Veracruz
Veracruz is a village in Rivas, Southern Pacific Coast. Veracruz is situated nearby to the village Los Horcones, as well as near the hamlet San Jacinto.- Type: Village
- Description: village in the municipality of Rivas, Rivas department, Nicaragua
- Also known as: “Vera Cruz” and “Veracruz del Zapotal”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Tola and Buenos Aires.
Tola
Town
Photo: Martin Kulldorff, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Tola is a municipality in the Rivas department of Nicaragua. Tola means "Land of Tula", or "Land of the Toltecs" and its etymology derives from Nahuatl Tōllān, the altepetl of the Classic and Post Classic Toltec Empire of central Mexico. Tola is situated 7 km west of Veracruz.
Buenos Aires
Town
Buenos Aires is a municipality in the Rivas department of Nicaragua, located on the western shore of Lake Nicaragua. Buenos Aires is situated 8 km northeast of Veracruz.
Potosí
Town
Potosí is a municipality in the Rivas department of Nicaragua. The primary industry is agriculture. It is the birthplace of Don José Laureano Pineda. Potosí is situated 8 km north of Veracruz.
Veracruz
- Category: locality
- Location: Rivas, Rivas Department, Southern Pacific Coast, Nicaragua, Central America, North America
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Latitude
11.42366° or 11° 25′ 25″ northLongitude
-85.87483° or 85° 52′ 29″ westElevation
95 metres (312 feet)Open location code
763PC4FG+F3OpenStreetMap ID
node 2149102656OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
3615836Wikidata ID
Q138590269
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In Other Languages
From French to Spanish—“Veracruz” goes by many names.
- French: “Vera Cruz”
- French: “Veracruz del Zapotal”
- French: “Veracruz”
- German: “Vera Cruz”
- German: “Veracruz del Zapotal”
- German: “Veracruz”
- Italian: “Vera Cruz”
- Italian: “Veracruz del Zapotal”
- Italian: “Veracruz”
- Spanish: “Vera Cruz”
- Spanish: “Veracruz del Zapotal”
- Spanish: “Veracruz”
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Localities in the Area
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