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La Luz Destination Guide

Discover La Luz in Nicaragua

La Luz in the region of Matagalpa is a place located in Nicaragua - some 55 mi or ( 88 km ) North-East of Managua , the country's capital .

Interactive map of La Luz

Local time in La Luz is now 01:21 PM (Sunday) . The local timezone is named " America/Managua " with a UTC offset of -6 hours. Depending on your mobility, these larger cities might be interesting for you: San Salvador, Santa Tecla, Tegucigalpa, La Ceiba, and Yasica Sur. When in this area, you might want to check out San Salvador . We discovered 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 La Luz ? We have collected some references on our attractions page.


Videos

dmt trip - it`s real world

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Driving in Matagalpa, Nicaragua

0:39 min by jtportland
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Driving around in a van in Matagalpa, Nicaragua. Taken with Nikon Coolpix s6. ..


Nicaragua, Granada-meat market

0:33 min by Tygerbeetle
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The meat sellers at Granada's local market ..

Road to San Ramón

0:35 min by jtportland
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Beautiful hill sides of Nicaragua, on route to San Ramón from Matagalpa. Taken with coolpix s6. ..


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Interesting facts about this location

Matagalpa Department

Matagalpa is a department or region in central Nicaragua. It covers an area of 8,523 km² and has a population of 644,900 (2010 est). The capital is the city of Matagalpa with about 250.000. Matagalpa is the second region of the country in population size, and the fourth in area (after the North Atlantic, the South Atlantic, and Jinotega. Matagalpa is the most diversified region producing coffee, cattle, milk products, vegetables, wood, gold, flowers.

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Located at 12.92 -85.92 (Lat./Long.); Less than 8 km away
Tags: Departments of Nicaragua, Matagalpa Department

Matagalpa

Matagalpa is a city in Nicaragua, the capital of the department of Matagalpa. The city has a population of 109,100 (2005 census), while the population of the department is more than 480,000. Matagalpa is Nicaragua's sixth largest city and one of its most commercially active outside of Managua. Matagalpa is the second most important city in Nicaragua and is known as the "Pearl of the North" and "Land of Eternal Spring."

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Located at 12.92 -85.92 (Lat./Long.); Less than 8 km away
Tags: Municipalities of the Matagalpa Department, Populated places established in 1554, Populated places in Nicaragua

Matagalpa, Matagalpa

Matagalpa is a municipality in the Matagalpa department of Nicaragua. The capital city of the department, Matagalpa, is located within the municipality. Matagalpa is one of the main urban areas of the country and an important commercial center and cattleman of the region. In it big agricultural areas are located virgin forests, and locations of gold as San Ramón's mines.

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Located at 12.92 -85.92 (Lat./Long.); Less than 8 km away
Tags: Municipalities of the Matagalpa Department, Populated places in Nicaragua

San Ramón, Matagalpa

San Ramón is a municipality in the Matagalpa department of Nicaragua. San Ramon lies 12 kilometers northeast of the departmental capital of Matagalpa (city and department are both named Matagalpa). The 12-kilometer drive takes about 25 minutes by bus as the road is for the most part unpaved, as they have not yet fully reconstructed the routes that existed prior to Hurricane Mitch. San Ramon was established in 1800, having previously been called by the indigenous name "Abai".

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Located at 12.92 -85.83 (Lat./Long.); Less than 10 km away
Tags: Honduras–Nicaragua border crossings, Municipalities of the Matagalpa Department, Populated places in Nicaragua

San Dionisio, Matagalpa

San Dionisio is a small municipality in the Matagalpa department of Nicaragua. Originally named Espino Blanco, the town was renamed San Dionisio in honor of Dionisio Herrera, former president of Nicaragua. This small town is 90 miles away from Managua, the capital of Nicaragua, and 30 miles away from Matagalpa city, the capital of the Metagalpa Department. People from this town are informally known as "nichanos".

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Located at 12.75 -85.85 (Lat./Long.); Less than 12 km away
Tags: Municipalities of the Matagalpa Department, Populated places in Nicaragua