Masaya
Masaya is the capital city of Masaya Department in Nicaragua. It is situated approximately 14 km west of Granada and 31 km southeast of Managua. It is located just east of the Masaya Volcano, an active volcano from which the city takes its name.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Locality with 130,000 residents
- Description: urban and populated area of the municipality of Masaya, Nicaragua
- Also known as: “Ciudad de Masaya”, “Masaya (city)”, and “Masaya, Masaya”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Fortaleza El Coyotepe and Roberto Clemente Stadium.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Masaya and Nindirí.
Masaya
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Masaya is a small city in Nicaragua, midway between Managua and Granada. The town sits perilously close to the Volcan Masaya, an active volcano with constant plumes of sulfuric smoke. The volcano is the main feature of a national park.
Nindirí
Town
Nindirí is a town and a municipality in the Masaya department of Nicaragua. In 2022 the population was 61,816 in the municipality, and 29,566 in the town. Nindirí is situated 4 km northwest of Masaya.
Nandasmo
Town
Nandasmo is a municipality in the Masaya department of Nicaragua. Nandasmo is situated 6 km southwest of Masaya.
Masaya
- Category: big city
- Location: Masaya Department, Nicaragua, Central America, North America
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Thai—“Masaya” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Ciudad de Masaya”
- Cebuano: “Masaya (kapital sa departamento)”
- Cebuano: “Masaya (lungsod)”
- Cebuano: “Masaya”
- Chinese: “Masaya”
- Chinese: “馬薩亞”
- French: “Ciudad de Masaya”
- French: “Masaya (ville)”
- French: “Masaya”
- Georgian: “მასაია”
- German: “Ciudad de Masaya”
- German: “Masaya (Stadt)”
- German: “Masaya”
- Irish: “Ciudad de Masaya”
- Irish: “Masaya”
- Japanese: “マサヤ”
- Lithuanian: “Masaja”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Ciudad de Masaya”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Masaya (Masaya)”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Masaya”
- Russian: “Масая”
- Spanish: “Ciudad de Masaya”
- Spanish: “Masaya (ciudad)”
- Spanish: “Masaya”
- Swedish: “Ciudad de Masaya”
- Swedish: “Masaya (ort)”
- Swedish: “Masaya”
- Thai: “มาซายา”
- “Ciudad de Masaya”
- “Masaya”
- “Masaya (ciudad)”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Laguna de Masaya and Laguna de Apoyo.
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About Mapcarta. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Masaya”. Photo: Byralaal, CC BY-SA 4.0.