Tasbapauni | |
Settlement Type: | Village |
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: | South Caribbean Coast Autonomous Region |
Unit Pref: | Imperial |
Coordinates: | 12.7333°N -118°W |
Tasbapauni is a seacoast hamlet in Nicaragua, 45miles north of Bluefields.[1] The main ethnic groups are Creole and Miskito.[1]
Ida, a hurricane from the 2009 Atlantic Hurricane Season, made landfall here.
Tasbapauni is a rich community in natural resources: lumber, lobster, turtle etc.
Web site: Cocaine galore! Villagers live it up on profits from 'white lobster': Washed-up bales of drugs bring millions of dollars to poor fishing communities. Rory. Carroll. The Guardian. 2007-10-09.
Book: Hale , Charles R. . Resistance and Contradiction: Miskitu Indians and the Nicaraguan State, 1894-1987. 1996. Stanford University Press. 0-8047-2800-3.