| San José de Bocay | |
| Settlement Type: | Municipality |
| Pushpin Map: | Nicaragua |
| Pushpin Label Position: | right |
| Pushpin Mapsize: | 250 |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Nicaragua |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: |  Nicaragua |
| Subdivision Type1: | Department |
| Subdivision Name1: | Jinotega |
| Unit Pref: | Imperial |
| Area Total Km2: | 3990 |
| Population As Of: | 2022 estimate |
| Population Footnotes: | [1] |
| Population Total: | 74589 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Population Urban: | 14017 |
| Coordinates: | 13.5333°N -117°W |
San José de Bocay is a town and a municipality in the Jinotega department, Nicaragua.
With an area of 3,990.40 km2, the municipality of San José de Bocay was officially created on March 13, 2002, as a result of the division of the El Cuá-Bocay municipality. As of 2006, San José de Bocay is the newest municipality in Nicaragua. San José de Bocay is located near the Rio Bocay river and is along the NN-66 road.
Since 1989 San José de Bocay has had a sister-city relationship with Blacksburg, Virginia.[2]
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