WiwilÃ
Wiwilí on the map of Nicaragua
Wiwilí is a city in the north of Nicaragua, about 20 km from the border with Honduras. The city lies on the Rio Coco, which rises in Honduras and empties into the Caribbean Sea. The river is the border between the departments of Nueva Segovia and Jinotega, which is why there are two parts Wiwilís: Wiwilí de Nueva Segovia on the right side of the river with about 16,500 inhabitants and Wiwilí de Jinotega on the left side of the river with about 58,000 inhabitants.
The place is one of the poorest areas in one of the poorest countries in Central America. About 40 percent of the population can neither read nor write.
With the city of Freiburg im Breisgau is a city partnership whose aim is mainly to improve the living conditions for the people living there. This also happens in the memory of the Freiburger physician Albrecht " Tonio " Pflaum, who since 1980 worked on behalf of the German Development Service. He was murdered in 1983 by the "Contras " who opposed the Sandinista revolutionary government since 1980. There are, among other projects in the areas of drinking water supply, agriculture, education and culture. In implementing a drinking water project and the Freiburg Berndt Kober stone was murdered in 1986. A planned and started the project for supply of electricity could not be realized so far because scheduled means the UN is no longer available. In 1998, Hurricane Mitch great destruction in the city.
Twinning
- Since 1988 there is a twinning with Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany
Evidence
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- Association for the Advancement of twinning Freiburg- Wiwilí
- Location in Nicaragua
- Department of Nueva Segovia
- Department of Jinotega