El Bluff
Bluff is a port city on the Caribbean coast of Nicaragua within the bay of Bluefields. Bluff handles limited cargo and has basic piers. It is also a base for the sea-going fishing vessels on Nicaragua's Caribbean coast.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Village with 1,830 residents
- Description: village and port in Nicaragua
- Also known as: “Bluefields Bluff” and “Bluff Bluefields”
Places of Interest
Highlights include El Bluff Airport.
El Bluff Airport
Aerodrome
El Bluff Airport was an airport on El Bluff, once an island in the entrance to Bluefields Bay, South Caribbean Coast Autonomous Region, Nicaragua, but now connected to the mainland via a causeway constructed between 2004 and 2007.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Bluefields.
Bluefields
Bluefields is a city and municipality on the central Mosquito Coast, and capital of the South Caribbean Coast Autonomous Region, Nicaragua. Historically, it held far greater significance as the political and administrative capital of the Kingdom of Mosquitia, which maintained independence and later protectorate status under Great Britain during the 17th to 19th centuries.
El Bluff
- Categories: port and locality
- Location: South Caribbean Coast Autonomous Region, Nicaragua, Central America, North America
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Latitude
11.99471° or 11° 59′ 41″ northLongitude
-83.69038° or 83° 41′ 25″ westPopulation
1,830Elevation
5 metres (16 feet)United Nations Location Code
NI ELBOpen location code
763RX8V5+VROpenStreetMap ID
node 2774424631OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Swedish—“El Bluff” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “埃尔布卢夫”
- Chinese: “埃爾布盧夫”
- French: “Bluff Bluefields”
- French: “El Bluff”
- Georgian: “ელ ბლუფი”
- Georgian: “ელ-ბლუფი”
- German: “Bluff Bluefields”
- German: “El Bluff”
- Japanese: “エル・ブラフ”
- Spanish: “Bluff Bluefields”
- Spanish: “El Bluff”
- Swedish: “Bluff Bluefields”
- Swedish: “El Bluff”
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Highlights include Baseball Stadium and Capitanía Puerto El Bluff.
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