Posoltega
Posoltega is a municipality in the Chinandega department of Nicaragua. The town and surrounding area suffered severe damage from Hurricane Mitch in 1998.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Town with 5,720 residents
- Description: municipality in Chinandega Department, Nicaragua
- Also known as: “Posoletega”, “Posoltega, Nicaragua”, and “Posolteguillla”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Chichigalpa and Quezalguaque.
Chichigalpa
Town
Photo: Hejo004A, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Chichigalpa o Chichicapan is a town and municipality in the Chinandega Department of Nicaragua. Chichigalpa is situated 6 km northwest of Posoltega.
Quezalguaque
Town
Quezalguaque is a municipality in the León Department of Nicaragua. Quezalguaque is situated 9 km southeast of Posoltega.
Posoltega
- Categories: municipality of Nicaragua and locality
- Location: Chinandega Department, Nicaragua, Central America, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
12.54414° or 12° 32′ 39″ northLongitude
-86.97944° or 86° 58′ 46″ westPopulation
5,720Elevation
73 metres (240 feet)Open location code
764MG2VC+M6OpenStreetMap ID
node 2752674079OpenStreetMap feature
place=townGeoNames ID
3617191Wikidata ID
Q2604656
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In Other Languages
From Armenian to Vietnamese—“Posoltega” goes by many names.
- Armenian: “Պոսոլտեգա”
- Asturian: “Posoltega”
- Basque: “Posoltega”
- Bulgarian: “Посолтега”
- Cebuano: “Posoltega”
- Chinese: “Posoltega”
- Chinese: “波索爾特加”
- Dutch: “Posoltega”
- French: “Posoltega”
- Greek: “Ποσολτέγα”
- Hungarian: “Posoltega”
- Italian: “Posoltega”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Posoltega (Nicaragua)”
- Polish: “Posoltega”
- Portuguese: “Posoltega”
- Spanish: “Posoltega”
- Swedish: “Posoltega”
- Urdu: “پوسولتیگا، نکاراگوا”
- Vietnamese: “Posoltega”
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Localities in the Area
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