El Rama

El Rama on the map of Nicaragua

El Rama is a municipality in the department of Región Autónoma del Atlántico Sur of the Central American country Nicaragua, at the confluence of Río Mico and Río Siguia. The district capital is Ciudad Rama. The municipality extends from the Río Caño Colorado a tributary of the Río Mahogany, to the Río La Cusuca about 150 kilometers long and 32 kilometers wide.

History

The name was taken over by ethnicity Rama ( people ) who lived in this area on the rivers Río Siquia, Río Mico, Rio Rama and Río Escondido to the coast of the Caribbean and not by British pirates and other Europeans, which since 1633 invaded the Miskito coast, could subdue.

Up to incorporation under José Santos Zelaya in the territory of Nicaragua was an alliance of British and Miskito which in equipping the Kingdom of the Miskito with fire weapons with which the other ethnic groups, including the Rama were suppressed.

Between 1877 and 1880, the Ciudad Rama was in the river area south-west of the Río Siquia (Río San Juliet), an area which proved to be too vulnerable to flooding, which is why the town was moved to its present location.

The circular locus El Rama was revalued on December 8, 1910, regarding the Ciudad and the district area revalued on 28 December 1910 the municipality.

With the incorporation in 1894 was the municipality for the economy as a supplier of fine wood, natural rubber ( Hule ) and bananas for U.S. companies is important. This economic activity had influx of workers and workers from the departments of Granada, Boaco and Chontales result.

The construction of the 292 km long Carretera Managua - El Rama the border of agricultural land in the municipality was pushed. It widened Farming places like Muelle de los Bueyes Nueva Guinea and Kukra Hill.

A Catalan Capuchin monk from the Vicariate Blue fiels was in 1915 a Roman Catholic church in Ciudad Rama build.

Many people settled 1920-1945 to new, often they collected rubber and cut down trees. Many people settled between 1950 and 1974 to new, mechanization, capitalization, extensification of agriculture for export production of cotton and sugarcane had often driven out of other parts of the country, now they often tried here on cleared areas cattle.

Between 1950 and 1978, Nicaragua in the agricultural sector annual growth rates of nearly five percent. Here, the agricultural export production has increased: cotton, meat, sugar and coffee, each by 500%, 377 %, 250% and 151 %.

The development of staple grain crops developed during the same period with a 60% increase comparatively moderate. Since this production was industrialized in comparatively small degree and therefore was not competitive on the world market.

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