Pearl Lagoon

Pearl Lagoon
Laguna de Perlas (Spanish)
Municipal wharf of Pearl Lagoon
Municipal wharf of Pearl Lagoon
Coat of arms of Pearl Lagoon
Pearl Lagoon is located in Nicaragua
Pearl Lagoon
Pearl Lagoon
Coordinates: 12°21′N 83°40′W / 12.350°N 83.667°W / 12.350; -83.667
Country Nicaragua
Department South Caribbean Coast Autonomous Region
MunicipalityPearl Lagoon
SeatPearl City
Government
 • MayorDariel Taylor (FSLN)
Area
 • Municipality1,963.43 km2 (758.08 sq mi)
Population
 (2023 estimate)[1]
 • Municipality22,192
 • Density11/km2 (29/sq mi)
 • Urban
11,638

Pearl Lagoon (Spanish: Laguna de Perlas) is a municipality that is often time called just Lagoon and was historically known as English Bank.[2] It is located in the South Caribbean Coast Autonomous Region of Nicaragua. It is the most important town of the largest coastal lagoon also by the name of Pearl Lagoon in the South Caribbean Coast Autonomous Region of Nicaragua and which the name of the town is derived from. As of 2022, Pearl Lagoon Municipality had a population of 21,360.

  1. ^ Anuario Estadístico 2022. Instituto Nacional de Información de Desarrollo (INIDE)
  2. ^ Baracco, Luciano (2011). National Integration and Contested Autonomy: The Caribbean Coast of Nicaragua. ISBN 9780875868233.