Wiwilí de Nueva Segovia

Wiwilí Güigüilí
Municipality
Country	Nicaragua
Department	Nueva Segovia Department
Area
• Municipality	154 sq mi (398 km2)
Population  (2005)
• Municipality	16,344
• Density	110/sq mi (41/km2)
• Urban	3,467

Wiwilí de Nueva Segovia (Spanish pronunciation: [wiwiˈli ðe ˈnweβa seˈɣoβja]) is a municipality in the Nueva Segovia Department of Nicaragua.

Nicaraguan sources say it was founded in the 1920s. Wiwili de Nueva Segovia is on the west bank of the Rio Coco; Wiwili de Jinotega is on the eastern bank. Wiwili borders the Bosawas National Natural Resource Reserve, the largest protected area in Central America.

External links

• http://www.iisd.org/pdf/2002/envsec_conserving_3.pdf, "Resources, Abundance and Competition in the Bosawas Biosphere Reserve,

Nicaragua,"

• http://www-ni.laprensa.com.ni/archivo/2004/junio/27/mosaico/mosaico-20040627-01.html, "Wiwilí: multilingüe y multiétnico," La Prensa