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Explore La Gaveta in Nicaragua
La Gaveta in the region of Chinandega is a town in Nicaragua - some 70 mi or ( 113 km ) North-West of Managua , the country's capital city .
Current time in La Gaveta is now 04:28 AM (Tuesday) . The local timezone is named " America/Managua " with a UTC offset of -6 hours. Depending on the availability of means of transportation, these more prominent locations might be interesting for you: San Salvador, New Guatemala, Antigua Guatemala, Tegucigalpa, and Ciudad Choluteca. Since you are here already, make sure to check out San Salvador . We saw some video on the web . Scroll down to see the most favourite one or select the video collection in the navigation. Where to go and what to see in La Gaveta ? We have collected some references on our attractions page.
Videos
Set Me Free Spanish
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Volcán San Cristóbal en erupción - Sept 8, 2012
The sleeping Giant awakens... ..
Nicaragua Ducks part 3
Nicaragua Ducks, shows the volume of ducks that are there. www.wingshootinglatinamerica.com ..
Nicaragua Ducks Part 2
Nicaragua Ducks, You can start seeing the ducks after 9 mins. in the Video. I filmed it and I am not good at filming or cutting film. I know airboat ride in the middle is too long. lol. so skip by it. ..
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Interesting facts about this location
Chinandega Department
Chinandega is a department in Nicaragua, located on the border with Honduras. It covers an area of 4,926 km² and has a population of 441,300 (2005 census). The capital is the city of Chinandega. Largely agricultural, it produces rum from sugar cane; other products are bananas, peanuts, shrimps and salt.
Located at 12.62 -87.15 (Lat./Long.); Less than 2 km away
Chinandega
Chinandega is a city and the departmental seat of Chinandega department (4,822.42 km) in Nicaragua. It is also the administrative centre of the surrounding municipality of the same name. It is Nicaragua's fourth largest city, with a population of 121,793 inhabitants (2006), and with 151,000 in the municipality. It is located about 80 miles (134 km) northwest of Managua and about 43 miles (72 km) southwest of El Guausaule, on the border with Honduras.
Located at 12.62 -87.15 (Lat./Long.); Less than 2 km away
El Viejo
El Viejo is a municipality in the Chinandega department of Nicaragua. El Viejo is a small city near the city of Chinandega, noted for its particular gastronomic specialties, which include rosquillas, cajetas (a type of dulce de leche), bollitos de leche (a kind of scone), and a fruit particular to the region called the toncua, which is related to the papaya and is eaten with honey.
Located at 12.67 -87.17 (Lat./Long.); Less than 4 km away
El Realejo
El Realejo is a municipality in the Chinandega department of Nicaragua. The town of El Realejo was constructed in 1532, during the first years of Spanish colonization. During this period it served as Nicaragua's principal port, and remained so until the beginning of the 17th century, when pirate attacks started to threaten the towns commercial life-line. The importance of El Realejo was further diminished by the construction of Corinto, which came to be Nicaragua's new principal port.
Located at 12.53 -87.17 (Lat./Long.); Less than 11 km away
Chichigalpa
Chichigalpa is a town and municipality in the Chinandega Department of Nicaragua.
Located at 12.57 -87.03 (Lat./Long.); Less than 15 km away
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