El Güegüense

El Güegüense is a residential area in Catarina, Masaya Department. El Güegüense is situated nearby to the garden Vivero ecológico La Gallina, as well as near the grassland Rotonda de Catarina.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Laguna de Apoyo and Iglesia de Santa Ana.

Laguna de Apoyo

Photo: Phayne, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Laguna de Apoyo Nature Reserve is a nature reserve located between the departments of Masaya and Granada in Nicaragua. Lake Apoyo was declared a nature reserve in 1991 and is managed by the Ministry of the Environment and Natural Resources and comprises one of 78 protected areas of Nicaragua.

Iglesia de Santa Ana

Church

Photo: Zuluniga, CC0.

Iglesia de Santa Ana is a church, which is situated 2 km southwest of El Güegüense.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include San Juan de Oriente and Niquinohomo.

San Juan de Oriente

Town

Photo: Martin Kulldorff, CC BY-SA 4.0.

San Juan de Oriente is a municipality in the Masaya department of Nicaragua.

Niquinohomo

Town

Photo: Zuluniga, CC0.

Niquinohomo is a municipality in the Masaya department of Nicaragua. It is home to the oldest extant church in Nicaragua; Church of Saint Ann. The city's patron saint, as well as the birthplace of Augusto César Sandino, after whom the Sandinista movement was named.