Nicaragua - Subdivisions

Last modified: 2021-08-25 by rob raeside
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• Departments and Autonomous Regions
• Corn Islands

See also:

• Nicaragua
• Municipalities
• Clickable Map of Nicaragua
• Mosquito Coast

Departments

Nicaragua has 15 departements (departamentos):

• Boaco
• Carazo
• Chinandega
• Chontales
• Estelí
• Granada
• Jinotega
• León
• Madriz
• Managua
• Masaya
• Matagalpa
• Nueva Segovia
• Rio San Juan
• Rivas

Nicaragua also has 2 Autonomous Regions (regiones autonomistas)

• North Caribbean Coast Autonomous Region
• South Caribbean Coast Autonomous Region

Pascal Gross, 16 October 2000

Corn Islands

The Corn Islands were originally leased on August 5, 1914 by the United States on August 5, 1914. The islands were under US laws and administration (hence the Interior Department's inclusion of them in the territory listing). The lease was mutually terminated on April 25, 1971.
Phil Nelson , 27 April 2000