Bluefields, South Caribbean Autonomous Region, Nicaragua
🇳🇮 Bluefields is the capital of the South Caribbean Autonomous Region in Nicaragua. It was also the capital of the former Zelaya Department, which was divided into North and South Caribbean Coast Autonomous Regions. It is located on Bluefields Bay at the mouth of the Escondido River in the municipality of the same name.
The town was named after Abraham Blauvelt, a Dutch-Jewish pirate, privateer, and explorer of Central America and the western Caribbean. Its inhabitants are mostly Mestizo. Minority groups include Afro-descendant Creoles, and indigenous Miskitu, as well as smaller communities of Garifuna, White People, Chinese, Mayangnas, Ulwas, and Ramas; that is the reason why English is the most spoken language in the city's urban area. Bluefields is the chief Caribbean port, from which hardwood, seafood, shrimp and lobster are exported. Bluefields was a rendezvous for European buccaneers in the 16th and 17th century and became capital of the English protectorate of the Mosquito Coast in 1678.
During United States interventions in Nicaragua, US Marines were stationed there. In 1984, the United States mined the harbour as part of the Nicaraguan Revolution.
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Bluefields has a population of over 57,303 people. Bluefields also forms the centre of the wider South Caribbean Region which has a population of over 414,543 people.
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Twin Towns - Sister Cities Bluefields has links with:
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🇬🇩 St. George's 12.05
🇬🇩 St. George’s 12.053
🇨🇼 Willemstad 12.102
🇮🇳 Dharmapuri 12.121
🇹🇭 Prachuap Khiri Khan 11.942
🇮🇳 Villupuram 11.94
🇮🇳 Viluppuram 11.94
🇮🇳 Pondicherry 11.917
🇮🇳 Puducherry 11.917
🇨🇺 Pinar del Río -83.667
🇺🇸 Macon-Bibb -83.65
🇺🇸 Bowling Green -83.65
🇺🇸 Warner Robins -83.633
Locations Near: Bluefields -83.75,12
🇳🇮 El Rama -84.218,12.161 d: 54
🇳🇮 Nueva Guinea -84.455,11.69 d: 84.1
🇳🇮 San Carlos -84.776,11.124 d: 148.2
🇨🇷 Quesada -84.42,10.344 d: 198.1
🇳🇮 Matiguás -85.467,12.833 d: 208.2
🇳🇮 Boaco -85.667,12.467 d: 214.7
🇳🇮 Siuna -84.778,13.735 d: 222.8
🇨🇷 Heredia -84.116,9.999 d: 226.1
Antipodal to: Bluefields 96.25,-12
🇮🇩 Bengkulu 102.25,-3.783 d: 18887.8
🇮🇩 Bengkulu City 102.264,-3.792 d: 18887.7
🇮🇩 Liwa 104.083,-5.033 d: 18857
🇮🇩 Pringsewu 104.961,-5.356 d: 18806.2
🇮🇩 Bandar Lampung 105.267,-5.45 d: 18785.7
🇮🇩 Cilegon 106.011,-6.003 d: 18753.1
🇮🇩 Serang 106.15,-6.117 d: 18746.8
🇮🇩 Ciapus 106.467,-6.267 d: 18725.4