Teustepe
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Teustepe | |
|---|---|
Municipality | |
  Teustepe Location in Nicaragua | |
| Coordinates: 12°25′N 85°48′W / 12.417°N 85.800°W | |
| Country |  Nicaragua |
| Department | Boaco Department |
| Area | |
• Municipality | 249.32 sq mi (645.73 km2) |
| Population (2005) | |
• Municipality | 26,265 |
| • Density | 105.35/sq mi (40.675/km2) |
| • Urban | 3,953 |
Teustepe is a municipality in the Boaco department of Nicaragua.[1] It has a population of 26,800 (2006, est.) and an extension of 645.73 km2. The capital is the town of Teustepe, 94 km. from Managua with a population of 3,500 (2006, est.).
Teustepe is sustained mainly by the agricultural sector, with about 20,000 units of livestock and secondly by agricultural activities. There are also some incipient tourism in the Aguas Termales (termal waters) region and a very small scale family-based industry (handicrafts mainly) in the urban and rural areas.
The current mayor of the municipality of Teustepe is Paulina Ramos from the FSLN
The current vice-mayor of the municipality of Teustepe is Willfredo Díaz from the FSLN
