Boaco () is a department in

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 ...

. It was formed in 1938 out of part of

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 s ...

. It covers an area of 4,177 km² and has a population of 186,284 (2021 estimate). The capital is the city of Boaco.

Indigenous peoples Indigenous peoples are culturally distinct ethnic groups whose members are directly descended from the earliest known inhabitants of a particular geographic region and, to some extent, maintain the language and culture of those original people ...

are the ''

Nahuas The Nahuas () are a group of the indigenous people of Mexico, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Nicaragua. They comprise the largest indigenous group in Mexico and second largest in El Salvador. The Mexica (Aztecs) were of Nahua ethnicity, a ...

'' and '' Sumos''.

Municipalities

# Boaco #

Camoapa Camoapa is a city and a Municipalities of Nicaragua, municipality in the Boaco (department), Boaco Departments of Nicaragua, department of Nicaragua. Camoapa city is the capital of a municipality described within the Boaco departmental area of N ...

# San José de los Remates # San Lorenzo # Santa Lucía # Teustepe

References

Departments of Nicaragua States and territories established in 1938 {{Nicaragua-geo-stub