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Nicaragua

Cities of Nicaragua

Cities listed

37

Managua

largest city

7.01M

national population

37 of 37 listed cities

Cities listed

37

15,000 or more people

Largest city

Managua

973,087 people

Capital

Managua

National capital

National population

7,007,502

Largest city is 13.9%

Cities in Nicaragua

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37 cities


1	Managua	Managua Department	973,087	13.9%
2	León	Leon Department	144,538	2.1%
3	Masaya	Masaya Department	130,113	1.9%
4	Chinandega	Chinandega Department	126,387	1.8%
5	Matagalpa	Matagalpa Department	109,089	1.6%
6	Estelí	Esteli Department	96,422	1.4%
7	Granada	Granada Department	89,409	1.3%
8	Mateare	Managua Department	61,234	0.9%
9	Jinotega	Jinotega Department	55,000	0.8%
10	El Viejo	Chinandega Department	53,504	0.8%
11	Nueva Guinea	South Caribbean Coast	52,929	0.8%
12	Tipitapa	Managua Department	50,000	0.7%
13	Juigalpa	Chontales Department	50,000	0.7%
14	Ciudad Sandino	Managua Department	50,000	0.7%
15	Bluefields	South Caribbean Coast	44,373	0.6%
16	Diriamba	Carazo Department	35,008	0.5%
17	Ocotal	Nueva Segovia Department	33,928	0.5%
18	Puerto Cabezas	North Caribbean Coast	33,635	0.5%
19	Chichigalpa	Chinandega Department	33,137	0.5%
20	Rivas	Rivas Department	30,000	0.4%
21	San Rafael del Sur	Managua Department	29,836	0.4%
22	Jinotepe	Carazo Department	29,507	0.4%
23	Boaco	Boaco Department	29,046	0.4%
24	Nagarote	Leon Department	26,270	0.4%
25	Jalapa	Nueva Segovia Department	24,037	0.3%
26	La Paz Centro	Leon Department	23,481	0.3%
27	San Marcos	Carazo Department	23,347	0.3%
28	Masatepe	Masaya Department	21,452	0.3%
29	Nandaime	Granada Department	20,810	0.3%
30	Rama	South Caribbean Coast	20,456	0.3%
31	Somoto	Madriz Department	20,316	0.3%
32	Corinto	Chinandega Department	19,183	0.3%
33	Río Blanco	Matagalpa Department	17,018	0.2%
34	Camoapa	Boaco Department	16,653	0.2%
35	El Crucero	Managua Department	16,469	0.2%
36	Siuna	North Caribbean Coast	16,056	0.2%
37	Somotillo	Chinandega Department	15,385	0.2%

Every City in Nicaragua, by Region

16 regions. 2 have their own page; the rest are listed here in full.

Managua Department6 cities

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Managua 973,087
Mateare 61,234
Tipitapa 50,000
Ciudad Sandino 50,000
San Rafael del Sur 29,836
El Crucero 16,469

Chinandega Department5 cities

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Chinandega 126,387
El Viejo 53,504
Chichigalpa 33,137
Corinto 19,183
Somotillo 15,385

Carazo Department3 cities

Diriamba 35,008
Jinotepe 29,507
San Marcos 23,347

Leon Department3 cities

León 144,538
Nagarote 26,270
La Paz Centro 23,481

South Caribbean Coast3 cities

Nueva Guinea 52,929
Bluefields 44,373
Rama 20,456

Boaco Department2 cities

Boaco 29,046
Camoapa 16,653

Granada Department2 cities

Granada 89,409
Nandaime 20,810

Masaya Department2 cities

Masaya 130,113
Masatepe 21,452

Matagalpa Department2 cities

Matagalpa 109,089
Río Blanco 17,018

North Caribbean Coast2 cities

Puerto Cabezas 33,635
Siuna 16,056

Nueva Segovia Department2 cities

Ocotal 33,928
Jalapa 24,037

Chontales Department1 city

Juigalpa 50,000

Esteli Department1 city

Estelí 96,422

Jinotega Department1 city

Jinotega 55,000

Madriz Department1 city

Somoto 20,316

Rivas Department1 city

Rivas 30,000

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