La Guinea
La Guinea is a hamlet in Granada Department, Nicaragua. La Guinea is situated nearby to the hamlet Cañas, as well as near the locality El Carmen.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Isla Zapatera and Zapatera.
Isla Zapatera
Photo: Luis Sáenz, CC BY 2.0.
Isla Zapatera is the second largest island in Lago Cocibolca in the southern part of Nicaragua. The island is the largest land mass of the Parque Nacional Archipelago Zapatera and is known for lush tropical forests on the slopes of a dormant volcano as well as its archaeological sites containing statues and a large number of petroglyphs.
Zapatera
Volcano
Zapatera is a shield volcano located in the southern part of Nicaragua. It forms the island of Isla Zapatera in the Lake Nicaragua. Isla Zapatera constitutes one of 78 protected areas of Nicaragua. Zapatera is situated 2½ km north of La Guinea.
La Guinea
- Type: Hamlet
- Description: human settlement in Granada Department, Nicaragua
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: Granada Department, Nicaragua, Central America, North America
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Latitude
11.71493° or 11° 42′ 54″ northLongitude
-85.82569° or 85° 49′ 33″ westElevation
48 metres (157 feet)Open location code
763PP57F+XPOpenStreetMap ID
node 4166521847OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamletGeoNames ID
3618527Wikidata ID
Q137431820
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