San Fernando, Nueva Segovia
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San Fernando is a municipality
in the Nueva Segovia Department of Nicaragua
. San Fernando is located approximately 22 kilometers from the Department Capital, Ocotal, and roughly 236 kilometers from Managua, the Capital of the Republic. Within the entire municipality of San Fernando there are approximately 7,000 residentshttp://www.manfut.org/segovia/fernando.html, most of whom are coffee farmers. It is estimated that there are approximately 200 coffee farms within the municipality. The highest point in Nicaragua, Mogotón, which measures 2,106 meters above sea level, is located just 20 kilometers from the town of San Fernando.
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 Nueva Segovia 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...
. San Fernando is located approximately 22 kilometers from the Department Capital, Ocotal, and roughly 236 kilometers from Managua, the Capital of the Republic. Within the entire municipality of San Fernando there are approximately 7,000 residentshttp://www.manfut.org/segovia/fernando.html, most of whom are coffee farmers. It is estimated that there are approximately 200 coffee farms within the municipality. The highest point in Nicaragua, Mogotón, which measures 2,106 meters above sea level, is located just 20 kilometers from the town of San Fernando.