Central America
Nicaragua
Rio San Juan Region

San Carlos

San Carlos is the capital city of the municipality of San Carlos and of the Río San Juan Department of . The city proper has a population of roughly 17,000, while the city and surrounding communities contain a population of 52,055.
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  • Type: City with 17,000 residents
  • Description: city in Nicaragua
  • Also known as: “Municipality of San Carlos”, “San Carlos Municipality”, and “San Carlos, Nicaragua”

Places of Interest

Highlights include San Carlos Airport.

Aerodrome
is an airfield serving San Carlos, , . The domestic airline La Costeña has daily scheduled flights from to San Carlos.

San Carlos

Latitude
11.1231° or 11° 7′ 23″ north
Longitude
-84.7783° or 84° 46′ 42″ west
Population
17,000
Elevation
29 metres (95 feet)
IATA airport code
NCR
United Nations Location Code
NI NCR
Open location code
763Q46FC+6M
Open­Street­Map ID
node 12437216582
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
3616911
Wiki­data ID
Q1020320
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Vietnamese—“San Carlos” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “سان كارلوس، ريو سان خوان”
  • Armenian: “Սան Կառլոս”
  • Asturian: “San Carlos”
  • Basque: “San Carlos (Nikaragua)”
  • Basque: “San Carlos”
  • Bengali: “সান কার্লোস , রিও”
  • Breton: “San Carlos (Nicaragua)”
  • Breton: “San Carlos”
  • Catalan: “San Carlos”
  • Cebuano: “San Carlos”
  • Chinese: “San Carlos”
  • Chinese: “圣卡洛斯”
  • Chinese: “聖卡洛斯”
  • Danish: “San Carlos”
  • Dutch: “San Carlos”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “سان كارلوس”
  • Esperanto: “San Carlos”
  • Finnish: “San Carlos, Río San Juan”
  • French: “San Carlos”
  • Georgian: “სან კარლოსი”
  • Georgian: “სან-კარლოსი”
  • German: “San Carlos”
  • Greek: “Σαν Κάρλος”
  • Gujarati: “સેન કાર્લોસ, રિયો સેન જુઆન”
  • Hebrew: “סן קרלוס, ריו סן חוזה”
  • Hindi: “सैन कार्लोस”
  • Hungarian: “San Carlos”
  • Indonesian: “San Carlos, Río San Juan”
  • Italian: “San Carlos”
  • Japanese: “サン・カルロス (ニカラグア)”
  • Kannada: “ಸ್ಯಾನ್ ಕಾರ್ಲೋಸ್, ರೈ ಸ್ಯಾನ್ ಜುವಾನ್”
  • Korean: “산카를로스”
  • Latvian: “Sankarlosa”
  • Lithuanian: “San Karlosas”
  • Malay: “San Carlos, Rio San Juan”
  • Marathi: “सॅन कार्लोस, रिओ सान जुआन”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “San Carlos (Río San Juan)”
  • Moksha: “Сан Карлос (Никарагуа)”
  • Moksha: “Сан Карлос”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “San Carlos, Río San Juan”
  • Ossetian: “Сан-Карлос”
  • Polish: “San Carlos”
  • Portuguese: “San Carlos”
  • Russian: “Сан-Карлос”
  • Scots: “San Carlos, Río San Juan”
  • Serbian: “Сан Карлос (Никарагва)”
  • Serbian: “Сан Карлос”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “San Carlos (Nikaragva)”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “San Carlos”
  • Sinhala: “සැන් කර්ලොස් සැන් ජුවන්”
  • Spanish: “Municipio de San Carlos”
  • Spanish: “San Carlos (Municipio)”
  • Spanish: “San Carlos”
  • Swedish: “San Carlos, Nicaragua”
  • Swedish: “San Carlos”
  • Tamil: “சான் கார்லோஸ், ரியோ சான் ஜுவான்”
  • Telugu: “షాన్ కార్లోస్, రియో”
  • Thai: “ซานการ์โลส”
  • Turkish: “San Carlos, Río San Juan”
  • Ukrainian: “Сан-Карлос”
  • Urdu: “سان کارلوس، ریو سان خوان”
  • Vietnamese: “San Carlos, Río San Juan”
  • Vietnamese: “San Carlos”
  • “Municipio de San Carlos”
  • “San Carlos”
  • “San Carlos (Municipio)”

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