Santa Lucía is a municipality

Municipality

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 in the Boaco

Boaco (department)

Boaco is a department in Nicaragua. It was formed in 1938 out of part of Chontales. It covers an area of 4,244 km² and has a population of 171,000 . The capital is the city of Boaco. Indigenous peoples are the Nuhuas and Sumos....

 department

Departments of Nicaragua

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 of Nicaragua

Nicaragua

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. It has a population of 10,300 (2006, est.) and an extension of 120.78 km². The capital is the town of Santa Lucía located 94 km from Managua

Managua

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. Approx. 72% of the population lives in rural areas and 28% in the urban zones.

Overview

The economy is based mainly on agriculture with around 2,200 small farmers in the whole municipality. There are also some agropecuarian activities.

The mayor of the municipality of Santa Lucía is Elba Maria Salinas Guzmán from the Constitutional Liberal Party

Constitutional Liberal Party

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 (PLC).

History

Back in the days of the Spanish colony, the town of Santa Lucía was known as Potreritos (small pasturelands, in English) and was part of the municipality of Teustepe

Teustepe

Teustepe is a municipality in the Boaco department of Nicaragua. It has a population of 26,800 and an extension of 645.73 km². The capital is the town of Teustepe, 94 km. from Managua with a population of 3,500 ....

. The town was later renamed in honor of Saint Lucy

Saint Lucy

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.

On August 16, 1904, the town of Santa Lucía became the capital town of the homonymous municipality and part of the Boaco

Boaco

Boaco is the capital city and municipality of the Boaco department of Nicaragua. The municipality of Boaco has a population of 56,900 and an area of 1,086.81 km² while the department is 4,177 km2....

 department.

Local festivities

From December 10 to 17 in honor of Saint Lucy

Saint Lucy

Saint Lucy , also known as Saint Lucia, was a wealthy young Christian martyr who is venerated as a saint by Roman Catholic, Anglican, Lutheran, and Orthodox Christians. Her feast day in the West is 13 December; with a name derived from lux, lucis "light", she is the patron saint of those who are...

. The festivities continues on February 12 and 13. The municipality celebrates its patron with corridas, popular fiestas and religious activities during the festivities.