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Matagalpa

Administration

Full name	Matagalpa
Native name	San Pedro de Matagalpa
Settlement type	Municipality
Country	Nicaragua
Department	Matagalpa Department
Geography
Total Area	247.3 sq mi (640.65 km2)
Demography
Total Population	480000 (2005)
Metro (pop.)	109100

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Matagalpa is a city in Nicaragua, the capital of the department of Matagalpa. The city has a population of 109,100 (2005 census), while the population of the department is more than 480,000. Matagalpa is Nicaragua's fifth largest city and one of its most commercially active outside of Managua. Matagalpa is the second most important city in Nicaragua and is known as the "Pearl of the North" and "Land of Eternal Spring."

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