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Esteli Waterfall

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Esteli Waterfall
Esteli Waterfall
Esteli Waterfall
Esteli Waterfall
Esteli Waterfall
Esteli Waterfall
Esteli Waterfall
Esteli Waterfall
Esteli Waterfall
Esteli Waterfall
Esteli Waterfall
Esteli Waterfall
Esteli Waterfall
Esteli Waterfall
Esteli Waterfall
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North of Panamerican | North of Panamerican, Esteli, Nicaragua

Estelí , officially Villa de San Antonio de Pavia de Estelí is a city and municipality within the Estelí department. It is the third largest city in Nicaragua, an active commercial center in the north and is known as the Diamond of the Segovia; this name being created by Oscar Corea Molina in his radio show Trampolin 43 Located on the Pan-American Highway, 150 km north of Managua, Estelí is a fast-growing and progressive city of about 119,000 people. It enjoys a pleasant climate throughout most of the year due to its location in the north central highlands at a mean elevation of 844 m above sea level. The city is also surrounded by forested mountains of pines, oaks, and walnuts, and plateaus that go up to 1600 m above sea level, some which are protected as natural reserves. Estelí was the scene of heavy fighting in the civil war against the Somoza government from 1978 to 1979. The city was heavily air-bombed by the regime's National Guard, which reduced many of the city's buildings to rubble. The human casualties were around 15,000; many of them were youths massacred on suspicion of being part of the insurrection. The city was rebuilt but some structures still show bullet holes.
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