In 1929, Puerto Cabezas was named with the rank of municipality.
little mouth
Place full of culture and tradition, picturesque landscapes, surrounded by a navy blue that you will love. It is located 530 kilometers from the city of Managua. It borders Waspam to the north, Prinzapolka to the south, the Caribbean Sea to the east, and Rosita and Waspam to the west.
It is made up of the city of Bilwi, which is the capital of the Autonomous Region of the North Caribbean Coast of Nicaragua and headquarters of the North Caribbean Coast Autonomous Regional Government (GRACCN) and the North Caribbean Coast Autonomous Regional Council (CRACCN); Many times this city is called Puerto Cabezas, which is wrong, since its real name is Bilwi, which it recovered in the reform of Law 59; It is also made up of the north and south coast, north and south plains with 74 ethnic communities.
Shrimp fishing
Currently, the social composition of the population of the municipality continues to be heterogeneous due to its multiethnic nature, where 45% belong to the Miskitu ethnic group, 38% to the mestizo ethnic group, 14% to the Creole ethnic group and 3.0% to the mayangna. Each ethnic group in the municipality maintains its forms of organization, social relationships, religion and language.
The fundamental economic activity of the municipality is fishing and commerce.
The Nicaraguan Institute of Tourism, INTUR, promotes three tourist routes in this municipality: North Coast or Sam Pitt circuit (Bilwi, Tuapi, Krukira and Pahara), South Coast (Karata, Wawa Bar and Haulover Prinzapolka) and Bilwi.
Demographic data
Territorial expansion |
Altitude |
Location |
|---|---|---|
| 5,984.81 km2 | 10.00 masl | 110,335 inhabitants Urbana: 69,500 - Rural: 40,835 |
Address
Traditional houses
To get to this municipality you must go to the Costa Caribe bus terminal on the outskirts of Mercado El Mayoreo in Managua, here you must board the bus that goes to Puerto Cabezas.
You can also travel by private vehicle, taking the North Pan-American Highway, in San Benito you turn towards Boaco, you pass through Río Blanco, Mulukukú and Siuna, arriving at the Señor de Esquipulas cathedral, you turn to the right towards the municipality of Rosita, arriving at the At the Rosita roundabout, take the second exit towards the municipality of Puerto Cabezas and the city of Bilwi.
The road is made of hydraulic concrete. In addition, to speed up your trip, you can reach the municipality by air, it has a landing strip where the national airline La Costeña flies, to acquire this service you must go to the national terminal of the Augusto C. Sandino International Airport in Managua.
