Acoyapa is a town and a

municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...

in the

Chontales Department Chontales ( es, Departamento de Chontales) () is a department in Nicaragua. It covers an area of 6,481 km² and has a population of 191,856. The capital is Juigalpa. Some of land overlooks Lake Cocibolca (Lake Nicaragua) on the western sid ...

Nicaragua Nicaragua (; ), officially the Republic of Nicaragua (), is the largest country in Central America, bordered by Honduras to the north, the Caribbean to the east, Costa Rica to the south, and the Pacific Ocean to the west. Managua is the cou ...

. Its name comes from the word "Acoyaph" which means "place from above".

Geography

The municipality is bordered by

Juigalpa Juigalpa () is the municipal seat of Juigalpa Municipality and the capital city of the Chontales Department of Nicaragua. It is located within the municipality of Juigalpa, approximately 140 km east of Managua on Carretera Rama, in the centr ...

San Pedro de Lóvago San Pedro de Lóvago () is a city in the Chontales Department of Nicaragua Nicaragua (; ), officially the Republic of Nicaragua (), is the largest country in Central America, bordered by Honduras to the north, the Caribbean to the east, Cos ...

, and Santo Tomás municipalities to the north, by

Villa Sandino Villa Sandino is a municipality in the Chontales Department of Nicaragua Nicaragua (; ), officially the Republic of Nicaragua (), is the largest country in Central America, bordered by Honduras to the north, the Caribbean to the east, Cost ...

and

El Coral El Coral is a municipality in the southeastern portion of Chontales Department of Nicaragua Nicaragua (; ), officially the Republic of Nicaragua (), is the largest country in Central America, bordered by Honduras to the north, the Caribbea ...

municipalities to the east, by

El Almendro El Almendro (meaning "The Almond Tree") is a rural municipality in the Río San Juan department of Nicaragua. Tradition states that El Almendro was founded in 1892, when Nery López, Perfecto Romero Acosta, Francisco González, and others, sear ...

and

Morrito Morrito is a municipality in the Río San Juan department of Nicaragua Nicaragua (; ), officially the Republic of Nicaragua (), is the largest country in Central America, bordered by Honduras to the north, the Caribbean to the east, Cost ...

municipalities to the south, and by

Lake Nicaragua Lake Nicaragua or Cocibolca or Granada ( es, Lago de Nicaragua, , or ) is a freshwater lake in Nicaragua. Of tectonic origin and with an area of , it is the largest lake in Central America, the 19th largest lake in the world (by area) and the ...

to the west. The municipal center is located from the Nicaraguan capital

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Demographics

Acoyapa has an estimated population of 20,301 inhabitants. 50.4% of them are females and 49.6% of them are males. About 50.3% of the population lives in an urban area.

References

External links

Acoyapa official site in Spanish
Municipalities of the Chontales Department {{Nicaragua-geo-stub