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Puerto Cabezas (Bilwi in Miskito
Miskito language

Miskito is a Misumalpan language spoken by the Miskito people in northeastern Nicaragua, especially in the North Atlantic Autonomous Region, and in eastern Honduras....
) is a municipality
Municipality

A municipality is an administrative entity composed of a clearly defined territory and its population and commonly denotes a city, town, or village, or a small grouping of them....
 in the North Atlantic Coast department
Departments of Nicaragua

Nicaragua is a Unitary state republic. For administrative purposes it is divided into 15 Department and two self-governing regions based on the Spanish model:...
 (Región Autónoma del Atlántico Norte
Región Autónoma del Atlántico Norte

Regi?n Aut?noma del Atl?ntico Norte , sometimes shortened to RAAN, is one of two autonomous regions in Nicaragua. It covers an area of 32,159 km? and has a population of 249,700 ....
) of Nicaragua
Nicaragua

Nicaragua officially the Republic of Nicaragua , is a representative democracy republic. It is the largest state in Central America with an area of 130,000 km2, about the size of the state of New York....
.

The municipality and the entire region are indigenous lands. The city of Bilwi
Bilwi

Bilwi, with an approximate population of 60,000, is the main city of the municipality of Puerto Cabezas in the North Atlantic Coast Departments of Nicaragua of Nicaragua....
 is part of The Community of Karata, including land north of Bilwi which borders The Community of Ten Communities. The owners are the various community groups who have demarcated their particular land areas.

The Universidad de las Regiones Autónomas de la Costa Caribe Nicaragüense (URACCAN) has a campus in Puerto Cabezas as well as in several other locations in RAAN
Región Autónoma del Atlántico Norte

Regi?n Aut?noma del Atl?ntico Norte , sometimes shortened to RAAN, is one of two autonomous regions in Nicaragua. It covers an area of 32,159 km? and has a population of 249,700 ....
 and RAAS
Región Autónoma del Atlántico Sur

Regi?n Aut?noma del Atl?ntico Sur , sometimes shortened to RAAS, is one of two autonomous regions in Nicaragua. It covers an area of 27,407 km? and has a population of 382,100 ....
.

The culture, like the rest of Nicaragua's Caribbean coast, has a very prominent Caribbean influence.






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Puerto Cabezas (Bilwi in Miskito
Miskito language

Miskito is a Misumalpan language spoken by the Miskito people in northeastern Nicaragua, especially in the North Atlantic Autonomous Region, and in eastern Honduras....
) is a municipality
Municipality

A municipality is an administrative entity composed of a clearly defined territory and its population and commonly denotes a city, town, or village, or a small grouping of them....
 in the North Atlantic Coast department
Departments of Nicaragua

Nicaragua is a Unitary state republic. For administrative purposes it is divided into 15 Department and two self-governing regions based on the Spanish model:...
 (Región Autónoma del Atlántico Norte
Región Autónoma del Atlántico Norte

Regi?n Aut?noma del Atl?ntico Norte , sometimes shortened to RAAN, is one of two autonomous regions in Nicaragua. It covers an area of 32,159 km? and has a population of 249,700 ....
) of Nicaragua
Nicaragua

Nicaragua officially the Republic of Nicaragua , is a representative democracy republic. It is the largest state in Central America with an area of 130,000 km2, about the size of the state of New York....
.

The municipality and the entire region are indigenous lands. The city of Bilwi
Bilwi

Bilwi, with an approximate population of 60,000, is the main city of the municipality of Puerto Cabezas in the North Atlantic Coast Departments of Nicaragua of Nicaragua....
 is part of The Community of Karata, including land north of Bilwi which borders The Community of Ten Communities. The owners are the various community groups who have demarcated their particular land areas.

The Universidad de las Regiones Autónomas de la Costa Caribe Nicaragüense (URACCAN) has a campus in Puerto Cabezas as well as in several other locations in RAAN
Región Autónoma del Atlántico Norte

Regi?n Aut?noma del Atl?ntico Norte , sometimes shortened to RAAN, is one of two autonomous regions in Nicaragua. It covers an area of 32,159 km? and has a population of 249,700 ....
 and RAAS
Región Autónoma del Atlántico Sur

Regi?n Aut?noma del Atl?ntico Sur , sometimes shortened to RAAS, is one of two autonomous regions in Nicaragua. It covers an area of 27,407 km? and has a population of 382,100 ....
.

The culture, like the rest of Nicaragua's Caribbean coast, has a very prominent Caribbean influence. The population is mainly Spanish speaking, but there are also very large groups of Creole and Miskito
Miskito

The Miskitos are a group of Native Americans in Central America. Their territory extends from Cape Camar?n, Honduras, to Rio Grande, Nicaragua along the Mosquito Coast....
.

Hurricane Felix hit Puerto Cabezas on September 4, 2007, killing about 100 people.

Puerto Cabezas is sister city
Town twinning

Town twinning, also known as sister cities, is a concept whereby towns or city in geographically and politically distinct areas are paired, with the goal of fostering human contact and cultural links between their inhabitants....
 to Burlington, Vermont
Burlington, Vermont

Burlington is the largest city in the U.S. state of Vermont and the shire town of Chittenden County, Vermont. With a population of 38,889 at the 2000 United States Census, the city is the core of one of the nation's smaller metropolitan areas, and is also the smallest U.S....
, USA, and has been since the mid-1980s.

See also

  • Awas Tingni
    Awas Tingni

    Awas Tingni is a small indigenous Sumu Indigenous peoples of the Americas community of some 1,100 members on the Mosquito Coast of Nicaragua, in the municipality of Puerto Cabezas in the Regi?n Aut?noma del Atl?ntico Norte....