Chinandega (department)

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Chinandega is a department in Nicaragua, located on the border with Honduras. It covers an area of 4,926 km² and has a population of 441,300 (2005 census). The capital is the city of Chinandega.

Largely agricultural, it produces rum from sugar cane; other products are bananas, peanuts, shrimps and salt.

[edit] Municipalities

1. Chichigalpa
2. Chinandega
3. Cinco Pinos
4. Corinto
5. El Realejo
6. El Viejo
7. Posoltega
8. Puerto Morazán
9. San Francisco del Norte
10. San Pedro del Norte
11. Santo Tomás del Norte
12. Somotillo
13. Villa Nueva

Departments of Nicaragua
Boaco | Carazo | Chinandega | Chontales | Estelí | Granada | Jinotega | León | Madriz | Managua | Masaya | Matagalpa | Nueva Segovia | Rivas | Río San Juan | Zelaya | Región Autónoma del Atlántico Norte | Región Autónoma del Atlántico Sur

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