City profile · Nicaragua · North America
Estelí
Esteli Department · Nicaragua
City population
96,422
#6
in Nicaragua
#5,983
worldwide
13.093, -86.356 · 107 km from Managua
About Estelí
Estelí is a city in Esteli Department, Nicaragua with a population of 96,422. It is the 6th largest of the 37 cities of 15,000 or more listed in Nicaragua, and the 5,983rd largest worldwide. It lies 107 km from Managua.
Key Facts
Country
Region
Esteli Department
Coordinates
13.093, -86.356
Record updated
14 April 2026
Entry edited, not measured
City population, GeoNames. GeoNames publishes no year for its population figures, so “record updated” is when the entry was last edited — not the date the population was measured. Elevation is modelled from a digital elevation model rather than surveyed, so it is approximate.
Nearby Cities
All 37 in NicaraguaClosest listed cities by great-circle distance from the city centre.