Chinandega Department

Chinandega is a department in the extreme west of Nicaragua.

The capital is the city of Chinandega Chinandega. The department has an area of ​​4926 km ² and a total population of around 450,000 inhabitants ( 2006 calculation ) what / corresponds to a population density of about 91 inhabitants km ².

Chinandega is dominated by agriculture - main production is rum from sugar cane, and bananas and peanuts.

The department of Chinandega is in turn divided into 13 municipios:

Pictures of Chinandega Department

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