Esteli

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Estelí, officially Villa de San Antoniode Pavia de Estelí is a city and municipality within the Estelí department. It is the third largest city in Nicaragua, an active commercial centre in the north and is known as "the Diamond of the Segovias."

Located on the Pan-American Highway, 150 km north of Managua, Estelí is a fast growing and progressive city of about 119,000 people. It enjoys a pleasant climate throughout most of the year due to its location in the north central highlands at a mean elevation of 844 m above sea level. The city is also surrounded by forested mountains of pines, oaks, and walnuts, and plateaus that go up to 1600 m above sea level, some which are protected as natural reserves.

Estelí was the scene of heavy fighting in the civil war against the Somoza government from 1978 to 1979. The city was heavily air-bombed by the regime's National Guard to the point that most of the city looked like a giant cemetery of building shells. The human casualties were around 15,000; many of them youngsters massacred on suspicion of being part of the insurrection. The city was totally rebuilt but some structures still show bullet holes as a sad remainder of the destruction.
 
The Petroglyph is the emblem representative of Esteli. This Petroglyph was chosen as a way of cultural recovery to the first settlers of the valley and the Site Michigüiste Guasgualí, known as The Painted (although it was chosen because it was considered the most attractive design aesthetic for their lines, geometry and proportions; by the representation of the human figure, producer and synthesis of culture).
 
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