Nueva Segovia Department
Nueva Segovia | |
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Department | |
Country | Nicaragua |
Capital | Ocotal |
Area | |
• Department | 3,491 km2 (1,348 sq mi) |
Population (2021 estimate)[1] | |
• Department | 275,291 |
• Density | 79/km2 (200/sq mi) |
• Urban | 131,619 |
ISO 3166-2 | NI-NS |
Nueva Segovia (Spanish pronunciation: .
History of Las Segovias
Las Segovias is a region encompassed by the five departments of northern Nicaragua:
Finally, on the west the boundary extends from the slope of a mountainous triangle which extends to the coastal plain adjacent to the Pacific Ocean encompassing Estelí, San José de Cusmapa, and San Juan de Limay.[4]
In pre-Columbian times the region was inhabited by Native American people known as
After gaining its independence, Nicaragua drafted the Constitution of 1858, which established seven departments: Chinandega, Chontales, Granada, León, Matagalpa, Nueva Segovia, and Rivas.[5] The Department of Jinotega was created from Matagalpa in 1892. Simultaneously, the Estelí Department was created from Nueva Segovia.[6] Nueva Segovia was further divided in 1936 with the creation of the Madriz Department.[7]
In 1926, during the United States occupation of Nicaragua Las Segovias became the center of the guerrilla warfare led by Augusto César Sandino, who established a network of espionage agents and collaborators from the local population.[5][6] In 1933, during the negotiations for peace in the region, Sandino asked newly elected president Juan Bautista Sacasa to create a large autonomous department covering the area of Las Segovias. Sandino's plan would have allowed him to administer the department and manage the civilian and military authorities. The government rejected the plan, giving the rebels only a small colony on the banks of the Coco River, where the former troops were allowed to farm.[6]
Municipalities
- Ciudad Antigua
- Dipilto
- El Jícaro
- Jalapa
- Macuelizo
- Mozonte
- Murra
- Ocotal
- Quilalí
- San Fernando
- Santa María
- Wiwilí de Nueva Segovia
References
- ^ Citypopulation.de Population of departments in Nicaragua
- ^ Álvarez, 2007
- ^ "Nicaraguan Anthropology".
- ^ a b Álvarez, María Dolores (31 March 2007). "Etnografía de la Región de Las Segovias, Nicaragua". Antropología Nicaragüense (in Spanish). Managua, Nicaragua. Archived from the original on 9 August 2016. Retrieved 12 September 2017. Self-published but with citations to source materials. Publisher is a professor of anthropology and ethnography at the National Autonomous University of Nicaragua.
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: CS1 maint: postscript (link) - ^ a b c Rondón, Aurora (23 February 2014). "Las Segovias, escenario combativo de Sandino" (in Spanish). Managua, Nicaragua: La Voz del Sandinismo. Archived from the original on 12 September 2017. Retrieved 12 September 2017.
- ^ ISBN 978-8-492-18630-3. Archived from the originalon 12 September 2017.
- ISBN 0-8223-2099-1.