San Carlos, Nicaragua

San Carlos
Municipality
Country	Nicaragua
Department	Río San Juan Department
Area
• Municipality	564 sq mi (1,462 km2)
Population  (2005)
• Municipality	37,461
• Urban	21,111

San Carlos (Spanish pronunciation: [saŋ ˈkaɾlos]) is the capital city of the municipality of San Carlos and of the Río San Juan Department of Nicaragua.

The city proper has a population of roughly 12,174, while the city and surrounding communities (Comarcas) contain 37,461 as of 2005. San Carlos is positioned on the confluence of Lake Nicaragua and the San Juan River. The Solentiname Islands in Lake Nicaragua are part of the Municipality of San Carlos.

Comarcas

The municipality is divided into the following comarcas:

San Isidro	San Carlos	Santa Isabel	Lauren Galán	Cruz Verde
México	Mata de Caña	La Azucena	Palo de Arquito Arriba nº1	Palo de Arquito Arriba n°2
Los Chiles	La Trinidad	Esperanza nº1	La Culebra	La Argentina
Caño Luis	Morrillo	Solentiname	Las Maravillas	Papaturro
Valle de Guadalupe	Nueva Armenia	La Trinidad	Las Minas	Isla Medio Queso
El Consuelo	La Unión	San José	La Venada	Río Frío
El Corozal	Guapinol	Santo Domingo	San José Morrillo	Ojo de Agua
Espavel	Costa Sur	Camibar	Jumusa	Papaturito
Pueblo Nuevo nº1	Pueblo Nuevo nº2	El Plomo	Flor de Mayo	El Cairo
Guacalito	La Argentina	San Vicente	Nueva Jerusalén	El Consuelo nº1
El Consuelo nº2	Loma Quemada	Laurel nº2	Quinta Lidia	Empalme Cruz Verde
Danubio	Monte Piedad	El Papayo	El Pavón nº1	El Pavón nº2
Las Palmeras	Las Venturas	San Agustín	La Bodega	Poza Redonda nº1
Poza Redonda nº2	San Ramón	San Antonio	San Pablo	Nueva Armenia
El Fajardo	Melchorrita

International relations

See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in Nicaragua

Twin towns – Sister cities

San Carlos is twinned with:

Groningen, the Netherlands Erlangen, Germany Nuremberg, Germany Witten, Germany

Albacete, Spain Badalona, Spain Linz, Austria Bologna, Italy

External links

• Site of the Groningen - San Carlos foundation (Dutch)