San Juan de Cinco Pinos, colloquially known as Cinco Pinos, is a town and a municipality in the north of the

Chinandega Department Chinandega () is a department in Nicaragua, located on the border with Honduras. It covers an area of 4,822 km2 and has a population of 441,897 (2021 estimate). The capital is the city of Chinandega. Largely agricultural, it produces rum fr ...

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, situated between

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and

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History

The town was founded in 1879 as a result of the migration of residents from neighboring

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. Prior to that time, there was a small village called ''Villa Salvadorita'', 2 km west of the current location of Cinco Pinos. In the early 1950s, with the development of cotton cultivation, the town was renamed to San Juan de Cinco Pinos. The festivities of the patron saint of Cinco Pinos is held in honor of ''San Caralampio''. The event takes place every year from February 9 to 11, with the traditional Toro Huaco dance and ''chichero'' music.Caracterización del municipio de Cinco Pinos
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Geography

The population of San Juan de Cinco Pinos is mainly rural. Only 21% lives in the town of Cinco Pinos and the rest are scattered around the 14

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s of the municipality. *El Carrizal *El Cerro *El Espino *El Jícaro *El Pavón *El Zacatón *La Honda *La Montaña *Las Lajitas *Las Pozas *Los Araditos *Santa Fe *Villa Camilo *Villa Francia

References

Municipalities of the Chinandega Department {{Nicaragua-geo-stub