2-626: Zelaya is a former department in Nicaragua . The department was located along the Mosquito Coast bordering the Caribbean Sea and was named after former President of Nicaragua José Santos Zelaya , who conquered the region for Nicaragua from the Mosquito Coast , then a British protectorate and indigenous monarchy, in 1894. The capital was Bluefields . In 1987 it was divided into two autonomous regions : This Nicaragua location article
4-486: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Departments of Nicaragua Nicaragua is a unitary republic , divided for administrative purposes into fifteen departments ( Spanish : departamentos ) and two autonomous regions ( Spanish : regiones autónomas ). In 1987, the new constitution established the Charter of Autonomy (limited self-government) for the former department of Zelaya , comprising
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