Departments of Nicaragua

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Nicaragua is a unitary republic, divided for administrative purposes into fifteen departments (departamentos) and two autonomous regions:

ISO	Localización	Departments or autonomous region	Capital	Population (2012)	Area (km2)	Pop. density (km-2)
NI-BO		Boaco	Boaco	174,682	4,177	41.8
NI-CA		Carazo	Jinotepe	186,898	1,081	172.8
NI-CI		Chinandega	Chinandega	432,062	4,822	87.7
NI-CO		Chontales	Juigalpa	153,932	6,481	24
NI-ES		Estelí	Estelí	201,548	2,230	90
NI-GR		Granada	Granada	168,186	1,040	162
NI-JI		Jinotega	Jinotega	331,335	9,222	36
NI-JI		León Department	León	355,779	5,138	69
NI-MD		Madriz	Somoto	132,459	1,708	78
NI-MN		Managua	Managua	2,132,421	3,465	365
NI-MS		Masaya	Masaya	289,988	611	475
NI-MT		Matagalpa	Matagalpa	469,172	6,804	69
NI-NS		Nueva Segovia	Ocotal	208,523	3,491	60
NI-RI		Rivas	Rivas	156,283	2,162	72
NI-SJ		Río San Juan	San Carlos	95,596	7,541	13
NI-AN		North Caribbean Coast Autonomous Region	Bilwi	314,130	33,106	10
NI-AS		South Caribbean Coast Autonomous Region	Bluefields	306,510	27,260	11

Autonomous regions

In 1987, the new constitution established the Charter of Autonomy (limited self-government) for the former department of Zelaya, comprising the entire eastern half of the country. The department was divided into two autonomous regions (communities). The Charter of Autonomy is largely based on the model used by Spain. The communities are governed by a Governor and a Regional Council.

See also

• ISO 3166-2:NI

Bibliography

• Instituto Nicaragüense de Estudios Territoriales (INETER). División Política Administrativa del País. March, 2000.
• Instituto Nicaragüense de Fomento Municipal (INIFOM). Municipios – General.
• International Organization for Standardization (ISO). Codes for the representation of names of countries and their subdivisions. ISO 3166-2:NI.