San Fernando, Nicaragua

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San Fernando
Municipality
San Fernando Location in Nicaragua
Coordinates: 13°41′N 86°19′W / 13.683°N 86.317°W / 13.683; -86.317
Country	Nicaragua
Department	Nueva Segovia Department
Area
• Municipality	91 sq mi (236 km2)
Population  (2005)
• Municipality	8,549
• Density	94/sq mi (36/km2)
• Urban	4,330

San Fernando is a municipality in the Nueva Segovia Department of Nicaragua.

San Fernando is located 24 kilometers from the Department Capital, Ocotal, and 250 kilometers from Managua, the Capital of the Republic.

The town was the site of battle that pitted American Marines and Nicaraguan Provisional Guardsmen against Sandinista rebels on July 25, 1927, during the Sandino Rebellion.