Ocotal

Ocotal
Ocotal
La Sultana del Norte
—  Municipality  —
Ocotoal in 1988
Ocotal is located in Nicaragua
Ocotal
Location in Nicaragua
Coordinates: 13°38′N 86°29′W / 13.633°N 86.483°W / 13.633; -86.483
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 / 13.633; -86.483

Map

A map of Ocotal is being created by the Openstreetmap project here

External references


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