Matagalpa

Matagalpa is a city in Nicaragua which is the capital of the department of Matagalpa. The city has a population of 109,824, while the population of the department is 593,503. Matagalpa is Nicaragua's seventh largest city, the largest in the country's interior, and one of the most commercially active outside of Managua. Matagalpa is the 4th most important city in Nicaragua and is known as the "Pearl of the North" and "Land of Eternal Spring."