City profile · Nicaragua · North America
Juigalpa
Chontales Department · Nicaragua
City population
50,000
#13
in Nicaragua
#11,432
worldwide
12.106, -85.365 · 96 km from Managua
About Juigalpa
Juigalpa is a city in Chontales Department, Nicaragua with a population of 50,000. It is the 13th largest of the 37 cities of 15,000 or more listed in Nicaragua, and the 11,432nd largest worldwide. It lies 96 km from Managua.
Key Facts
Country
Region
Chontales Department
Elevation
105 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Time zone
America/Managua
Coordinates
12.106, -85.365
Record updated
2026-04-14
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.