Sébaco
Encyclopedia
Sébaco is a municipality
in the Matagalpa
department
of Nicaragua
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Situated at the junction of the Pan-American Highway
and the Rio Grande de Matagalpa, Sébaco is the largest town of the agricultural
valley of the same name. The Sébaco valley is some of the most fertile land in Nicaragua. Vegetable fields stretch as far as the eye can see to the west. 5 km further north, a highway branches east from the Pan-American towards the city of Matagalpa
.
In the Nahuatl language, Sébaco means "Serpent Woman".
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 Matagalpa
Matagalpa (department)
Matagalpa is a department or region in central Nicaragua. It covers an area of 8,523 km² and has a population of 644,900 . The capital is the city of Matagalpa with about 250.000....
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...
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Situated at the junction of the Pan-American Highway
Pan-American Highway
The Pan-American Highway is a network of roads measuring about in total length. Except for an rainforest break, called the Darién Gap, the road links the mainland nations of the Americas in a connected highway system. According to Guinness World Records, the Pan-American Highway is the world's...
and the Rio Grande de Matagalpa, Sébaco is the largest town of the agricultural
Agriculture
Agriculture is the cultivation of animals, plants, fungi and other life forms for food, fiber, and other products used to sustain life. Agriculture was the key implement in the rise of sedentary human civilization, whereby farming of domesticated species created food surpluses that nurtured the...
valley of the same name. The Sébaco valley is some of the most fertile land in Nicaragua. Vegetable fields stretch as far as the eye can see to the west. 5 km further north, a highway branches east from the Pan-American towards the city of Matagalpa
Matagalpa
Matagalpa is a city in Nicaragua, the capital of the department of Matagalpa. The city has a population of 109,100 , while the population of the department is more than 480,000. Matagalpa is Nicaragua's fifth largest city and one of its most commercially active outside of Managua...
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In the Nahuatl language, Sébaco means "Serpent Woman".