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Ocotal
La Sultana del Norte— Municipality — Ocotoal in 1988 Location in Nicaragua Coordinates: 13°38′N 86°29′W / 13.633°N 86.483°W Country Nicaragua Department Nueva Segovia Department Area – 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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Description
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.
Administration
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 - José Santos Duarte
- Yelba María Antunez
Zone 3 - Danilo Ponce
- Laura Sofía Olivas
Zone 5 - Augusto C. Sandino
Zone 7 - Leonardo Matute,
- Ramón A. López
- Carlos Jarquín
- Lacayo Farfan
Zone 9 - Hermanos Zamora
Zone 2 - Nicarao,
- Santa Ana Anexo
- Laura Sofía Olivas
- Nora Astorga|
Zone 4 - José S. Rodríguez
Zone 6 - Teodoro López
- Nuevo Amanecer
Zone 8 - Monseñor Madrigal
Zone 10 - Noel Wheelock,
- Cristo de Rosario
- 26 de Septiembre
- Roberto Gómez
Geography
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.
History
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.
Sport
Ocotal has a well known soccer team known as Deportivo Ocotal
Twin towns
Ocotal is twinned with Swindon, United Kingdom, with Hartford, Connecticut, United States, and with Wiesbaden, Germany
Gallery
Coordinates: 13°38′N 86°29′W / 13.633°N 86.483°W
Map
A map of Ocotal is being created by the Openstreetmap project here
External references
- Radio Segovia
- Videos in Spanish and some English of Ocotal with links to the surrounding areas
- Brief outline of Ocotal 1999
- Swindon-Ocotal, History of Nicaragua and Ocotal from Twin town Swindon
- Battle of Ocotal
- Battle of Ocotal from Nicanews
- Groundwater study. Includes geography and history (.pdf)
- Home page of Deportivo Ocotal (in Spanish)
- Detailed information on the Sandino Rebellion, includes reports from the battle at Ocotal
- Nicaraguan Expat site
- More information on the central park (Spanish)
- La Gruta de la Virgen de Guadalupe - Ocotal, Nicaragua
- Urban planning - Hurricane Mitch
- Hurricane Mitch
- Report on Landmines Nicaragua page 123
Capital: OcotalMunicipalities · Ciudad Antigua · Dipilto · El Jícaro · Jalapa · Macuelizo · Mozonte · Murra · Ocotal · Quilalí · San Fernando · Santa María · Wiwilí de Nueva SegoviaCategories:- Populated places in Nicaragua
- Municipalities of the Nueva Segovia Department
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