| Managua | |
| Other Name: | Departamento de Managua |
| Settlement Type: | Department |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | Nicaragua |
| Seat: | Managua |
| Seat Type: | Capital |
| Area Total Km2: | 3465 |
| Population As Of: | 2021 estimate |
| Population Footnotes: | [1] |
| Population Total: | 1559774 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Population Urban: | 1454904 |
| Blank Name: | ISO 3166-2 |
| Blank Info: | NI-MN |
Managua (pronounced as /es/) is a department in Nicaragua. It covers an area of 3,465 km2 and has a population of 1,559,774 (2021 estimate), making it the country's most populated department. The capital is the city of Managua, which is also the capital of Nicaragua. The department has two coastlines, on the Pacific Ocean and on Lake Managua, but does not border Lake Nicaragua. The Nahua chiefdom of Tekwantepet was located in the Managua department. According to Spanish conquistador and historian Gonzalo Fernández de Oviedo y Valdés, Tekwantepet one of the last chiefdoms in present-day Nicaragua to fall to the conquistadors and their central Mexican allies.[2] [3] [4] The chiefdom's name is a combination of the Nawat words tēkwani (jaguar),[5] and tepet (hill),[6] therefore the translation of Tekwantepet is "hill of jaguars" or "jaguar hill". The municipality of Ticuantepe located in the department is likely named after this chiefdom. The Indigenous inhabitants of Managua are the Chorotegas and Nahuas.