Jalapa, Nicaragua Explained

Jalapa
Settlement Type:	Municipality
Pushpin Map:	Nicaragua
Pushpin Label Position:	bottom
Pushpin Mapsize:	250
Pushpin Map Caption:	Location in Nicaragua
Subdivision Type:	Country
Subdivision Name:	Nicaragua
Subdivision Type1:	Department
Subdivision Name1:	Nueva Segovia Department
Leader Title:	Mayor
Leader Name:	Eddy Gutierrez
Unit Pref:	Imperial
Area Total Km2:	687
Area Land Km2:	629
Population As Of:	2022 estimate
Population Footnotes:	^[1]
Population Total:	73965
Population Density Km2:	auto
Population Urban:	42765
Coordinates:	13.9167°N -94°W

Jalapa is a city and a municipality in the Nueva Segovia Department of Nicaragua. It is located in northern Nicaragua, close to the Honduras border.

Jalapa has been Boulder, Colorado's sister city since 1983.^{[2] [3]}

Contra war

Jalapa, which is located on the border of Honduras, was the location of two failed attempts of the CIA funded Contras to overthrow the city and install a provisional government, in late 1982 and December 1983, in which the CIA informed the contras would be immediately recognized by the United States Government.^[4]

International relations

Sister city

Jalapa's sister city is:

• Boulder, Colorado, United States, since 1987^[5]

See also

• Friendship City Project: Boulder Jalapa

Notes and References

1. https://www.citypopulation.de/en/nicaragua/admin/jalapa/0505/ Citypopulation.de
2. Web site: Thank You for Funding Emergency Relief in Jalapa!.
3. Web site: Jalapa, Nicaragua . bouldercolorado.gov . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20131025232419/https://bouldercolorado.gov/sister-cities/jalapa-nicaragua . 2013-10-25.
4. Book: Gill, Terry D.. Litigation strategy at the International Court a case study of the Nicaragua v United States dispute. Dordrecht . 1989. 0-7923-0332-6. p. 187-191
5. Web site: Boulder Sister City Program. City of Boulder, Colorado. September 9, 2011. March 23, 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160323015854/https://bouldercolorado.gov/sister-cities. dead.