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San Fernando | |
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Municipality | |
  San Fernando Location in Nicaragua | |
| Coordinates: 13°41′N 86°19′W / 13.683°N 86.317°W | |
| Country |  Nicaragua |
| Department | Nueva Segovia Department |
| Area | |
• Municipality | 91 sq mi (236 km2) |
| Population (2005) | |
• Municipality | 8,549 |
| • Density | 94/sq mi (36/km2) |
| • Urban | 4,330 |
San Fernando is a municipality in the Nueva Segovia Department of Nicaragua.
San Fernando is located 24 kilometers from the Department Capital, Ocotal, and 250 kilometers from Managua, the Capital of the Republic.
The town was the site of battle that pitted American Marines and Nicaraguan Provisional Guardsmen against Sandinista rebels on July 25, 1927, during the Sandino Rebellion.