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	Matagalpa - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Matagalpa is the capital city of the department of Matagalpa.
		Matagalpa Indians had their own language, extinct since 1875, a document with 97 words from the Matagalpa language can be found in the Daniel G. Brinton section of the American Philosophical Library in Philadelphia.
		Matagalpa was the cradle place of Nazario Vega, Governor and Constructor of the Cathedral; Bartolome Martinez, President of Nicaragua, 1923-24, and Carlos Fonseca Amador, founder of the Sandinista Front in 1961.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Matagalpa (476 words)

	Nicaragua
		The department of Matagalpa is the most mountainous region in Nicaragua and the cool, central highland with blue-green hills and forest streams is called the country of caves, legends and myths.
		Matagalpa is also the name of the capital of the department, a city that sometimes is called "La Perla del Septention" (The Pearl of the North).
		Matagalpa is also one of few places in Nicaragua that still has a significant Nahuatl presence and there is for example a central office dedicated to help the indigenous community.
	1monteverde.com /1nicaragua.com/cities_sites/matagalpa.html (168 words)

	Welcome to Nicaragua (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		The department of Matagalpa is located 65 kilometers (40 miles) from the capital.
		The streets and houses of the city of Matagalpa are arranged in a rolling ascent and descent, following the undulating terrain of the city which is nestled among various hills.
		Among the architectural beauties of Matagalpa is the baroque church of San Jose de Laborio, which is across from the Ruben Dario Park, and San Pedro Cathedral which, architecturally, is the most magnificent building of the city.
	www.intur.gob.ni /english/destinos/matagalpa.html (934 words)

	Matagalpa (department) - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about Matagalpa (department)
		Department of west-central Nicaragua, lying in the Sierra Dariense mountains, which rise to over 1,000 m/3,000 ft; area 6,794 sq km/2,623 sq mi; population (1995) 383,800.
		The department produces 20% of the nation's coffee output, and has gold and silver mines and a diverse agricultural base, including livestock rearing and cotton growing.
		The town of Matagalpa is the capital of the department, which is crossed by the Inter-American Highway.
	encyclopedia.farlex.com /Matagalpa+(department) (130 words)

	NICARAGUA - LoveToKnow Article on NICARAGUA (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Though situated almost on the western edge of the country, and greatly inferior, both in continuity and in mean altitude, to the main cordillera, the chain of volcanic cones constitutes a watershed quite equal in importance to the cordillera itself.
		Coffee isgrown principally in the Matagalpa region, on the uplands of the interior.
		The executive is entrusted to a president similarly chosen for six years (instead of four) and aided by a cabinet representing the five ministries of foreign affairs and education, finance, internal administration and justice, war and marine, and public works.
	65.1911encyclopedia.org /N/NI/NICARAGUA.htm (6545 words)

	El Pinolero's Website - Cities - Anniversaries (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Jinotepe, the capital of the department of Carazo, celebrated this past Feb. 11th, 2003, its 120th year since it was declared a city back in 1883.
		Matagalpa, "La Perla del Septentrión"(The Northern Pearl), is located some 130 kms North of Managua City and has a population of little more than 120,000.
		It's been 53(2002) years since the department of Rio San Juan was created, when on a July 25, 1949, it was separated from the department of Chontales.
	ni.irias.biz /Cities/cities-anniversaries.html (2656 words)

	Matagalpa Department: Facts and details from Encyclopedia Topic (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Matagalpa is a department[Follow this hyperlink for a summary of this subject] in Nicaragua Nicaragua quick summary:
		Jinotega is the capital of jinotega department in nicaragua....
		San rafael del norte is a town in jinotega department in nicaragua....
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/m/ma/matagalpa_department.htm (272 words)

	Inter Press Service News Agency (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		He stressed the importance of monitoring the food security indicators in each region of Nicaragua, and cited the example of Matagalpa, where the percentage of chronic malnutrition is nearly double the national average, and acute malnutrition is almost 50 percent higher.
		Matagalpa is a leading coffee-growing region, enduring serious troubles over the past three years as a result of low coffee prices on the international market.
		To deal with the food and hunger crisis in Matagalpa the authorities are focussing on school lunch programmes and announced temporary jobs for 4,000 rural workers.
	www.ipsnews.net /africa/print.asp?idnews=19805 (896 words)

	Explore Nicaragua: Matagalpa
		Matagalpa is a city surrounded by mountains in the highlands of Nicaragua, enjoying a cool climate.
		The city is the main city of the department Matagalpa, which has a high agricultural production.
		The famous poet Rubén Darío (1867 – 1916) was born in Ciudad Darío (previously named Metapa), one of the municipalities of the department Matagalpa.
	www.vianica.com /visit/matagalpa (299 words)

	GIEWS-News Detail (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		The department that reported the highest number of losses is Puno, the main producing department of alpacas, llamas and sheep in the country.
		The worst affected areas were 15 villages in the Musún Mountains, nearby the town of Rio Blanco in the department of Matagalpa, and the communities along the banks of the Prinzapolka River in the Autonomous Region of the North Atlantic.
		The departments of Matagalpa and Jinotega are important producing areas of maize, with more than 50 per cent of the national output of the first season crop (approximately 160 000 tonnes per year), and coffee, with about 70 per cent of the national production (approximately 42 000 tonnes of green coffee per year).
	www.fao.org /ES/giews/english/newsmore.htm (1397 words)

	Jinotega, JINOTEGA, Nicaragua
		The department of Jinotega is made up of approximately 177,600 inhabitants over an extension of 9,576 square kilometers.
		This department is the second largest in Nicaragua, bordering on the north with Honduras, on the south with Matagalpa, with Zelaya department on the east, and on the west with the departments of Esteli, Madriz, and Nueva Segovia.
		Buses depart at 4:00 am (actually with this bus, it is best to pick it up at the Central Park, in front of the Cathedral), 4:50 am (microbus), 5:30 am, 6:00 am, 7:30 am, 9:00 am, 1:30 pm, 3:00 pm and 4:00 pm, Monday through Saturday.
	www.amigosdenicaragua.org /jinotega.htm (628 words)

	americas.org - Campesinos Die in Hunger March (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		As of August 1, as many as 5,000 Nicaraguan campesinos were in Sébaco, Matagalpa Department, on the last leg of a march to Managua to protest the government’s failure to resolve a three-year agricultural crisis.
		The Matagalpa branch of the Nicaraguan Human Rights Center (CENIDH) reported that as many as 14 people had died during the march, mostly from malnutrition and lack of medical attention; the dead included a baby less than two months old and a 17-month old child.
		Raúl López Dávila, mayor of San Ramón, Matagalpa Department, headed the march, along with officials from the office of the Human Rights Advocate and legislative deputies from the leftist Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN).
	www.americas.org /item_8473 (371 words)

	From: DBuckles@idrc.ca on 02/12/98 05:45 PM
		The area of research is the Calico river watershed, located in the southern part of the department of Matagalpa, Nicaragua.
		The watershed forms part of the central hillsides range of the country and is characterized by a semi-arid climate (1,100-1,600 mm of rainfall per year), altitudes ranging from 450 to 1,250 mts, and mainly small farmer production systems based on a combination of corn-beans, dual purpose livestock, and coffee in the higher altitude zones.
		As analysed by a group of 30 watershed inhabitants during an participatory workshop on watershed management (September 1997), key problems affecting the landscape and the livelihood of the population at various levels (community, micro-watershed and watershed) were: land degradation, deforestation, and water-scarcity and pollution.
	srdis.ciesin.org /cases/working/converted/nicaragua-002.html (1954 words)

	Honduras This Week Central America
		The State Department is repeating a tragic mistake, as it meddles in Nicaraguan internal affairs, representing an egregious violation of the sovereignty of a friendly nation, reminiscent of the excessive and obsessive pro-Contra stance of the Reagan/Bush administrations.
		According to Wes Carrington, deputy State Department spokesperson for the Latin America bureau, the meetings were requested by the Sandinistas and followed departmental policy of responding to a formal request, while essentially serving as an opportunity to “reiterate [U.S.] concerns” over the Sandinista’s present agenda and their past actions.
		In regards to the State Department’s claim that the FSLN’s ties to Iraq and Libya posed a threat to the integrity of the region’s anti-terrorism campaigns, Enriquez-Beitler noted that the Aleman government currently has relations with Libya and Cuba, and that “a double standard” of partisan prejudice was at work.
	www.marrder.com /htw/2002jan/central.htm (1952 words)

	Nicaragua Departments
		I have added department populations from the 1995 census.
		Each of the regions and special zones consists of one or more departments, except that Zelaya department is split into two special zones: Región Autónoma del Atlántico Norte, and Región Autónoma del Atlántico Sur.
		Department: except RAAN and RAAS, which are autonomous regions.
	www.statoids.com /uni.html (596 words)

	Global Exchange - Printer Friendly
		Although the department of Matagalpa has suffered the worst during the current crisis, the neighboring department of Jinotega also has high rates of unemployment, hunger and delinquency, said Eduardo Rizo, a deputy in the National Assembly who also is a coffee producer.
		Jinotega and Matagalpa, both in northern Nicaragua, lie in the heart of the country's coffee-growing region.
		Zeledon said several mayors in the departments of Matagalpa and Jinotega have agreed that a national emergency plan is required to provide coffee growers with financing.
	www.globalexchange.org /campaigns/fairtrade/coffee/news2001/reuters071601.html.pf (760 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Matagalpa endured heavy fighting during the revolution in the 80s, political retaliation and Hurricane Mitch in the 90s, and at the turn of the century crisis in the coffee industry which is its economic life blood.
		According to church leadership in Matagalpa, the local church is in great need of encouragement and equipping.
		Another principle that will be applied is “to honor the authority God has ordained in Matagalpa and the surrounding communities.” El Ayudante’s leadership recently met with Matagalpa’s Alcalde, Dr. Nelson Artola Escobar, to seek his wisdom and acknowledge that we serve under his authority.
	www.nicamissions.com /2004/matagalpa.htm (899 words)

	Nicaragua's Best Guide (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Coffe is harvested in the mountainous region of Matagalpa and Jinotega
		Located in Nicaragua’s northern high plateau region, the department of Matagalpa is known for its plentiful and lush coffee plantations.
		Matagalpa has many rivers and small lakes that are great for sports fishing.
	www.guideofnicaragua.com /1202/Where8.html (2130 words)

	Welcome To Bienes Raices Nica (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		MatagalpaThe city is the main city of the department Matagalpa, which has a high agricultural production.
		At the moment this property is being lived in and can be observed that internally as externally it does not receive the suitable maintenance.
		The present estimate was practiced to the best of my knowledge and belief and is based on successfully obtained and detailed information, being left to the disposition of any authority or institution for its demonstration and sustenation.
	www.jaimepalma.com /bienesraicesnica/properties.htm (467 words)

	Gallery (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		The Colectivo purchased a farm outside Matagalpa recently and Julietta Martinez became the farm manager a few months ago.
		John, Wendy, and Dulcy went to find the RELATA office in Matagalpa, and found a branch of it, the Union Nacional de Agricultores y Ganaderos.
		UNAG also works in the communities surrounding Matagalpa, and their focus is to get not just one farmer, but whole communities to adopt good farming practices.
	www.wmich.edu /tillers/news/nighOxArticles/Dec2001/Matagalpa.htm (731 words)

	Matagalpa
		Matagalpa is in the mountains in North-Central Nicaragua.
		Most of the department and most of the population is east of the Pan American highway, the city of Matagalpa being the biggest population center in the north.
		Sébaco is a dustly little town when the to road to Matagalpa spolits off from Pan Am which head heads a bit west to Estelí;.
	www.nicaliving.com /book/print/16 (162 words)

	Nicaragua 9341
		JULIO AGUILAR PINEDA, 39 years of age, a farmer and resident in the El Golfo area, District of El Cuás, Department of Jinotega, was accused of being a counterrevolutionary by Juan and Germán Blandón.
		He left his house on September 13, 1983 and was arrested in Matagalpa.
		His family members were informed that he had been imprisoned in the Las Tejas Commando of the city of Matagalpa, where his arrest was denied.
	www.cidh.oas.org /annualrep/85.86eng/Nicaragua9341.htm (602 words)

	Nicaragua (11/05)
		In the mid-1980s, the central government divided the eastern half of the country--the former department of Zelaya--into two autonomous regions and granted the people of the region limited self-rule.
		U.S. citizens who are long-term visitors or traveling in dangerous areas are encouraged to register their travel via the State Department’s travel registration web site at https://travelregistration.state.gov or at the Consular section of the U.S. embassy upon arrival in a country by filling out a short form and sending in a copy of their passports.
		Available on the Internet at http://www.state.gov, the Department of State web site provides timely, global access to official U.S. foreign policy information, including Background Notes and daily press briefings along with the directory of key officers of Foreign Service posts and more.
	www.state.gov /r/pa/ei/bgn/1850.htm (3583 words)

	Helping Enemployed Coffee Workers in Nicaragua - Nicanet (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Jose is a former legislator from Matagalpa in the National Assembly.
		Their initial work was with young people in Matagalpa but, after coffee prices fell so badly and workers and their families began suffering increasingly from hunger, some of the families asked the foundation for help with food and with alternative work.
		Sandra Lopez and I took the express bus from Managua to Matagalpa, where we were met by Hector, the local coordinator of the project, in a pick-up truck that had to be pushed to get it started.
	www.nicanet.org /coffee_ann_browning.htm (1245 words)

	:::► Dictionary of Meaning www.mauspfeil.net ◄::: (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		The departments are Boaco Department Boaco, Carazo, Chinandega Department Chinandega, Chontales, Estelí Department Estelí, Granada Department Granada, Jinotega Department Jinotega, León Department León, Madriz, Managua Department Managua, Masaya Department Masaya, Matagalpa Department Matagalpa, Nueva Segovia, Rivas Department Rivas, Río San Juan.
		Image:Nicaragua Departments.jpg thumbMap of Nicaragua showing department boundaries ''Main article: Geography of Nicaragua'' Nicaragua has three distinct geographical regions: the Pacific Lowlands, the North-Central Mountains and the Mosquito Coast.
		In the mid-1980s, the government divided the department of Zelaya - consisting of the eastern half of the country - into two autonomous regions and thus granted the African and indigenous people of this region limited self-rule within the Republic.
	www.mauspfeil.net /Nicaragua.html (1851 words)

	americas.org - Maquila Unionists Fired (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		On November 15 management fired six union leaders at the Korean-owned Nicotex garment plant in Sébaco, Matagalpa department, Nicaragua.
		The U.S.-based Nicaragua Network (NN) and Campaign for Labor Rights (CLR) are asking for letters to Gildan chief executive officer Glenn Chamandy (fax 514-738-2269), demanding that Gildan meet its responsibilities to the laid-off workers in El Progreso and arrange for the rehiring of the union officers and union members at Nicotex.
		On November 24 residents of the town of Jinotepe, in Carazo department, held a march to protest plans to build a Korean-owned “free trade zone” in a nearby forest.
	www.americas.org /item_17144 (288 words)

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