Chinandega Department

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 (2021 estimate). The indigenous inhabitants of Chinandega are the Chorotegas and the Nahuas, and was the location of the pre-Columbian Nahua kingdom of Teswatlan. 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.

Municipalities

 * Chichigalpa
 * Chinandega
 * Corinto
 * El Realejo
 * El Viejo
 * Posoltega
 * Puerto Morazán
 * San Francisco del Norte
 * San Juan de Cinco Pinos
 * San Pedro del Norte
 * Santo Tomás del Norte
 * Somotillo
 * Villanueva