Chinandega is a department in Nicaragua, located on the border with Honduras. It covers an area of 4,822 km2 and has a population of 441,897. The capital is the city of Chinandega.
Largely agricultural, it produces rum from sugar cane; other products are bananas, peanuts, shrimp and salt.
The port of Corinto, in Chinandega, is the most important in Western Nicaragua.
Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinandega_Department
Coordinates 12°37'47.268" N -87°7'40.111" E
