Boca de Sábalos (Q21053654)

  • matcher place: Río San Juan (relation 2194832)
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  • English Wikipedia categories: Nicaragua geography stubs, Populated places in Nicaragua, Populated riverside places, Río San Juan Department
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Summary from English Wikipedia (enwiki)

Boca de Sábalos is a jungle port village of about 2000 people at the confluence of Río Sábalos and Río San Juan, and is the capital of the municipality of El Castillo, Nicaragua. Once a timber boomtown, now African palm, orange and cacao plantations, along with an eco lodge and hotel, are making it a tourist destination, is a world class place for tarpon fishing, the area also host a few private natural reserve such as Reserva Silvestre Privada Montecristo a great place for birds and wildlife in the Río San Juan Department.

Summary from Svenska / Swedish Wikipedia (svwiki)

Boca de Sábalos, med 805 invånare (2005), är centralorten i kommunen El Castillo i departementet Río San Juan, Nicaragua. Den ligger i den södra delen av landet, fyra kilometer från gränsen till Costa Rica, där floden Sábalos rinner ut i den större San Juan floden. Ortens namn betyder Sábalos mynning.

Wikidata location: 11.0426, -84.4723 view on OSM or edit on OSM

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relation: Boca de Sábalos (OSM)exact location match [show tags]
name: Boca de Sábalos
note: Approximate location and elevation based on satellite imagery (primary BingSat), OpenSRTM and OpenTopo map.
place: town
boundary: administrative
wikidata: Q21053654
source:id: 3349iii El Castillo - USGS OpenTopo map Nicaragua Series E751 1:50k Nº E751X33493 (1965)
wikipedia: sv:Boca de Sábalos
short_name: Sábalos
source:url: https://maps.lib.utexas.edu/maps/topo/nicaragua/
admin_level: 10
postal_code: 92200
source:imagery: BingSat, ESRI, and other open satellite imagery available to OSM as of 2025

wikidata match: Q21053654
node: Boca de Sábalos (OSM), 3 m from Wikidata [show tags]
name: Boca de Sábalos
note: Approximate location and elevation based on satellite imagery (primary BingSat), OpenSRTM and OpenTopo map.
place: town
alt_name: Sábalos
wikidata: Q581121
source:id: 3349iii El Castillo - USGS OpenTopo map Nicaragua Series E751 1:50k Nº E751X33493 (1965)
population: 2834
source:url: https://maps.lib.utexas.edu/maps/topo/nicaragua/
admin_level: 6
postal_code: 92200
source:imagery: BingSat, ESRI, and other open satellite imagery available to OSM as of 2025

wikidata mismatch: Q581121

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