San José De Bocay
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San José de Bocay is a town and a
municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having municipal corporation, corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality' ...
in the Jinotega department,
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. With an area of 3,990.40 km2, the municipality of San José de Bocay was officially created on March 13, 2002, as a result of the division of the El Cuá-Bocay municipality. As of 2006, San José de Bocay is the newest municipality in
Nicaragua Nicaragua, officially the Republic of Nicaragua, is the geographically largest Sovereign state, country in Central America, comprising . With a population of 7,142,529 as of 2024, it is the third-most populous country in Central America aft ...
. San José de Bocay is located near the Rio Bocay river and is along the NN-66 road.


International relations


Twin towns – Sister cities

Since 1989 San José de Bocay has had a sister-city relationship with Blacksburg, Virginia.


References

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