Sébaco facts for kids
Quick facts for kids
Sébaco
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Municipality
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 Sébaco
Location in Nicaragua
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| Country |  Nicaragua |
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| Department | Matagalpa | |
| Area | ||
| • Municipality | 110 sq mi (290 km2) | |
| Population
(2022 estimate)
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| • Municipality | 38,296 | |
| • Density | 342/sq mi (132.1/km2) | |
| • Urban | 25,763 | |
| Climate | Aw | |
Sébaco is a town and a municipality in the Matagalpa department of Nicaragua. It is located where the Pan-American Highway meets the Rio Grande de Matagalpa. Sébaco is the largest city in the agricultural Sébaco Valley. This valley is one of the most fertile areas in Nicaragua. If you look west from Sébaco, you can see vegetable fields stretching far away. About five kilometers north of the city, a highway branches off towards the city of Matagalpa.
The Name Sébaco
King Charles I of Spain once called this area "The Very Noble City of Sébaco." In 2006, the National Assembly of Nicaragua officially named the city Sébaco. The name Sébaco comes from the Nawat language. This language was spoken by the Nicarao people, who still live in the Sébaco Valley.
The name comes from "Siwakuat," which means "snake woman." Cihuacoatl was also an Aztec goddess of fertility and farming. When the Spanish arrived, they found it hard to say the original name. Their interpreters, who spoke Nahuatl, wrote it down incorrectly. Over time, the pronunciation changed to Sébaco.
Climate in Sébaco
Sébaco has a climate that is warm all year round. It has a rainy season and a dry season. The wettest months are usually May through October. The driest months are from December to February.
| Climate data for Sébaco (1971–1990) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 31.9 (89.4) |
33.1 (91.6) |
33.1 (91.6) |
34.9 (94.8) |
34.8 (94.6) |
32.9 (91.2) |
31.9 (89.4) |
33.1 (91.6) |
32.4 (90.3) |
30.2 (86.4) |
30.2 (86.4) |
31.5 (88.7) |
32.5 (90.5) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 24.4 (75.9) |
25.1 (77.2) |
26.3 (79.3) |
27.3 (81.1) |
27.2 (81.0) |
25.9 (78.6) |
25.5 (77.9) |
25.7 (78.3) |
25.3 (77.5) |
25.1 (77.2) |
24.7 (76.5) |
24.3 (75.7) |
25.6 (78.1) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 15.6 (60.1) |
16.0 (60.8) |
17.4 (63.3) |
18.9 (66.0) |
19.8 (67.6) |
19.1 (66.4) |
18.6 (65.5) |
18.5 (65.3) |
18.1 (64.6) |
18.0 (64.4) |
16.7 (62.1) |
15.2 (59.4) |
17.7 (63.9) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 4 (0.2) |
1 (0.0) |
7 (0.3) |
19 (0.7) |
153 (6.0) |
149 (5.9) |
61 (2.4) |
91 (3.6) |
167 (6.6) |
106 (4.2) |
33 (1.3) |
11 (0.4) |
802 (31.6) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 1 mm) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 12 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 68 |
| Source: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration | |||||||||||||
See also
In Spanish: Sébaco para niños
