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Online Gazetteers

 * FamilySearch Places
 * World Gazetteers at Archive.org
 * Diccionario nicaragüense geográfico e histórico Julián N. Guerrero C. y Lola Soriano de Guerrero, Managua, Nicaragua : Editorial Somarriba, 1985
 * Nicaragua: official standard names approved by the U.S. Board on Geographic Names United States. Board on Geographic Names, Washington, D.C.: U.S. Office of Geography, 1956
 * General National Archive (Nicaragua) at Wikipedia
 * Nicaragua Factbook at CIA The World Factbook
 * Nicaragua: Departments, Municipalities, Cities, Towns - Population at City Population
 * Directory of Cities, Towns, and Regions in Nicaragua at FallingRain
 * List of Nicaragua Locations at GeoNames
 * Facts and figures about Nicaragua at Places in the world
 * Gazetteer - Index of places Nicaragua at Places in the world
 * Municipalities of Nicaragua at Wikipedia
 * Demographics of Nicaragua at Wikipedia
 * Religion in Nicaragua at Wikipedia
 * Rivers of Nicaragua at Wikipedia
 * Schools in Nicaragua at Wikipedia
 * Universities in Nicaragua at Wikipedia
 * Maps Of Nicaragua at WorldAtlas
 * Biggest Cities In Nicaragua at WorldAtlas
 * Nicaragua - 10 Largest Cities at GeoNames

Print Only Gazetteers

 * Gazetteer of Nicaragua : names approved by the United States Board on Geographic Names United States Board on Geographic Names, Defense Mapping Agency, Washington, D.C., 1985

Why Use Gazetteers
A gazetteer is a dictionary of place-names. Gazetteers list or describe towns and villages, parishes, states, populations, rivers and mountains, and other geographical features. They usually include only the names of places that existed at the time the gazetteer was published. Within a specific geographical area, the place-names are listed in alphabetical order, similar to a dictionary. You can use a gazetteer to locate the places where your family lived and to determine the civil and religious jurisdictions over those places.

There are many places within a country with similar or identical place-names. You will need to use a gazetteer to identify the specific town where your ancestor lived, the state the town was or is in, and the jurisdictions where records about the person was kept.

Gazetteer Contents
Gazetteers may also provide additional information about towns, such as:
 * Different religious denominations
 * Schools, colleges, and universities
 * Major manufacturers, canals, docks, and railroad stations
 * The population size.
 * Boundaries of civil jurisdiction.
 * Ecclesiastical jurisdiction(s)
 * Longitude and latitude.
 * Distances and direction from other from cities.
 * Schools, colleges, and universities.
 * Denominations and number of churches.
 * Historical and biographical information on some individuals (usually high-ranking or famous individuals)