Puerto Cabezas is a municipality

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, and capital of, the North Atlantic Coast 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:...

 (Región Autónoma del Atlántico Norte

Región Autónoma del Atlántico Norte

Región Autónoma del Atlántico Norte , sometimes shortened to RAAN, is one of two autonomous regions in Nicaragua. It covers an area of 32,159 km² and has a population of 249,700 . It is the largest autonomous region or department in Nicaragua...

) 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...

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The municipality and the entire region are indigenous lands. The city of Bilwi

Bilwi

Bilwi, with an approximate population of 60,000, is the main city of the municipality of Puerto Cabezas in the North Atlantic Coast department of Nicaragua....

 is part of The Community of Karata, including land north of Bilwi which borders The Community of Ten Communities. The owners are the various community groups who have demarcated their particular land areas.

The Universidad de las Regiones Autónomas de la Costa Caribe Nicaragüense (URACCAN) has a campus in Puerto Cabezas as well as in several other locations in RAAN

Región Autónoma del Atlántico Norte

Región Autónoma del Atlántico Norte , sometimes shortened to RAAN, is one of two autonomous regions in Nicaragua. It covers an area of 32,159 km² and has a population of 249,700 . It is the largest autonomous region or department in Nicaragua...

 and 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...

.Puerto cabezas is served by Puerto Cabezas Airport

The culture, like the rest of Nicaragua's Caribbean coast, has a very prominent Caribbean influence.

Hurricane Felix hit Puerto Cabezas on September 4, 2007, killing about 100 people.

Puerto Cabezas is sister city

Town twinning

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 to Burlington, Vermont

Burlington, Vermont

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, USA, and has been since the mid-1980s.
They also have a sister city

Town twinning

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 in Sweden

Sweden

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, which is Lulea

Luleå

- Transportation :Local buses are run by .A passenger train service is available from Luleå Centralstation on Sweden's national SJ railway service northbound to Narvik on the Norwegian coast, or southbound to Stockholm. See Rail transport in Sweden....