Santo Tomás, Chontales
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Santo Tomás is a municipality
in the Chontales
department
of Nicaragua
. It is located 190 km (118 mi) from Managua
and 40 km (25 mi) from Juigalpa on the road to Rama
. The town itself is approximately 75 miles distance from Managua, Nicaragua.
The main economic activities are agriculture and livestock. Many of the businesses located in Santo Tomas consist of small stores owned by individuals that live next to their commercial properties.
Climate is generally hot and rainy. In the winter temperatures cool down to 70 degrees.
The population consists of 21,000 inhabitants. The majority of the people are catholic.
In the center of town, there is a park and a Catholic church. There are private schools and public schools in the area. Students seeking continuing education must leave the town and attend the universities located in the capital.
For entertainment the people of Santo Tomas have a limited amount of options to pick from. Most of the youth in Santo Tomas rent movies or attend home parties or drinking fest by the local rivers.
Santo Tomas is a relatively safe town.
The main highway to Rama is paved and has been recently rebuilt.
Municipality
A municipality is essentially an urban administrative division having corporate status and usually powers of self-government. It can also be used to mean the governing body of a municipality. A municipality is a general-purpose administrative subdivision, as opposed to a special-purpose district...
in the Chontales
Chontales
Chontales is a department in Nicaragua. It covers an area of 6,481.27 km² and has a population of 182,000 . The capital is Juigalpa.-Municipalities:# Acoyapa# Comalapa# El Coral# Juigalpa# La Libertad# San Francisco de Cuapa...
department
Departments of Nicaragua
Nicaragua is a unitary republic, and for administrative purposes, it is divided into 15 departments and two self-governing regions based on the Spanish model:-Zelaya Department:...
of Nicaragua
Nicaragua
Nicaragua is the largest country in the Central American American isthmus, bordered by Honduras to the north and Costa Rica to the south. The country is situated between 11 and 14 degrees north of the Equator in the Northern Hemisphere, which places it entirely within the tropics. The Pacific Ocean...
. It is located 190 km (118 mi) from Managua
Managua
Managua is the capital city of Nicaragua as well as the department and municipality by the same name. It is the largest city in Nicaragua in terms of population and geographic size. Located on the southwestern shore of Lake Xolotlán or Lake Managua, the city was declared the national capital in...
and 40 km (25 mi) from Juigalpa on the road to Rama
Rama
Rama or full name Ramachandra is considered to be the seventh avatar of Vishnu in Hinduism, and a king of Ayodhya in ancient Indian...
. The town itself is approximately 75 miles distance from Managua, Nicaragua.
The main economic activities are agriculture and livestock. Many of the businesses located in Santo Tomas consist of small stores owned by individuals that live next to their commercial properties.
Climate is generally hot and rainy. In the winter temperatures cool down to 70 degrees.
The population consists of 21,000 inhabitants. The majority of the people are catholic.
In the center of town, there is a park and a Catholic church. There are private schools and public schools in the area. Students seeking continuing education must leave the town and attend the universities located in the capital.
For entertainment the people of Santo Tomas have a limited amount of options to pick from. Most of the youth in Santo Tomas rent movies or attend home parties or drinking fest by the local rivers.
Santo Tomas is a relatively safe town.
The main highway to Rama is paved and has been recently rebuilt.