Chontales Department

department in central Nicaragua with the capital Juigalpa, bordering Lake Nicaragua, known for agriculture and cattle ranching
AdministrativeArea department_of_nicaragua Q498443
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Chontales Department

Summary

Chontales Department is a department of Nicaragua[1]. It draws 29 Wikipedia views per month (department_of_nicaragua category, ranking #2 of 15).[2]

Key Facts

  • Chontales Department is located in Nicaragua[3].
  • Chontales Department is in the country of Nicaragua[4].
  • Chontales Department's image is recorded as Juigalpa Landscape.jpg[5].
  • Chontales Department's instance of is recorded as department of Nicaragua[6].
  • Chontales Department's capital is recorded as Juigalpa[7].
  • Chontales Department's flag image is recorded as Flag of Juigalpa.svg[8].
  • Chontales Department's shares border with is recorded as Boaco Department[9].
  • Chontales Department's shares border with is recorded as South Caribbean Coast Autonomous Region[10].
  • Chontales Department's shares border with is recorded as Río San Juan Department[11].
  • Chontales Department's contains the administrative territorial entity is recorded as Acoyapa[12].
  • Chontales Department's contains the administrative territorial entity is recorded as Comalapa[13].
  • Chontales Department's contains the administrative territorial entity is recorded as El Coral[14].
  • Chontales Department's contains the administrative territorial entity is recorded as Juigalpa[15].
  • Chontales Department's contains the administrative territorial entity is recorded as La Libertad[16].
  • Chontales Department's contains the administrative territorial entity is recorded as San Francisco de Cuapa[17].
  • Chontales Department's contains the administrative territorial entity is recorded as San Pedro de Lóvago[18].
  • Chontales Department's contains the administrative territorial entity is recorded as Santo Domingo[19].
  • Chontales Department's contains the administrative territorial entity is recorded as Santo Tomás[20].
  • Chontales Department's contains the administrative territorial entity is recorded as Villa Sandino[21].
  • Chontales Department's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 139571416[22].
  • Chontales Department's GND ID is recorded as 4839897-4[23].
  • Chontales Department's locator map image is recorded as Chontales Department in Nicaragua.svg[24].
  • Chontales Department's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n82011723[25].
  • Chontales Department's ISO 3166-2 code is recorded as NI-CO[26].
  • Chontales Department's Commons category is recorded as Chontales Department[27].

Body

Geography

Chontales Department is in the country of Nicaragua[4]. It is located in Nicaragua[3].

Physical Characteristics

Chontales Department's area is recorded as {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+6481'}[28]. Population counts include {'amount': '+26214'}[29], {'amount': '+35825'}[30], {'amount': '+38831'}[31], {'amount': '+50529'}[32], {'amount': '+75575'}[33], and {'amount': '+68802'}[34].

Designation and Status

Chontales Department's instance of is recorded as department of Nicaragua[6].

History and Context

+1858-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Chontales Department[35].

Why It Matters

Chontales Department draws 29 Wikipedia views per month (department_of_nicaragua category, ranking #2 of 15).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[36] It is known by 35 alternative names across languages and contexts.[37]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] . wikidata.org.
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  8. [11] . wikidata.org.
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  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
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  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . Q14005. wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.
  26. [35] . wikidata.org.
  27. [29] . 1906 Nicaraguan census. wikidata.org.
  28. [30] . 1920 Nicaraguan census. wikidata.org.
  29. [31] . 1940 Nicaraguan census. wikidata.org.
  30. [32] . 1950 Nicaraguan census. wikidata.org.
  31. [33] . 1963 Nicaraguan census. wikidata.org.
  32. [34] . 1971 Nicaraguan census. wikidata.org.
  33. [28] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [36] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [37] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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