La Cruz de Río Grande
Encyclopedia
La Cruz de Río Grande is a municipality
in the RAAS
department
of Nicaragua
. According to the 2005 census, the population of La Cruz de Rio Grande was 3,000. It gets its name from the Rio Grande de Matagalpa
which flows through it.
The town was founded in 1922 by Chinese
traders to serve workers from a banana plantation further upriver.
Municipality
A municipality is essentially an urban administrative division having corporate status and usually powers of self-government. It can also be used to mean the governing body of a municipality. A municipality is a general-purpose administrative subdivision, as opposed to a special-purpose district...
in the RAAS
Región Autónoma del Atlántico Sur
Región Autónoma del Atlántico Sur , sometimes shortened to RAAS, is one of two autonomous regions in Nicaragua. It covers an area of 27,407 km² and has a population of 382,100...
department
Departments of Nicaragua
Nicaragua is a unitary republic, and for administrative purposes, it is divided into 15 departments and two self-governing regions based on the Spanish model:-Zelaya Department:...
of Nicaragua
Nicaragua
Nicaragua is the largest country in the Central American American isthmus, bordered by Honduras to the north and Costa Rica to the south. The country is situated between 11 and 14 degrees north of the Equator in the Northern Hemisphere, which places it entirely within the tropics. The Pacific Ocean...
. According to the 2005 census, the population of La Cruz de Rio Grande was 3,000. It gets its name from the Rio Grande de Matagalpa
Río Grande de Matagalpa
Río Grande de Matagalpa is a river of Nicaragua. Running from its source near Matagalpa to the Caribbean Sea in the northern part of the Southern Atlantic Autonomous Region it is the second longest river in Nicaragua. It gives it name to the city and department of La Cruz del Río...
which flows through it.
The town was founded in 1922 by Chinese
Han Chinese
Han Chinese are an ethnic group native to China and are the largest single ethnic group in the world.Han Chinese constitute about 92% of the population of the People's Republic of China , 98% of the population of the Republic of China , 78% of the population of Singapore, and about 20% of the...
traders to serve workers from a banana plantation further upriver.
External links
- LaPrensa.com.ni La Cruz de Río Grande produce cacao