El Tortuguero
El Tortuguero is a municipality in the South Caribbean Coast Autonomous Region of Nicaragua. It is located at about 530 km from Managua and can only be reached by an hour-long truck ride from El Rama.- Type: Town with 1,740 residents
- Description: municipality in South Caribbean Coast Autonomous Region, Nicaragua
- Also known as: “Chhiūⁿ El Tortuguero”, “Comune di El Tortuguero”, “Đô thị El Tortuguero”, “El Tortugero”, “El Tortuguero (comune)”, “El Tortuguero (đô thị)”, “El Tortuguero (gemeente)”, “El Tortuguero (Gemeinde)”, “El Tortuguero (gmina)”, “El Tortuguero (kommun)”, “El Tortuguero (municipalité)”, “El Tortuguero (Municipio)”, “El Tortuguero (município)”, “El Tortuguero (udalerria)”, “El Tortuguero chhiūⁿ”, “El Tortuguero kommun”, “El Tortuguero Municipality”, “El Tortuguero nga Munisipyo”, “El Tortugueroko udalerria”, “Gemeente El Tortuguero”, “Gemeinde El Tortuguero”, “Gemeinde von El Tortuguero”, “Gmina El Tortuguero”, “Municipalité de El Tortuguero”, “Municipality of El Tortuguero”, “Municipio de El Tortuguero”, “Município de El Tortuguero”, “Municipio El Tortugero”, “Municipio El Tortuguero”, “Munisipyo sa El Tortuguero”, “Nuevo Amanecer”, “Δήμος Ελ Τορτουγκέρο”, “Ελ Τορτουγκέρο (δήμος)”, “Муниципалитет Эль-Тортугеро”, “Эль-Тортугеро (муниципалитет)”, “エル・トルトゥゲーロ（自治体）”, “エル・トルトゥゲーロ自治体”, “エルトルトゥゲーロ”, “埃爾托爾圖格羅（市镇）”, and “埃爾托爾圖格羅市镇”
El Tortuguero
- Categories: municipality of Nicaragua and locality
- Location: South Caribbean Coast Autonomous Region, Nicaragua, Central America, North America
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Latitude
12.8201° or 12° 49′ 12″ north
Longitude
-84.2° or 84° 12′ 0″ west
Population
1,740
Elevation
23 metres (75 feet)
Open location code
764QRQCX+2X
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Vietnamese—“El Tortuguero” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “El Tortuguero”
- Basque: “El Tortuguero”
- Cebuano: “El Tortuguero”
- Cebuano: “Municipio del Tortuguero”
- Chinese: “埃爾托爾圖格羅”
- Dutch: “El Tortuguero”
- French: “El Tortuguero”
- German: “El Tortuguero”
- Greek: “Ελ Τορτουγκέρο”
- Italian: “El Tortuguero”
- Japanese: “エル・トルトゥゲーロ”
- Min Nan Chinese: “El Tortuguero”
- Portuguese: “El Tortuguero”
- Russian: “Эль-Тортугеро”
- Spanish: “El Tortuguero”
- Swedish: “El Tortuguero”
- Urdu: “ایل تورتوگیرو”
- Vietnamese: “El Tortuguero”
- “El Tortuguero”
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Localities in the Area
Places to explore: El Salto Bosayán and Bella Vista.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: Parque Central and El Tortuguero.
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