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Boaco

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Boaco

Department of Nicaragua, lying in the central highlands; area 4,982 sq km/1,924 sq mi; population (1995 est) 124,500. The capital, a commercial and manufacturing centre, is also called Boaco; population (1995 est) 19,500. The population of the department is clustered in the valleys where cattle and pig rearing, dairy farming, and the cultivation of rice and maize are important. Industries include the manufacture of timber products, soap, bricks, and Panama hats.
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Indigenous struggle was so pronounced that the government sought not to eliminate but to coopt and control the population, for example, creating Comunidades Indigenas in Boaco and Camoapa in the early twentieth century--communities that as outside creations did not correspond to real community interests and were dominated by ladinos.
To Die in This Way: Nicaraguan Indians and the Myth of Mestizaje, ... by Charlip, Julie A. / Journal of Social History
Once it's spiffed up, it will be sent to a 4-year-old Down syndrome patient named Pedro, who lives in Boaco, Nicaragua, about 50 miles from Managua.
AGENCY GIVES POOR CHILDREN A CHANCE TO GET AROUND by Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
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