San Juan del Sur

San Juan del Sur is a popular beach and party town on the of southwestern . It's a great base for surfers to explore waves at surrounding beaches.
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  • Type: Town with 14,700 residents
  • Description: municipality in Rivas Department, Nicaragua
  • Also known as: “Municipality of San Juan del Sur”, “San Juan de la Concordia”, “San Juan del Sur Municipality”, and “SJDS”

Places of Interest

Highlights include San Juan del Sur Lighthouse and Christ of the Mercy.

Lighthouse
Photo: Jrozwado, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Monument
The is a colossal statue of Jesus Christ in the city of San Juan del Sur, , to a height of 134m above sea level. The statue is located high above the northernmost seawall in the bay of San Juan.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include El Nacascolo.

Hamlet
Photo: Adam Jones, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a hamlet.

San Juan del Sur

Latitude
11.2542° or 11° 15′ 15″ north
Longitude
-85.8723° or 85° 52′ 20″ west
Population
14,700
Elevation
92 metres (302 feet)
Open location code
763P743H+M3
Open­Street­Map ID
node 181383316
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
3616724
Wiki­data ID
Q240247
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Vietnamese—“San Juan del Sur” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: “San Juan del Sur”
  • Asturian: “San Juan del Sur”
  • Basque: “San Juan del Sur (udalerria)”
  • Basque: “San Juan del Sur”
  • Basque: “San Juan del Surko udalerria”
  • Catalan: “San Juan del Sur”
  • Cebuano: “Municipio de San Juan del Sur”
  • Cebuano: “Munisipyo sa San Juan del Sur”
  • Cebuano: “San Juan del Sur nga Munisipyo”
  • Cebuano: “San Juan del Sur”
  • Chinese: “San Juan del Sur”
  • Chinese: “南聖胡安（市镇）”
  • Chinese: “南聖胡安”
  • Chinese: “南聖胡安市镇”
  • Dutch: “Gemeente San Juan del Sur”
  • Dutch: “San Juan del Sur (gemeente)”
  • Dutch: “San Juan del Sur”
  • Esperanto: “San Juan del Sur”
  • French: “Municipalité de San Juan del Sur”
  • French: “San Juan del Sur (municipalité)”
  • French: “San Juan del Sur”
  • Galician: “San Juan del Sur”
  • German: “Gemeinde San Juan del Sur”
  • German: “Gemeinde von San Juan del Sur”
  • German: “San Juan del Sur (Gemeinde)”
  • German: “San Juan del Sur”
  • Greek: “Δήμος Σαν Χουάν δελ Σουρ”
  • Greek: “Σαν Χουάν δελ Σουρ (δήμος)”
  • Greek: “Σαν Χουάν δελ Σουρ”
  • Hebrew: “סן חואן דל סור”
  • Italian: “Comune di San Juan del Sur”
  • Italian: “San Juan del Sur (comune)”
  • Italian: “San Juan del Sur”
  • Japanese: “サン・フアン・デル・スール”
  • Japanese: “サン・フアン・デル・スル（自治体）”
  • Japanese: “サン・フアン・デル・スル”
  • Japanese: “サン・フアン・デル・スル自治体”
  • Japanese: “サンフアンデルスール”
  • Japanese: “サンフアンデルスル”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Chhiūⁿ San Juan del Sur”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “San Juan del Sur chhiūⁿ”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “San Juan del Sur”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “San Juan del Sur”
  • Norwegian: “San Juan del Sur”
  • Polish: “Gmina San Juan del Sur”
  • Polish: “San Juan del Sur (gmina)”
  • Polish: “San Juan del Sur”
  • Portuguese: “Município de San Juan del Sur”
  • Portuguese: “San Juan del Sur (município)”
  • Portuguese: “San Juan del Sur”
  • Russian: “Муниципалитет Сан-Хуан-дель-Сур”
  • Russian: “Сан-Хуан-дель-Сур (муниципалитет)”
  • Russian: “Сан-Хуан-дель-Сур”
  • Scots: “San Juan del Sur”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “San Juan del Sur”
  • Spanish: “Municipio de San Juan del Sur”
  • Spanish: “San Juan del Sur (Municipio)”
  • Spanish: “San Juan del Sur”
  • Swedish: “San Juan del Sur (kommun)”
  • Swedish: “San Juan del Sur kommun”
  • Swedish: “San Juan del Sur”
  • Urdu: “سان خوان جنوبی”
  • Vietnamese: “Đô thị San Juan del Sur”
  • Vietnamese: “San Juan del Sur (đô thị)”
  • Vietnamese: “San Juan del Sur”
  • “Municipio de San Juan del Sur”
  • “San Juan del Sur”
  • “San Juan del Sur (Municipio)”

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