language word "Chinantecal" which means "neighbour of Chinantlan". This comes from a combination of two words, "Chinan" meaning temporary housing and "tlan" which means a "place" literally meaning the "place of temporary housing".

History

The department was the location of the pre-Columbian Nahua kingdom of Teswatlan, and the indigenous inhabitants of Chinandega are the Chorotegas and the Nahuas. Nicaragua was occupied

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