Siuna

Also known as Municipality of Siuna, Siuna Municipality

thumb|250px|La Luz Gold Mine (ca. 1959), which fueled regional population growth thumb|250px|Ei River Dam (ca. 1959) and Ei River Hydro Electric Plant, which supplied all of the hydroelectric power for the mines and region thumb|250px|One of the generators in the Ei River Hydro Electric Plant, which supplied all of the hydroelectric power for the mines and region, circa 1959

Key facts

Settlement.name: Siuna
Settlement.settlement_type: Municipality
Settlement.image_skyline: Siuna Today.jpg
Settlement.imagesize: 250px
Settlement.image_caption: Aerial view of Siuna on the morning of 20 October 2008
Settlement.pushpin_map: Nicaragua
Settlement.pushpin_label_position: above
Settlement.pushpin_mapsize: 250
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption: Location in Nicaragua
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Department
Settlement.subdivision_name1: North Caribbean Autonomous Region
Settlement.leader_title: Mayor
Settlement.leader_name: Onilda Reyes Rocha
Settlement.leader_title1: Vice Mayor
Settlement.leader_name1: Dr. Noel Espinoza
Settlement.unit_pref: Imperial
Settlement.area_total_km2: 3421.58

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Wikidata facts

Population: 64092
Area: 3422
Elevation: 193
Image: Siuna Today.jpg

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Commons category: Siuna
postal code: 72400
inception: 1969-08-22

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Siuna is a county-sized administrative municipality in Nicaragua, located approximately northeast of the capital city of Managua and west of the coastal city and regional capital Puerto Cabezas in the North Caribbean Autonomous Region (RACN). Siuna is the name of the city as well as the municipality. The municipality of Siuna contains 204 rural communities and 20 neighborhoods. Most were settled in support of gold mining along the Ei River drainage basin, leading to rapid population growth from the mid-1930s.