🇳🇮 Rama is a municipality and a city in the South Caribbean Coast Autonomous Region of Nicaragua. It is located along the Bluefields River which branches off into three other rivers: the Sumi, Rama, and Bluefields. It is home to an important Atlantic/Caribbean port.
1History Rama is an old settlement, whose name is reminiscent of their first settlers, the Caribbean indigenous Rama, once populate the territories of the present municipalities of Bluefields and Rama. Unlike the Miskito, this ethnic group did not subordinated to the British and other European nations from 1633. Ethnicity also fought pirates and Spanish conquistadors who sought to enslave during the conquest.
The municipality increased its importance in the late nineteenth century, with the beginning of the extraction of timber, rubber and banana enclave by US companies. This economic activation caused a strong flow from other parts of the country as well as citizens of Chinese origin, who were primarily devoted to trade. The construction of the Managua-Rama highway facilitated successive waves of migration of peasants
1Settlements There are a total of 98 communities including: • La Esperanza: 8 km (5.0 miles) north-west of Rama, on the highway to Managua, the second in population and importance. • Wapi: Located 32 km (20 miles) north-west of Rama. • Other minor places, but with a tendency to develop as villages, are: El Recreo, El Colorado, El Pavon, Aguas Calientes, Maria Cristina Gaitan, Magnolia, Las Iguanas, El Pedregal, La Union, El Arene, El Castillo and St Geronimo.
1El Rama has a population of over 58,564 people. El Rama also forms one of the centres of the wider South Caribbean Coast Region which has a population of over 414,543 people.
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Twin Towns, Sister Cities El Rama has links with:
🇳🇱 Maastricht, Netherlands🇳🇮 Ciudad Sandino 12.164
🇧🇶 Kralendijk 12.159
🇮🇳 Dharmapuri 12.121
🇨🇼 Willemstad 12.102
🇧🇫 Fada N'gourma 12.05
🇬🇩 St. George's 12.05
🇺🇸 Saint Charles -84.143
Locations Near: El Rama -84.2181,12.1614
🇳🇮 Bluefields -83.75,12 d: 54
🇳🇮 Nueva Guinea -84.455,11.69 d: 58.5
🇳🇮 San Carlos -84.776,11.124 d: 130.3
🇳🇮 Matiguás -85.467,12.833 d: 154.8
🇳🇮 Boaco -85.667,12.467 d: 161
🇳🇮 Waslala -85.383,13.233 d: 173.7
🇳🇮 Siuna -84.778,13.735 d: 185.2
🇳🇮 Rivas -85.817,11.433 d: 191.9
🇳🇮 Granada -85.962,11.93 d: 191.3
🇳🇮 El Tuma-La Dalia -85.75,13.067 d: 194.3
Antipodal to: El Rama 95.782,-12.161
🇮🇩 Bengkulu 102.25,-3.783 d: 18842.8
🇮🇩 Bengkulu City 102.264,-3.792 d: 18842.6
🇮🇩 Liwa 104.083,-5.033 d: 18806.8
🇮🇩 Pringsewu 104.961,-5.356 d: 18754.6
🇮🇩 Bandar Lampung 105.267,-5.45 d: 18733.7
🇮🇩 Cilegon 106.011,-6.003 d: 18700.1
🇮🇩 Serang 106.15,-6.117 d: 18693.7
🇮🇩 Padang 100.355,-0.951 d: 18670.4