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Nicaragua
is divided in three great geographic areas or regions: the Region of the
Pacific, the Region of the Atlanticand the Central Region.
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The Region of the Pacific or the West: it is a flat
region separated by a line of active volcanoes located in parallel form to the
Pacific coastline, between the Gulf of Fonseca and the Cocibolca
Lake (Lake of Nicaragua).
The Region of the Atlantic
represents almost half of the territory
of Nicaragua. This region
in full is tundra of pines and tropical forests crossed by numerous rivers that
flow into the Caribbean Sea.
The Central Region is located
between the Region of the Pacific and the Region of the Atlantic coasts..
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Nicaragua has the two greatest fresh water Lakes of Central America: The lake of Managua
or Xolotlán and the Lake
of Nicaragua or
Cocibolca. Nicaragua
is well known as the "Land of Lakes and Volcanoes" (Tierra de
Lagos y Volacanes) because of the existence of these two lakes and the numerous
volcanoes that predominate through out the landscape.
The country is divided into 16
departments. In the Region of the Pacific: Chinandega,
Leon, Managua,
Masaya, Granada,
Carazo and Rivas. In the Central Region: New Segovia, Madríz, Estelí,
Matagalpa, Boaco and Chontales. In the Region of the Atlantic: River San Juan,
North Zelaya (now called Independent Region of the North Atlantic) and South
Zelaya (Independent Region the South Atlantic)
Volcanic
Nicaragua has 58 formations of which 6 are active volcanoes:
- Active volcanoes: Telica (1061m), San Cristóbal
(1745m), Cerro Negro (675m), Momotombo (1258m), Masaya (635m), and
Concepcion (1610m)
- Other
extinct volcanoes of importance: Mombacho (1345m), Madera (1394m), and Cosigüina (847m).
Important ports:
Bluefields, Corinto, El Bluff, Puerto Cabezas, Puerto Sandino, Puerto Rama and
San Juan del Sur.
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