| Ocotal La Sultana del Norte |
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| Ocotoal in 1988 | |
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Ocotal
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| Country | Nicaragua |
| Department | Nueva Segovia Department |
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| • Total | 32.9 sq mi (85.23 km2) |
| Population (2000) | |
| • Total | 31,932 |
Ocotal is the capital of the Nueva Segovia Department in Nicaragua, Central America.
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Ocotal is the capital of the Nueva Segovia Department in Nicaragua with light industry and crafts. The main agricultural production is coffee. The city, which has a population of 31,932 , is located in a valley. The name comes from the native language word for pine resin, due to the local abundant pine ocote.
There are nine barrios or neighbourhoods, Sandino, Roberto Gómez, Noel Wheelock, Nora Astorga, Pueblos Unidos, Anexo a Laura Sofía, El Zamora, Laura Sofía, and Monseñor Madriga.
Within ocotal there are 10 Municipal zones containing 22 Administrative areas
Zone 1
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Zone 3
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Zone 5
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Zone 7
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Zone 9
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Zone 2
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Zone 4
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Zone 6
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Zone 8
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Zone 10
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Characterized by steep hills in the north and south, plateaus in the west and a valley in the center. It lies at an altitude of 500m above sea level.
In 1927, Ocotal suffered one of the first dive bombing attacks in history. Ocotal is the same city that was founded by Spanish colonialists in 1543, with the name Nueva Segovia.
During the 2009 Honduran constitutional crisis, ousted Honduran president Manuel Zelaya set up a government-in-exile in the city briefly in July during reconciliation negotiations with coup leaders.
Ocotal has a well known soccer team known as Deportivo Ocotal
Ocotal is twinned with Swindon, United Kingdom, with Hartford, Connecticut, United States, and with Wiesbaden, Germany
A map of Ocotal is being created by the Openstreetmap project here
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