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Jalapa is a city and a municipality in the
Nueva Segovia Department Nueva Segovia () is a department in Nicaragua. It covers an area of 3,491 km2 and has a population of 275,291 (2021 estimate). The capital is Ocotal. History of Las Segovias ''Las Segovias'' is a region encompassed by the five departments ...
of Nicaragua. It is located in northern Nicaragua, close to the Honduras border. Jalapa has been Boulder, Colorado's sister city since 1983.


Contra war

Jalapa, which is located on the border of Honduras, was the location of two failed attempts of the CIA funded
Contras The Contras were the various U.S.-backed and funded Right-wing politics, right-wing Rebellion, rebel groups that were active from 1979 to 1990 in opposition to the Marxism, Marxist Sandinista National Liberation Front, Sandinista Junta of Nat ...
to overthrow the city and install a provisional government, in late 1982 and December 1983, in which the CIA informed the contras would be immediately recognized by the United States Government. p. 187-191


International relations


Sister city

Jalapa's sister city is: *
Boulder, Colorado Boulder is a home rule city that is the county seat and most populous municipality of Boulder County, Colorado, United States. The city population was 108,250 at the 2020 United States census, making it the 12th most populous city in Color ...
, United States, since 1987


See also


Friendship City Project: Boulder Jalapa


Notes

Municipalities of the Nueva Segovia Department {{Nicaragua-geo-stub