Departments of Nicaragua

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Nicaragua is a unitary republic, divided for administrative purposes into fifteen departments (Spanish: departamentos) and two autonomous regions (Spanish: regiones autónomas).

ISO	Map	Department or autonomous region	Capital	Population (2015)	Area (km2)	Pop. density (km−2)
NI-BO		Boaco	Boaco	178,582	4,176.68	41.8
NI-CA		Carazo	Jinotepe	190,769	1,081.40	172.8
NI-CI		Chinandega	Chinandega	429,557	4,822.42	87.7
NI-CO		Chontales	Juigalpa	185,866	6,481.27	24
NI-ES		Estelí	Estelí	224,331	2,229.69	90
NI-GR		Granada	Granada	206,009	1,039.68	162
NI-JI		Jinotega	Jinotega	438,413	9,222.40	36
NI-LE		León	León	410,860	5,138.03	69
NI-MD		Madriz	Somoto	164,146	1,708.23	78
NI-MN		Managua	Managua	1,484,462	3,465.10	365
NI-MS		Masaya	Masaya	364,168	610.78	475
NI-MT		Matagalpa	Matagalpa	561,282	6,803.86	69
NI-NS		Nueva Segovia	Ocotal	253,489	3,491.28	60
NI-RI		Rivas	Rivas	177,668	2,161.82	72
NI-SJ		Río San Juan	San Carlos	127,225	7,543.30	13
NI-AN		North Caribbean Coast Autonomous Region	Bilwi	480,874	33,105.98	10
NI-AS		South Caribbean Coast Autonomous Region	Bluefields	385,102	27,260.02	11