Laguna de Xiloá
Laguna de Xiloá is a crater lake in Mateare, Managua Department. Laguna de Xiloá is situated nearby to the locality San Martín, as well as near the neighborhood Miraflores.- Type: Crater lake
- Description: volcanic crater lake on the Península de Chiltepe in the Chiltepe Peninsula Natural Reserve in Mateare municipality, Managua Department, Nicaragua
- Also known as: “Jiloá”, “Laguna de Jiloá”, “Laguna de Xiloa”, “Laguna Julia”, and “Xiloá”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Apoyeque.
Apoyeque
Volcano
Photo: Alexrk2, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Apoyeque is a pyroclastic shield, located in the Chiltepe Peninsula Natural Reserve in Nicaragua. It has a 2.8-km wide, 400-m-deep, lake-filled caldera. Apoyeque is situated 3½ km north of Laguna de Xiloá.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include La Chureca and Ciudad Sandino.
La Chureca
Neighborhood
La Chureca was the municipal domestic and industrial waste-disposal site in Managua, Nicaragua. It was the largest open-air landfill in Central America, covering 7 km2 in the north-western corner of Managua. La Chureca is situated 6 km south of Laguna de Xiloá.
Ciudad Sandino
Town
Photo: Xavicruz, Public domain.
Ciudad Sandino is a city and municipality in the Managua department of Nicaragua. Located just outside western Managua, it had an estimated population of 109,644 in mid-2015. Ciudad Sandino is situated 7 km southwest of Laguna de Xiloá.
Managua
Managua is the capital and largest city of Nicaragua. A city that saw the death of Sandino, the rise of the Somozas, and their fall from power at the hand of the Sandinistas, Managua is full of history and the closest thing to a metropolis Nicaragua has.
Laguna de Xiloá
- Categories: volcanic crater lake and body of water
- Location: Mateare, Managua Department, Nicaragua, Central America, North America
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Swedish—“Laguna de Xiloá” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “بحيرة خوليا”
- Arabic: “بحيرة خيلوا”
- Arabic: “بحيرة هيلوا”
- Arabic: “خيلوا”
- Arabic: “هيلوا”
- Bengali: “খিলোয়া হ্রদ”
- Bengali: “খিলোয়া”
- Bengali: “হিলোয়া হ্রদ”
- Bengali: “হিলোয়া”
- Bengali: “হুলিয়া হ্রদ”
- Cebuano: “Jiloá”
- Cebuano: “Laguna de Jiloá”
- Cebuano: “Laguna de Xiloá”
- Cebuano: “Laguna Julia”
- Cebuano: “Xiloá”
- Chinese: “吉洛阿”
- Chinese: “吉洛阿湖”
- Chinese: “希洛阿”
- Chinese: “希洛阿湖”
- Chinese: “胡利娅湖”
- Dutch: “Jiloá”
- Dutch: “Laguna de Jiloá”
- Dutch: “Laguna de Xiloá”
- Dutch: “Laguna Julia”
- Dutch: “Xiloá”
- Egyptian Arabic: “بحيره لاجونا د چيلوا”
- French: “Jiloá”
- French: “Laguna de Jiloá”
- French: “Laguna de Xiloá”
- French: “Laguna Julia”
- French: “Xiloá”
- German: “Jiloá”
- German: “Laguna de Jiloá”
- German: “Laguna de Xiloá”
- German: “Laguna Julia”
- German: “Xiloá”
- Irish: “Jiloá”
- Irish: “Laguna de Jiloá”
- Irish: “Laguna de Xiloá”
- Irish: “Laguna Julia”
- Irish: “Xiloá”
- Spanish: “Jiloá”
- Spanish: “Laguna de Xiloá”
- Spanish: “Xiloá”
- Spanish: “Laguna de Jiloá” (historical)
- Spanish: “Laguna Julia” (historical)
- Swedish: “Jiloá”
- Swedish: “Laguna de Jiloá”
- Swedish: “Laguna de Xiloá”
- Swedish: “Laguna Julia”
- Swedish: “Xiloá”
- “Jiloá”
- “Laguna de Jiloá”
- “Laguna de Xiloá”
- “Laguna Julia”
- “Xiloá”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Bosques de Xiloá and San Martín.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include San Isidro and Volcán Chiltepe.
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