Río San Juan Department

The Department of Rio San Juan is one of 15 administrative regions of Nicaragua.

It is named after the river, as the outflow of Lake Nicaragua takes its output to the capital of the department of San Carlos and nearly 200 km to the east opens at San Juan del Norte in the Caribbean Sea. The San Juan River forms the border with Costa Rica. Also to the region, which consists of 36 islands archipelago of islands of Solentiname heard in Nicaragua. To the east of the region to the Caribbean towards is a large nature reserve, the Reserva Indio Maiz Biológica.

In the department of approximately 98,000 inhabitants ( 2006 calculation ), it is therefore the administrative district with the fewest residents. The area is 7473 km ².

The city, founded in 1949 San Carlos is located on the shores of Lake Nicaragua and has about 30,500 inhabitants, it is the economic and administrative center of the region. The second largest town is San Miguelito with about 16 257 inhabitants. About 70 % of the residents of the Rio San Juan region live in rural structures in the country, mostly in subsistence from the cultivation of corn, beans and rice; about 30 % in the small town of San Carlos, which is the regional commercial center and seat of government agencies, and international aid organizations.

Municipalities

For Departamento Río San Juan include the following Municipalities:

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San Carlos, Río San Juan Departments of Nicaragua Solentiname Islands San Miguelito, Río San Juan El Castillo (municipality) Carazo Department Granada Department Jinotega Department Madriz Department Managua Department Masaya Department Matagalpa Department Nueva Segovia Department Rivas Department
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