Estelí
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Estelí the second largest city in northern Nicaragua (after Matagalpa), located within the municipality of Estelí in the Estelí department. It is located on the Pan-American Highway 150km north of Managua. People living in this region come to Estelí to buy supplies and to sell their wares.
The population of the city is about 119,000 and growing. It is also the home of the only traffic light on the Pan American Highway between Managua and the Honduran border. The land around Esteli is perfect for growing tobacco for use in cigars, and the town became a refuge for Cuban cigar makers after the Cuban Revolution in 1959. It was also the scene of heavy fighting in the war between the Sandinista National Liberation Front and the Contras.
Esteli is a twin town with Sheffield, England.
[edit] External links
- Photo gallery of Estelí
- Estelí como destino turístico
- Mapa del Departamento de Estelí
- Breve Historia de la Ciudad de Estelí
- Flowers of Hope organization benefiting local projects in Estelí
- Horizonte Spanish School in Estelí
- Portal de la ciudad de Esteli
- The Esteli Society
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