° 14 ′ N , 85 ° 23 ′ W Waslala on the map of Nicaragua
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| Basic data | ||
| Country | Nicaragua | |
| Department | Region Autónoma de la Costa Caribe Norte | |
| City foundation | Appointed municipality in 1989 | |
| Residents | 43,676 (2005) | |
| Detailed data | ||
| surface | 1,329.51 | |
| height | 420 m | |
| Time zone | UTC −6 | |
Waslala is a district in the Autónoma de la Costa Caribe Norte region of Nicaragua . It is 111 km from Matagalpa and 241 km from Managua .
history
The meaning of the word Waslala was in the language of the Indigenous Silver River. The original colonization motif precious metal mines. The Acción Cívica, a department of the Guardia Nacional de Nicaragua , which carried out public works, built the road to Waslala in 1977.
The region was between FSLN - guerrilla and Guardia Nacional highly competitive. On November 8, 1976, Carlos Fonseca was killed in Zinica .
The main town is connected to the electricity network and has an internet café . The 95 other villages belonging to the municipality are neither connected to the electricity nor to a drinking water network. Individual companies have power generators.
climate
Waslala has a tropical climate with two seasons, one wet and one dry. The annual precipitation is between 1,300 and 1,500 mm.
Geographical surveys
- Cerro Zinica at 1267 m
- Cerro el Pijibaye with 1023 m
- Cerro Dudú with 916 m
- Cerro las Flores with 905 m
- Cerro el Ocote at 818 m
- Cerro el Sombrero at 800 m above sea level
Rivers
Waslala and the surrounding areas have lush vegetation, some water-rich rivers and streams including:
- Río Iyas
- Río Yaosca
- Río Tuma
Settlement
The municipality includes 20 districts and 70 municipalities in the urban zones there are 10 barrios . The districts of the municipality are called:
- Los Chiles
- Yaró
- Yaosca
- Waslala
- Las Vallas
- Zinica
- Iyas
- Cubalí
- Sofana
- Dudu
- Cum
- Ocote
- Pijibaye
- Boca de Piedra
- El Naranjo
- Puerto Viejo
- El Mancer
- Kusuli
- Papayo
- El Corozal
- Yucumalí
See also
- Waslala . Novel by Gioconda Belli , (translated by Lutz Kliche). dtv, Munich 2007, ISBN 978-3-423-20937-3 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ la voz del sandinismo Biografía del Comandante Carlos Fonseca Amador
- ↑ maplibrary Atlantico Norte ( Memento of February 4, 2008 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ FICHA MUNICIPAL El Municipio de WASLALA (PDF; 56 kB) ( Memento from January 13, 2016 in the Internet Archive )