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Masatepe
Matapalete or Popocatepetl | |
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Municipality | |
| Masatepe | |
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  Masatepe Location in Nicaragua | |
| Coordinates: 11°55′N 86°09′W / 11.917°N 86.150°W | |
| Country |  Nicaragua |
| Department | Masaya |
| Area | |
• Municipality | 22.9 sq mi (59.4 km2) |
| Elevation | 1,558 ft (475 m) |
| Population (2022 estimate)[1] | |
• Municipality | 41,809 |
| • Density | 1,800/sq mi (700/km2) |
| • Urban | 22,978 |
| Area code | 42600 |
| Climate | Aw |
Masatepe (Spanish pronunciation: [masaˈtepe]) is one of the nine municipalities of the Department of Masaya in Nicaragua. It is located on the plateau of the villages 50 kilometers from Managua along the road to Masaya. It belongs to the tourist corridor of " Los Pueblos Blancos" on top of the coffee-producing Volcanic Plateau. The origin of the word "Masatepe" comes from the Nawat language and is named after the Nahua chiefdom of Masatepet, which was located in the present-day department of Masaya.[2][3][4] Masatepet is a combination of the Nawat words Masat (deer),[5] and -tepet (hill).[6] The literal translation of Masatepet is "deer hill". The Indigenous inhabitants of Masaya are the Nahuas and the Chorotegas, and the Nahuas who still inhabit the municipality dominate the cocoa production in Masatepe.[7][8][9]
- ^ Citypopulation.de Population of Masatepe municipality
- ^ Vida de González Dávila, Gil. Ávila, c. 1480 – 21.IV.1526. Descubridor y conquistador. et al., 2012
- ^ Historia general y natural de las Indias, islas y tierra-firme del mar océano; por el Capitán Gonzalo Fernández de Oviedo y Valdés; Primer Cronista del Nuevo Mundo; publícala la Real Academia de la Historia.- Tomo IV.- Libro XLII.- Capitulo XIII.
- ^ Colonización de américa, cuando la historia marcha, de Oviedo y Valdés, Gonzalo c. 1480 - 1557, 2006
- ^ Campbell, Lyle (1 January 1985). The Pipil Language of El Salvador. Walter de Gruyter. pp. 10–12. ISBN 978-3-11-088199-8.
- ^ "El Nawat de Cuzcatlan".
- ^ "Preparation of a hygiene plan for the Nicaraos microenterprise cocoa industry in the department of Masaya".
- ^ "Nicaragua National Report" (PDF).
- ^ "Preparation of a hygiene plan for the Nicaraos microenterprise cocoa industry in the department of Masaya".