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NICARAGUA
COSTARICA
Penisola di Nicoya
HONDURAS
PANAMA
 
 Repubblica di Panama
 Golfo de San Blas  mappa del districto de Portobelo
It's the biggest lacustrine
island in the world. It's
placed inside Cocibolca lake
and it's created by two big
active volcanoes
Conceptión 1610 mts high
and Maderas 1394 mts
high. Its surface is about
270 square kilometers and it
has 35000 inhabitants
approximately. The most part
of Ometepe inhabitants work
in farming
Its name derives from the
Aztec language and it means
Ome= two and Tepelth=hills,
due to the mountains formed
by the two volcanos. The
volcanic activity, through
the deposition of volcanic
ash, has made the soil of
the plains extremely
fertile, permitting constant
planting without fallowing.
The island has probably been
inhabited since 2000-2500
B.C.
To reach Ometepe island you
can catch a boat from
Granada and after 4
hours you'll arrive to
Altagracia
port or you can leave from
San Jorge (Rivas port)
to reach, after 1 hour you
reach Moyogalpa's
port. There are small wood
boat thar can take only
people and ferry boat that
can carry cars and lorries.
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