Siuna

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Siuna
—  Municipality  —
Siuna Location in Nicaragua
Coordinates: 13°44′N 84°46′W
Country	Nicaragua
Department	Región Autónoma del Atlántico Norte
Time zone	Central Time (UTC-6)
• Summer (DST)	No DST (UTC-6)

for the village in Nepal see Siuna, Nepal

Siuna is a municipality in the Región Autónoma del Atlántico Norte department of Nicaragua.

The town of Siuna was the site of several mines operated by foreign corporations in the past. Some of the water in the region is contaminated because of this mining.

The town of the Siuna has a campus of URACCAN (Universidad de las Regiones Autónomas de la Costa Caribe Nicaragüense).

External links

• Pictoral History of Siuna and area: To view photos of Siuna and area during the 1950s compliments of Jim Drebert, you can go to this Web site: http://picasaweb.google.com/JimDrebert/SiunaNicaragua1955To1961#

• La Luz Siuna web site operated by Rafael Aguilera:
• http://laluzsiuna.info/

• Video Aerial Tour of Town of Siuna:
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0piZvw-Zu08

• Video about Music played in Siuna at La Luz Gold Mine:
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LZDBT4UFsyE

• "A Town Survives by Jet Plane" Newsreel about Siuna by Paramount News from 1946:
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j7IeoPq2X5o

Photo of Siuna's La Luz Gold Mine taken in 1955-1961.

Siuna main street in the late 1950's

La Zona as pictured in the late 1950's

Aerial view of Siuna today