Waylawás (Peñas Blancas)

Waylawás (Peñas Blancas) is a locality in North Caribbean Coast Autonomous Region, Nicaragua. Waylawás (Peñas Blancas) is situated nearby to the locality Comarca Fonseca, as well as near Bocana de Fonseca.

Type: Locality
Description: locality in the municipality of Siuna, Costa Caribe Norte department, Nicaragua
Also known as: “Amparo”, “Huailahuas”, “Peñas Blancas”, “Vailavas”, “Wailawas”, and “Waylawás”

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Siuna.

Siuna

Town

Photo: Drebert, Public domain.

Siuna is a county-sized administrative municipality in Nicaragua, located approximately 318 kilometres northeast of the capital city of Managua and 218 kilometres west of the coastal city and regional capital Puerto Cabezas in the North Caribbean Autonomous Region. Siuna is situated 9 km northeast of Waylawás (Peñas Blancas).

Waylawás (Peñas Blancas)

Location: North Caribbean Coast Autonomous Region, Nicaragua, Central America, North America
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Latitude

13.6615° or 13° 39′ 41″ north

Longitude

-84.81128° or 84° 48′ 41″ west

Elevation

93 metres (305 feet)

Open location code

765QM56Q+JF

OpenStreetMap ID

node 9989074861

OpenStreetMap feature

place=locality

GeoNames ID

3620903

Wikidata ID

Q138880432

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Satellite Map

Discover Waylawás (Peñas Blancas) from above in high-definition satellite imagery.

In Other Languages

From French to Spanish—“Waylawás (Peñas Blancas)” goes by many names.

French: “Amparo”
French: “Huailahuas”
French: “Peñas Blancas”
French: “Vailavas”
French: “Wailawas”
French: “Waylawás (Peñas Blancas)”
French: “Waylawás”
German: “Amparo”
German: “Huailahuas”
German: “Peñas Blancas”
German: “Vailavas”
German: “Wailawas”
German: “Waylawás (Peñas Blancas)”
German: “Waylawás”
Italian: “Amparo”
Italian: “Huailahuas”
Italian: “Peñas Blancas”
Italian: “Vailavas”
Italian: “Wailawas”
Italian: “Waylawás (Peñas Blancas)”
Italian: “Waylawás”
Spanish: “Amparo”
Spanish: “Huailahuas”
Spanish: “Peñas Blancas”
Spanish: “Vailavas”
Spanish: “Wailawas”
Spanish: “Waylawás (Peñas Blancas)”
Spanish: “Waylawás”

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Comarca El Amparo and Comarca Fonseca.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Cerro Waylawás (Peñas Blancas) and Cerro El Amparo.

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