Santa María

Santa María is a neighborhood in Managua Department, Nicaragua. Santa María is situated nearby to the neighborhood Las Cuaremas, as well as near Portal de Las Colinas.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Neil Armstrong Observatory and Lincoln International Academy.

Neil Armstrong Observatory

Building

The Neil Armstrong Observatory was completed March 1, 2014, making Nicaragua the only country in Latin America with an astronomical observatory reserved for use by scholars.

Lincoln International Academy is located in Managua, Nicaragua. It is a Catholic private school. This school that was founded in 1995. It is one of the few schools in Nicaragua that offer bilingual education.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Ticuantepe and Managua.

Ticuantepe

Town

Ticuantepe is a town and a municipality in the Managua department of Nicaragua with an estimated population of 39,012. The municipality is likely named after the Nahua chiefdom of Tekwantepek which was located in the Managua department. Ticuantepe is situated 8 km south of Santa María.

Managua

Photo: Wikimedia, CC0.

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.

Santa María

Type: Neighborhood
Category: locality
Location: Managua Department, Nicaragua, Central America, North America
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Latitude

12.09204° or 12° 5′ 31″ north

Longitude

-86.22224° or 86° 13′ 20″ west

Open location code

764M3QRH+R4

OpenStreetMap ID

node 2491343412

OpenStreetMap feature

place=neighbourhood

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