| Puerto Cabezas Bilwi |
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Puerto Cabezas
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| Country | Nicaragua |
| Department | Región Autónoma del Atlántico Norte |
| Time zone | Central Time (UTC-6) |
| • Summer (DST) | No DST (UTC-6) |
Puerto Cabezas (Bilwi in Miskito) is a municipality in, and capital of, the North Atlantic Coast department (Región Autónoma del Atlántico Norte) of Nicaragua.
The municipality and the entire region are indigenous lands. The city of Bilwi is part of The Community of Karata, including land north of Bilwi which borders The Community of Ten Communities. The owners are the various community groups who have demarcated their particular land areas.
The Universidad de las Regiones Autónomas de la Costa Caribe Nicaragüense (URACCAN) has a campus in Puerto Cabezas as well as in several other locations in RAAN and RAAS.Puerto cabezas is served by Puerto Cabezas Airport
The culture, like the rest of Nicaragua's Caribbean coast, has a very prominent Caribbean influence.
Hurricane Felix hit Puerto Cabezas on September 4, 2007, killing about 100 people.[1]
Puerto Cabezas is sister city to Burlington, Vermont, USA, and has been since the mid-1980s. They also have a sister city in Sweden, which is Lulea
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