Wiwilí
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Coordinates: 13 ° 37 ′ N , 85 ° 49 ′ W
Wiwilí on the map of Nicaragua
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| Country | Nicaragua |
| Departments | Nueva Segovia , Jinotega |
| Residents | 73,829 (2005) |
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| Waters | Rio Coco |
| Post Code | 66700 (Wiwilí de Jinotega) 39100 (Güigüilí) |
| Time zone | UTC −6 |
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Wiwilí is a city in northern Nicaragua , about 20 km from the border with Honduras . The city is located on the Rio Coco , which rises in Honduras and flows into the Caribbean Sea . The river is the border between the departments of Nueva Segovia and Jinotega , which is why there are two parts of Wiwilí: Wiwilí de Nueva Segovia (officially Güigüilí ) on the left, western side of the river with about 19,000 inhabitants and Wiwilí de Jinotega on the right, eastern side of the river with about 75,000 inhabitants.
The place belongs to one of the poorest areas in one of the poorest countries in Central America. About 40 percent of the population can neither read nor write.
Help from Freiburg
A friendship was formed with the city of Freiburg im Breisgau in 1988 with the aim of improving the living conditions for the people living there. This is also done in memory of the Freiburg doctor Albrecht "Tonio" Pflaum , who worked there on behalf of the German Development Service since 1980. He was murdered in 1983 by the " Contras " who had been fighting the Sandinista revolutionary government since 1980 . There are projects in the areas of drinking water supply , agriculture , education and culture . Berndt Koberstein from Freiburg was also murdered in 1986 while carrying out a drinking water project . A planned and started project for the electricity supply could not be realized so far because planned funds of the UN are no longer available. The Droste-Hülshoff-Gymnasium Freiburg has supported educational projects in Wiwilí since 1993 . In 1998, Hurricane Mitch wreaked havoc on the city. In 2015 Wiwilí became the official twin city of Freiburg.
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^ W. de Jinotega: E 57,485;
W. de Nueva Segovia: 16,344 E .;
Source: VIII Censo de Población 2005, Instituto Nacional de Estadísticas y Censos (INEC) (PDF; 2.5 MB) - ↑ These figures from 2013 are taken from the final report of a delegation trip from October 29 to December 5, 2013 to the Wiwilí group in Freiburg by Guntram Ehrlenspiel, Andreas Kolb and Hayo Wetzlar. See [1]
- ^ Wiwili on Freiburg.de. Retrieved May 9, 2016 .
