Waspam Municipality

Waspam is a municipality characterized by its indigenous culture and traditions that have prevailed over the years, surrounded by an extraordinary nature. Waspam awaits you to share unique experiences with its inhabitants.

Located north of the Autonomous Region of the Northern Caribbean Coast, it is a wide strip that borders the Coco River and limits to the north with Honduras, to the south with the municipalities of Puerto Cabezas, Rosita and Bonanza, to the east with Puerto Cabezas and the Caribbean Sea, to the west with El Cúa and San José de Bocay. Waspam is located 632 kilometers from the city of Managua, capital of Nicaragua.

The fundamental economic activities of the municipality are livestock, agriculture, fishing and mining.

The municipality crosses two important formations: the humid tropical forest, which is established on formations, generally of volcanic origin; and that of the plains, where the pine vegetation cover is found, whose lands have developed on thick clayey deposits, or on unconsolidated sedimentary strata of rounded quartz gravel.

The largest population of this municipality is the Miskitu indigenous people, who still preserve their own language, culture and traditions. The main means of communication and transportation for the population is the Wangki or Coco River.

Demographic data

Territorial expansion	Altitude	Location
1,009.01 km2	190.00 masl	58,845 inhabitants Urbana: 11,157 - Rural: 47,688

Address

Waspam landing strip

To get to the municipality of Waspam you must take a bus at the bus terminal on the Caribbean coast on the outskirts of Mercado El Mayoreo (Managua), heading to this municipality, it is a long journey, so you can also take a flight on the La Costeña airline, at the Augusto C. Sandino International Airport, to make your transfer more comfortable and faster.

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 then Siuna, arriving at the Señor de Esquipulas cathedral, you turn to the right towards the municipality of Rosita, arriving at the roundabout From Rosita, take the second exit towards the municipality of Puerto Cabezas, where you will turn off at the El Minero Gas Station towards Puerto Cabezas, at the junction, after Wawa Boom, you will turn towards Waspam.