El Tambor
El Tambor is a hamlet in Rivas Department, Nicaragua. El Tambor is situated nearby to the hamlet El Zapote, as well as near Santa Martha.- Type: Hamlet
- Description: human settlement in Nicaragua
- Also known as: “El Tambo”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Emerald Coast Airport.
Emerald Coast Airport
Aerodrome
Photo: Eric Phelps, CC BY 3.0.
Emerald Coast Airport is an international airport 10 kilometres west of Tola, a town in the Rivas Department of Nicaragua. The airport was opened on November 15, 2015, at a cost of almost US$13 million. Emerald Coast Airport is situated 3 km northwest of El Tambor.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Playa Gigante and Tola.
Playa Gigante
Photo: Ridiculopathy, CC0.
Playa Gigante is a remote beach north of San Juan del Sur on the Southern Pacific Coast region of Nicaragua.
Tola
Town
Photo: Martin Kulldorff, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Tola is a municipality in the Rivas department of Nicaragua. Tola means "Land of Tula", or "Land of the Toltecs" and its etymology derives from Nahuatl Tōllān, the altepetl of the Classic and Post Classic Toltec Empire of central Mexico. Tola is situated 8 km east of El Tambor.
El Tambor
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: Rivas Department, Nicaragua, Central America, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
11.41599° or 11° 24′ 58″ northLongitude
-86.00842° or 86° 0′ 30″ westElevation
48 metres (157 feet)Open location code
763MCX8R+9JOpenStreetMap ID
node 11112198837OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamletGeoNames ID
3619350Wikidata ID
Q137424395
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In Other Languages
From French to Spanish—“El Tambor” goes by many names.
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