Niquinohomo | |
Settlement Type: | Municipality |
Pushpin Map: | Nicaragua |
Pushpin Label Position: | left |
Pushpin Mapsize: | 250 |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Nicaragua |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Nicaragua |
Subdivision Type1: | Department |
Subdivision Name1: | Masaya |
Unit Pref: | Imperial |
Area Total Km2: | 32 |
Population As Of: | 2020 |
Population Footnotes: | [1] |
Population Total: | 16635 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Population Urban: | 8550 |
Coordinates: | 11.9°N -92°W |
Blank Name: | Climate |
Blank Info: | Aw |
Niquinohomo (pronounced as /es/) is a municipality in the Masaya department of Nicaragua.It is home to the oldest extant church in Nicaragua; Church of Saint Ann (Iglesia de Santa Ana). The city's patron saint, as well as the birthplace of Augusto César Sandino, after whom the Sandinista movement was named.