El Sauce, Nicaragua

El Sauce
Municipality
A street in El Sauce.
A street in El Sauce.
El Sauce is located in Nicaragua
El Sauce
El Sauce
Coordinates: 12°53′0″N 86°32′0″W / 12.88333°N 86.53333°W / 12.88333; -86.53333
CountryNicaragua
DepartmentLeón Department
Area
 • Municipality
693 km2 (268 sq mi)
Population
 (2022 estimate)[1]
 • Municipality
31,750
 • Density46/km2 (120/sq mi)
 • Urban
11,683
Time zoneUTC−6 (Central (CST))

El Sauce (Spanish pronunciation: [el ˈsawse]) is a town and a municipality in the León Department of Nicaragua.[2] Located in the foothills of the Segovia Mountains, the municipality has a population of 31,750 and covers an area of 693 km2.

El Sauce is bordered to the north by the municipalities of Achuapa and Estelí and bordered to the south by the municipality of Larreynaga.

  1. ^ Citypopulation.de Population of El Sauce municipality
  2. ^ "Bienvenidos a El Municipio de El Sauce. León, Nicaragüa". manfut.org. Retrieved 2007-01-31.