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Balque Destination Guide

Discover Balque in Nicaragua

Balque in the region of Rivas is a town located in Nicaragua - some 67 mi or ( 107 km ) South-East of Managua , the country's capital .

Interactive map of Balque

Local time in Balque is now 05:55 AM (Saturday) . The local timezone is named " America/Managua " with a UTC offset of -6 hours. Depending on your flexibility, these larger cities might be interesting for you: San Salvador, Santa Tecla, Tegucigalpa, Tichana, and Santa Teresa. When in this area, you might want to check out San Salvador . We found some clip posted online . Scroll down to see the most favourite one or select the video collection in the navigation. Are you looking for some initial hints on what might be interesting in Balque ? We have collected some references on our attractions page.


Videos

Puerto Viejo de Talamanca

3:36 min by arrozconpollo23
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Parrots on a bus

1:29 min by nicaraguajournal
Views: 2347 Rating: 5.00

Parrots on a bus Ometepe, Nicaragua ..


Alex Travels: Ometepe, Nicaragua

3:47 min by Alex Clark
Views: 915 Rating: 5.00

We spent a couple nights at finca magdalena on the island of ometepe. it was nice. we hiked a volcano... that was less nice. ..

monkeys and cows

1:44 min by nicaraguajournal
Views: 881 Rating: 5.00

more animals seen on ometepe nicaragua ..


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Interesting facts about this location

Ometepe

Ometepe is an island formed by two volcanoes rising from Lake Nicaragua in the Republic of Nicaragua. Its name derives from the Nahuatl words ome (two) and tepetl (mountain), meaning two mountains. It is the largest island in Lake Nicaragua as well as the largest volcanic island inside a fresh water lake in the world. The two volcanoes, Concepción and Maderas, are joined by a low isthmus to form one island in the shape of an hourglass. Ometepe has an area of 276 km².

More reading: Wikipedia Article
Located at 11.50 -85.58 (Lat./Long.); Less than 7 km away
Tags: Islands of Nicaragua, Lake islands of North America, Rock art in South America

Rivas Department

Rivas is a department of the Republic of Nicaragua. It covers an area of 2,155 km² and has a population of 166,900 (2005 census). The department's capital is the city of Rivas.

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Located at 11.45 -85.57 (Lat./Long.); Less than 8 km away
Tags: Costa Rica–Nicaragua border crossings, Departments of Nicaragua, Rivas Department

Altagracia

For the city in Argentina, see Alta Gracia. For the province in the Dominican Republic, see La Altagracia. For the Venezuelan TV series known as Altagracia, see La Mujer de Judas. Altagracia is a municipality in the Rivas Department of Nicaragua. It is the second largest city on the island of Ometepe. Its original name was Astagalpa, meaning ‘house of the herons’ in Nahuatl.

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Located at 11.57 -85.58 (Lat./Long.); Less than 11 km away
Tags: Municipalities of the Rivas Department, Populated places in Nicaragua

Moyogalpa

Moyogalpa is a municipality in the Rivas department of Nicaragua.

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Located at 11.53 -85.70 (Lat./Long.); Less than 21 km away
Tags: Municipalities of the Rivas Department, Populated places in Nicaragua

Lake Nicaragua

Lake Nicaragua or Cocibolca or Granada or (Spanish: Lago de Nicaragua, Lago Cocibolca, Mar Dulce, Gran Lago, Gran Lago Dulce, or Lago de Granada) is a vast freshwater lake in Nicaragua of tectonic origin. With an area of 8,264 km, it is the largest lake in Central America, the 19th largest lake in the world (by area) and the 9th largest in the Americas. It is slightly smaller than Lake Titicaca. With an elevation of 32.7 metres above sea level, the lake reaches a depth of 26 metres .

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Located at 11.62 -85.35 (Lat./Long.); Less than 23 km away
Tags: Lakes of Nicaragua