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Matagalpa Department, Nicaraguai
Regional Level Types
Matagalpa DepartmentDepartment
NicaraguaCountry

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Area:
8,523 km2
Largest Settlements:
PlacePopulation
Matagalpa109,089 (2012)
Río Blanco17,018 (2018)
Ciudad Darío13,318 (2018)
Matiguás10,523 (2018)
Muy Muy4,839 (2018)
San Dionisio3,910 (2018)
Mindat Locality ID:
123322
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:123322:6
GUID (UUID V4):
0
Other Languages:
French:
Matagalpa, Nicaragua
German:
Departamento Matagalpa, Nicaragua
Italian:
dipartimento di Matagalpa, Nicaragua
Russian:
Матагальпа, Никарагуа
Simplified Chinese:
馬塔加爾帕省, 尼加拉瓜
Spanish:
Matagalpa, Nicaragua
Arabic:
إدارة ماتاغلبا, نيكاراجوا
Asturian:
Departamentu de Matagalpa
Basque:
Matagalpako departamendua
Belarusian:
Матагальпа , Нікарагуа
Belarusian (Tarashkevitsa):
Матагальпа
Bengali:
মাতাগাল্পা বিভাগ
Bulgarian:
Матагалпа, Никарагуа
Catalan:
Departament de Matagalpa, Nicaragua
Cebuano:
Departamento de Matagalpa
Czech:
Matagalpa, Nikaragua
Danish:
Matagalpa Department, Nicaragua
Dutch:
Matagalpa, Nicaragua
Esperanto:
Matagalpo
Farsi/Persian:
استان ماتاگالپا, نیکاراگوئه
Finnish:
Matagalpa, Nicaragua
Galician:
Departamento de Matagalpa, Nicaragua
Georgian:
მატაგალპის დეპარტამენტი
Greek:
Ματαγκάλπα, Νικαράγουα
Gujarati:
મેટાગલ્પા વિભાગ
Hindi:
मटगाल्पा विभाग, निकारागुआ
Hungarian:
Matagalpa megye, Nicaragua
Indonesian:
Departemen Matagalpa, Nikaragua
Japanese:
マタガルパ県, ニカラグア
Judaeo-Spanish:
Matagalpa
Kannada:
ಮಟಗಾಲ್ಪ ಇಲಾಖೆ
Korean:
마타갈파주, 니카라과
Latvian:
Matagalpas departaments, Nikaragva
Lithuanian:
Matagalpos departamentas, Nikaragva
Malay:
Pentadbiran Matagalpa
Marathi:
माथाग्पल विभाग
Minnan / Hokkien-Taiwanese:
Matagalpa Koān
Northern Frisian:
Matagalpa
Norwegian:
Matagalpa, Nicaragua
Ossetian:
Матагальпæ
Polish:
Matagalpa, Nikaragua
Portuguese:
Matagalpa, Nicarágua
Quechua:
Matagalpa suyu
Romanian:
Departamentul Matagalpa, Nicaragua
Scots:
Matagalpa Depairtment
Sinhalese:
මටගල්පා දෙපාර්තමේන්තුව
Swedish:
Matagalpa, Nicaragua
Tamil:
மடகள்பா துறை
Telugu:
మటగాల్పా డిపార్ట్మెంట్
Thai:
จังหวัดมาตากัลปา, ประเทศนิการากัว
Traditional Chinese:
馬塔加爾帕省
Turkish:
Matagalpa , Nikaragua
Ukrainian:
Матагальпа, Нікарагуа
Urdu:
ماتاگالپا محکمہ
Vietnamese:
Khu vực hành chính Matagalpa, Nicaragua
Waray:
Matagalpa


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Fossils

There are 2 fossil localities from the PaleoBioDB database within this region.

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Occurrences6
Youngest Fossil Listed0.01 Ma (Pleistocene)
Oldest Fossil Listed2.59 Ma (Pleistocene)
Fossils from RegionClick here to show the list.
Accepted NameHierarchy Age
Bison
genus
Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Artiodactyla : Bovidae : Bison2.588 - 0.0117 Ma
Pleistocene
Equidae
family
Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Perissodactyla : Equidae2.588 - 0.0117 Ma
Pleistocene
Equus
genus
Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Perissodactyla : Equidae : Equus2.588 - 0.0117 Ma
Pleistocene
Proboscidea
order
Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Proboscidea2.588 - 0.0117 Ma
Pleistocene
Gomphotheriidae
family
Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Proboscidea : Gomphotheriidae2.588 - 0.0117 Ma
Pleistocene
Toxodontidae
family
Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Toxodontidae2.588 - 0.0117 Ma
Pleistocene
Fossil LocalitiesClick to show 2 fossil localities

Other Databases

Wikipedia:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matagalpa_Department
Wikidata ID:Q728099
GeoNames ID:3617707


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