Managua Department

Managua (Spanish pronunciation: [maˈna.ɣwa]) is a department in Nicaragua. It covers an area of 3,465 km² and has a population of 1,559,774 (2021 estimate), making it the country's most populated department. The capital is the city of Managua, which is also the capital of Nicaragua. The department has two coastlines, on the Pacific Ocean and on Lake Managua, but does not border Lake Nicaragua. The Nahua chiefdom of Tekwantepek was located in the Managua department. According to Spanish conquistador and historian Gonzalo Fernández de Oviedo y Valdés, Tekwantepek was one of the last chiefdoms in present-day Nicaragua to fall to the conquistadors and their central-Mexican allies.^[2][3][4] The chiefdom's name is a combination of the Nawat words tēkwani (jaguar),^[5] and tepek (hill),^[6] therefore the translation of Tekwantepek is "hill of jaguars" or "jaguar hill". The municipality of Ticuantepe located in the department is likely named after this chiefdom. The Indigenous inhabitants of Managua are the Chorotegas and Nahuas.

Managua Departamento de Managua
Department
Flag Coat of arms
Country	Nicaragua
Capital	Managua
Area
• Department	3,465 km2 (1,338 sq mi)
Population  (2021 estimate)[1]
• Department	1,559,774
• Density	450/km2 (1,200/sq mi)
• Urban	1,454,904
ISO 3166-2	NI-MN

Municipalities

1. Ciudad Sandino
2. El Crucero
3. Managua
4. Mateare
5. San Francisco Libre
6. San Rafael del Sur
7. Ticuantepe
8. Tipitapa
9. Villa Carlos Fonseca