Matagalpa | |||
Departamento de Matagalpa | |||
Depairtment | |||
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Kintra | Nicaragua | ||
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Caipital | Matagalpa | ||
Area | 8,523 km2 (3,291 sq mi) | ||
Population | 484,900 (2005) | ||
ISO 3166-2 | NI-MT | ||
Matagalpa is a depairtment or region in central Nicaragua. It covers an aurie o 8,523 km² an haes a population o 644,900 (2010 est). The caipital is the ceety o Matagalpa wi aboot 250.000.
Matagalpa is the seicont region o the kintra in population size, an the fowert in aurie (efter the North Atlantic, the Sooth Atlantic, an Jinotega.
Matagalpa is the maist diversified region producin coffee, cattle, milk products, vegetables, firth, gowd, flouers. Its extensive forests, rivers an geography are suitit for ecotourism.