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Masaya Department

Masaya is a department in . It is the country's smallest department by area and has a population of 397,632. The capital is the city of .
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  • Type: department of Nicaragua with 398,000 residents
  • Description: department in central western Nicaragua
  • Also known as: “Masaya”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Volcán Masaya.

Photo: Saraedum, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Masaya, also known historically by its aboriginal name Popogatepe in Nawat, is a caldera located in Masaya, , 20 km south of the capital .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Nindirí and Ticuantepe.

Town
is a town and a municipality in the Masaya department of . In 2022 the population was 61,816 in the municipality, and 29,566 in the town. is situated 5 km east of Masaya Department.

Town
is a town and a municipality in the Managua department of with an estimated population of 39,012. The municipality is likely named after the Nahua chiefdom of Tekwantepek which was located in the Managua department. is situated 5 km northwest of Masaya Department.

Masaya Department

Latitude
12° north
Longitude
-86.1667° or 86° 10′ west
Population
398,000
Elevation
325 metres (1,066 feet)
Open location code
764M2R2M+28
Geo­Names ID
3617722
Wiki­data ID
Q570358
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Waray—“Masaya Department” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “إدارة مسايا”
  • Arabic: “مسايا”
  • Asturian: “Departamentu de Masaya”
  • Asturian: “Masaya”
  • Basque: “Masaya”
  • Basque: “Masayako departamendua”
  • Belarusian: “Дэпартамент Масая”
  • Belarusian: “Дэпартамэнт Масая”
  • Belarusian: “Масая”
  • Bengali: “মাসায়া বিভাগ”
  • Bengali: “মাসায়া”
  • Bulgarian: “Департамент Масая”
  • Bulgarian: “Масая”
  • Catalan: “Departament de Masaya”
  • Catalan: “Masaya”
  • Cebuano: “Departamento de Masaya”
  • Cebuano: “Masaya”
  • Chinese: “Masaya Koān”
  • Chinese: “馬薩亞”
  • Chinese: “馬薩亞省”
  • Chinese: “马萨亚”
  • Chinese: “马萨亚省”
  • Czech: “Departement Masaya”
  • Czech: “Masaya”
  • Danish: “Masaya Department”
  • Danish: “Masaya-departementet”
  • Danish: “Masaya”
  • Dutch: “Departement Masaya”
  • Dutch: “Masaya”
  • Esperanto: “Masajo (departemento)”
  • Esperanto: “Masajo”
  • Finnish: “Masaya”
  • Finnish: “Masayan departementti”
  • Finnish: “Masayan departmentti”
  • French: “Département de Masaya”
  • French: “Masaya”
  • Galician: “Departamento de Masaya”
  • Galician: “Masaya”
  • Georgian: “მასაია”
  • Georgian: “მასაიას დეპარტამენტი”
  • Georgian: “მასაიის დეპარტამენტი”
  • German: “Departamento Masaya”
  • German: “Masaya”
  • Greek: “Μασάγια”
  • Greek: “Τμήμα Μασάγια”
  • Gujarati: “મસાયા વિભાગ”
  • Gujarati: “મસાયા”
  • Hindi: “मसाया विभाग”
  • Hindi: “मसाया”
  • Hungarian: “Masaya megye”
  • Hungarian: “Masaya”
  • Indonesian: “Departemen Masaya”
  • Indonesian: “Masaya”
  • Italian: “dipartimento di Masaya”
  • Italian: “Dipartimento di Masaya”
  • Italian: “Masaya”
  • Japanese: “マサヤ”
  • Japanese: “マサヤ県”
  • Kannada: “ಮಸಾಯಾ ಇಲಾಖೆ”
  • Kannada: “ಮಸಾಯಾ”
  • Korean: “마사야”
  • Korean: “마사야주”
  • Ladino: “Departamento de Masaya”
  • Ladino: “Masaya”
  • Latvian: “Masaja”
  • Latvian: “Masajas departaments”
  • Lithuanian: “Masaja”
  • Lithuanian: “Masajos departamentas”
  • Malay: “Jabatan Masaya”
  • Malay: “Masaya”
  • Malay: “Pentadbiran Masaya”
  • Marathi: “मसाया विभाग”
  • Marathi: “मसाया”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Masaya Koān”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Masaya”
  • Northern Frisian: “Masaya (Departement)”
  • Northern Frisian: “Masaya”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Masaya-departementet”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Masaya”
  • Norwegian: “Masaya”
  • Ossetian: “Департамент Масайæ”
  • Ossetian: “Масайæ”
  • Ossetian: “Масая”
  • Persian: “بخش ماسایا”
  • Persian: “دپارتمان ماسایا”
  • Persian: “ماسایا”
  • Polish: “Departament Masaya”
  • Polish: “Masaya”
  • Portuguese: “Departamento de Masaya”
  • Portuguese: “Masaia”
  • Portuguese: “Masaya”
  • Quechua: “Masaya suyu”
  • Quechua: “Masaya”
  • Romanian: “Departamentul Masaya”
  • Romanian: “Masaya”
  • Russian: “Департамент Масая”
  • Russian: “Масая”
  • Scots: “Masaya Depairtment”
  • Scots: “Masaya”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Masaya (departman)”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Masaya”
  • Sinhala: “මසයා දෙපාර්තමේන්තුව”
  • Sinhala: “මසායා දෙපාර්තමේන්තුව, නිකරගුවාව”
  • Sinhala: “මසායා දෙපාර්තමේන්තුව”
  • Sinhala: “මසායා”
  • Slovenian: “Departamento de Masaya”
  • Slovenian: “Departma Masaya”
  • Slovenian: “Masaya”
  • Spanish: “Departamento de Masaya”
  • Spanish: “Masaya”
  • Swedish: “Masaya-departementet”
  • Swedish: “Masaya”
  • Tamil: “மசாயா துறை”
  • Tamil: “மசாயா”
  • Telugu: “మసాయా డిపార్ట్మెంట్”
  • Telugu: “మసాయా రాష్ట్రభాగం”
  • Telugu: “మసాయా”
  • Thai: “จังหวัดมาซายา”
  • Thai: “มาซายา”
  • Turkish: “Masaya Departmanı”
  • Turkish: “Masaya”
  • Ukrainian: “Департамент Масая”
  • Ukrainian: “Масая”
  • Urdu: “ماسایا ڈیپارٹمنٹ”
  • Urdu: “ماسایا محکمہ”
  • Urdu: “ماسایا”
  • Vietnamese: “Khu vực hành chính Masaya”
  • Vietnamese: “Masaya”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Masaya (departamento)”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Masaya”
  • “Departamento de Masaya”
  • “Masaya”

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Los Ortiz and Nindirí.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Volcán Santiago and Laguna de Masaya.

Nicaragua: Must-Visit Destinations

Delve into Managua, León, Granada, and Masaya.

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