Madriz Department

Madriz is a department in . It covers an area of 1,708 km2 and has a population of 176,920. The capital is Somoto. Madriz was created from Nueva Segovia department in 1936, and named after President José Madriz.
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  • Type: department of Nicaragua with 177,000 residents
  • Description: department of Nicaragua
  • Also known as: Madriz

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Palacagüina.

Town
is a municipality in the Madriz department of . is a small town; the name comes from the Nahuatl language, meaning "village near the mountains." is featured in the revolutionary song "Cristo Ya Nació."… is situated 5 km south of Madriz Department.

Madriz Department

Latitude
13.5° or 13° 30′ north
Longitude
-86.4167° or 86° 25′ west
Population
177,000
Elevation
679 metres (2,228 feet)
Open location code
765MGH2M+28
Geo­Names ID
3617796
Wiki­data ID
Q728056
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Wu Chinese—“Madriz Department” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: إدارة مدريز
  • Asturian: Departamentu de Madriz
  • Asturian: Madriz (departamentu de Nicaragua)
  • Basque: Madrizko departamendua
  • Belarusian: Дэпартамент Мадрыс
  • Belarusian: Мадрыс
  • Bengali: মাদ্রিজ বিভাগ
  • Bulgarian: Мадрис
  • Catalan: Departament de Madriz
  • Cebuano: Departamento de Madriz
  • Chinese: Madriz Koān
  • Chinese: 馬德里斯省
  • Chinese: 马德里斯省
  • Czech: Madriz
  • Danish: Madriz Department
  • Danish: Madriz-departementet
  • Dutch: Madriz
  • Esperanto: Madriz
  • Finnish: Madriz
  • Finnish: Madrizin depatermentti
  • French: departement de Madriz
  • French: département de Madriz
  • French: Département de Madriz
  • French: Madriz
  • Galician: Departamento de Madriz
  • Galician: Madriz
  • Georgian: მადრისის დეპარტამენტი
  • Georgian: ხინოტეგას დეპარტამენტი
  • German: Departamento Madriz
  • German: Madriz
  • Greek: Μαδρίθ
  • Greek: Μαδρίς
  • Gujarati: મેડ્રિઝ વિભાગ
  • Hindi: मैडरीज़ विभाग
  • Hungarian: Madriz megye
  • Indonesian: Departemen Madriz
  • Italian: dipartimento di Madriz
  • Italian: Dipartimento di Madriz
  • Japanese: マドリス県
  • Kannada: ಮದ್ರಿಜ್ ಡಿಪಾರ್ಟ್ಮೆಂಟ್
  • Korean: 마드리스주
  • Ladino: Madriz
  • Latvian: Madrisas departaments
  • Lithuanian: Madriso departamentas
  • Malay: Pentadbiran Madriz
  • Marathi: मद्रिझ विभाग
  • Min Nan Chinese: Madriz Koān
  • Northern Frisian: Madriz (Department)
  • Northern Frisian: Madriz
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Madriz
  • Norwegian: Madriz
  • Persian: بخش مدریز
  • Polish: Madriz
  • Portuguese: Departamento de Madriz
  • Portuguese: Madriz
  • Quechua: Madriz suyu
  • Romanian: Departamentul Madriz
  • Russian: Мадрис
  • Scots: Madriz Depairtment
  • Serbo-Croatian: Madriz (departman)
  • Serbo-Croatian: Madriz
  • Sinhala: මැඩ්රිස් දෙපාර්තමේන්තුව, නිකරගුවාව
  • Sinhala: මැඩ්රිස් දෙපාර්තමේන්තුව
  • Slovenian: Departamento de Madriz
  • Slovenian: Departma Madriz
  • Slovenian: NI-MD
  • Spanish: Departamento de Madriz
  • Spanish: Madriz
  • Swedish: Madriz
  • Tamil: மாட்ரிஸ் துறை
  • Telugu: మాడ్రిజ్ డిపార్ట్మెంట్
  • Telugu: మాడ్రిజ్ విభాగం
  • Thai: จังหวัดมาดริซ
  • Turkish: Madriz Departmanı
  • Turkish: Madriz
  • Ukrainian: Мадрис
  • Urdu: مادریس ڈیپارٹمنٹ
  • Urdu: مادریس محکمہ
  • Vietnamese: Khu vực hành chính Madriz
  • Waray (Philippines): Madriz (departamento)
  • Waray (Philippines): Madriz
  • Wu Chinese: 马德里斯省
  • Departamento de Madriz
  • Madriz

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