# Masatepe

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| name                            = Masatepe
| native_name                     = Masatepek<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.enriquebolanos.org/media/publicacion/LL_ToponimiasindigenasNicaraguaJaimeIncer.pdf|title= Indigenous place names of Nicaragua}}</ref>
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'''Masatepe''' ([Nawat](/source/Nawat_language): ''Masatepek''), ({{IPA|es|masaˈtepe}}) is one of the nine municipalities of the [Masaya Department](/source/Masaya_Department) in [Nicaragua](/source/Nicaragua). It is located on the plateau of the villages 50 kilometers from [Managua](/source/Managua) along the road to Masaya. It belongs to the tourist corridor of " Los Pueblos Blancos" on top of the coffee-producing Volcanic Plateau. The origin of the word "Masatepe" comes from the [Nawat language](/source/Nawat_language) and is named after the [Nahua](/source/Nahuas) chiefdom of Masatepek, which was located in the present-day department of Masaya.<ref>Vida de González Dávila, Gil. Ávila, c. 1480 – 21.IV.1526. Descubridor y conquistador. et al., 2012</ref><ref>Historia general y natural de las Indias, islas y tierra-firme del mar océano; por el Capitán Gonzalo Fernández de Oviedo y Valdés; Primer Cronista del Nuevo Mundo; publícala la Real Academia de la Historia.- Tomo IV.- Libro XLII.- Capitulo XIII.</ref><ref>Colonización de américa, cuando la historia marcha, de Oviedo y Valdés, Gonzalo c. 1480 - 1557, 2006</ref> Masatepek is a combination of the Nawat words ''Masat'' (deer),<ref name="Campbell1985">{{cite book|last=Campbell|first=Lyle|title=The Pipil Language of El Salvador|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=N5bmUh7jproC&pg=PA10|date=January 1, 1985|publisher=Walter de Gruyter|isbn=978-3-11-088199-8|pages=10–12}}</ref> and ''-tepek'' (hill).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.revistas.unam.mx/index.php/antropologia/article/view/22958|title= El Nawat de Cuzcatlan}}</ref> The literal translation of Masatepek is "deer hill". The [Indigenous](/source/Indigenous_peoples_of_the_Americas) inhabitants of Masaya are the [Nahuas](/source/Nicarao_people) and the [Chorotegas](/source/%3Aes%3A_Chorotegas), and the Nahuas who still inhabit the municipality dominate the [cocoa](/source/cocoa_bean) production in Masatepe.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://catalogosiidca.csuca.org/Record/UNANL.13389|title= Preparation of a hygiene plan for the Nicaraos microenterprise cocoa industry in the department of Masaya}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://cadenacacaoca.info/CDOC-Deployment/documentos/InformeNicaragua.pdf|title= Nicaragua National Report}}</ref>

== History and Etymology ==

The name ''Masatepe'' originates from the Nawat language, and is a combination of the Nawat words ''Masat'' (deer), and ''-tepek'' (hill).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.mined.gob.sv/nawat/modulos/taksalis_1/MODULO%201.pdf#:~:text=El%20n%C3%A1huat%2C%20catalogada%20como%20lengua%20en%20peligro,dialectos%20o%20variaciones%20dialectales%20en%20algunos%20municipios.|title= ¡Hablemos náhuat! (page 64 of 95)}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://revistas.ues.edu.sv/index.php/launiversidad/article/view/998/922|title= PIPIL DIALECTOLOGY}}</ref> Therefore the literal translation of Masatepek is "deer hill", and was named by the [Nahuas](/source/Nicarao_people) in reference to the [white-tailed deer](/source/white-tailed_deer) that inhabit the region.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://nicaragua-travels.com/granada-region/masaya#:~:text=What%20an%20incredible%20opportunity%20to,to%20hundreds%20of%20bat%20nests.|title= Masaya, Nicaragua: town, volcano & crafts market}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://nicaragua-travels.com/blog/news/masaya-volcano-practical-information#:~:text=Despite%20ongoing%20volcanic%20activity%20and,andtrees%20adapted%20to%20arid%20soils.|title= Visit Masaya volcano in Nicaragua: Practical guide}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nicaliving.com/masaya/volcano-national-park/#:~:text=The%20eruptions%20have%20had%20a,deer%2C%20iguanas%2C%20and%20monkeys.|title= Masaya Volcano National Park}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/522700-Odocoileus-virginianus-nemoralis/browse_photos#:~:text=Photos%20of%20Nicaraguan%20white%2Dtailed,Subspecies%20Odocoileus%20virginianus%20nemoralis)%20%C2%B7%20iNaturalist|title= Photos of Nicaraguan White-tailed deer}}</ref> In addition, Masatepek was a [Nahua](/source/Nahuas) chiefdom located in what is now the Masaya department. The Nahuas of Masatepek inhabited [Nindiri](/source/Nindir%C3%AD%2C_Masaya), Niquinohomo, Monimbó, and Masatepe, and coexisted with the [Chorotegas](/source/%3Aes%3A_Chorotegas) who also inhabited Masaya, as well as [Chibchan](/source/Chibchan_languages) minorities who were assimilated into Nahua culture and society.<ref>{{Cite book|title=The Indigenous People of Mesoamerica and Central America|last=Carmack|first=Robert|publisher=Lexington Books|year=2017|isbn=9781498558976|pages=81–83}}</ref><ref>Los Indios precolombinos de Nicaragua y Costa Rica en los siglos XV y XVI, 2009 - Bolaños, Enrique</ref><ref>Historia de la Gran Nicoya en el sur de Mesoamérica, Jiménez-Santana 1997</ref><ref>Colonización de américa, cuando la historia marcha, de Oviedo y Valdés, Gonzalo c. 1480 - 1557, 2006</ref><ref>Historia general y natural de las Indias, islas y tierra-firme del mar océano; por el Capitán Gonzalo Fernández de Oviedo y Valdés; Primer Cronista del Nuevo Mundo; publícala la Real Academia de la Historia. Tomo IV. Libro XLII. Capitulo XIII.</ref>

== Weather and Location ==
Masatepe is located on top of the Plateau of towns, at an altitude of 475m, the total area can be divided into two main different types of biomes:

1- Rain forest (Usually has native trees and Coffee Plantations. Elv: (400 - 500m)

2- Dry Valley. ( can be found near the coast of the Lagoon, and the Masaya Volcano ). Elv: (90 - 250m)

The temperature fluctuates during the year, being mostly warm. During the winter months (November - January) the temperatures become cooler, and there are usually foggy mornings.

{{Weather box
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| location    = Masatepe (1971–1990)
| Jan high C = 27.4
| Feb high C = 28.4
| Mar high C = 30.1
| Apr high C = 31.1
| May high C = 30.5
| Jun high C = 28.4
| Jul high C = 27.7
| Aug high C = 28.2
| Sep high C = 28.7
| Oct high C = 27.8
| Nov high C = 27.4
| Dec high C = 27.0
| year high C = 28.6
| Jan mean C = 23.1
| Feb mean C = 23.7
| Mar mean C = 24.9
| Apr mean C = 25.8
| May mean C = 25.9
| Jun mean C = 24.0
| Jul mean C = 24.4
| Aug mean C = 24.6
| Sep mean C = 24.5
| Oct mean C = 24.1
| Nov mean C = 23.7
| Dec mean C = 23.2
| year mean C = 24.3
| Jan low C = 18.8
| Feb low C = 18.9
| Mar low C = 18.4
| Apr low C = 20.4
| May low C = 21.1
| Jun low C = 21.0
| Jul low C = 20.0
| Aug low C = 20.9
| Sep low C = 20.7
| Oct low C = 20.4
| Nov low C = 20.4
| Dec low C = 19.4
| year low C = 20.0
| precipitation colour = green
| Jan precipitation mm = 12
| Feb precipitation mm = 10
| Mar precipitation mm = 5
| Apr precipitation mm = 17
| May precipitation mm = 203
| Jun precipitation mm = 185
| Jul precipitation mm = 141
| Aug precipitation mm = 172
| Sep precipitation mm = 273
| Oct precipitation mm = 239
| Nov precipitation mm = 84
| Dec precipitation mm = 29
| year precipitation mm = 1370
| unit precipitation days = 1.0 mm
| Jan precipitation days = 4
| Feb precipitation days = 1
| Mar precipitation days = 1
| Apr precipitation days = 2
| May precipitation days = 11
| Jun precipitation days = 18
| Jul precipitation days = 17
| Aug precipitation days = 17
| Sep precipitation days = 18
| Oct precipitation days = 19
| Nov precipitation days = 10
| Dec precipitation days = 7
| year precipitation days = 124
| source 1 = [National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration](/source/National_Oceanic_and_Atmospheric_Administration)<ref>{{cite web
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==Sports==
The town is home of [football](/source/association_football) club [Deportivo Masatepe](/source/Deportivo_Masatepe).

==External links==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20060209061549/http://masatepe.gob.ni/ Alcaldía Municipal de Masatepe] Official Web Site of Masatepe (Spanish)
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20070606201631/http://masatepe.org/ Masatepe.org] In the internet since 2001. General Information about the city, photos, videos and much more about this city, including a virtual tour (Spanish)
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20170914001817/http://masatepecity.com/ MasatepeCity.com] Information and videos of Masatepe (Spanish)
*[https://www.masatepe.de] Web site of the Partnerschaftsverein Kreis Gross-Gerau - Masatepe (German, Spanish)

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== References ==
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{{Masaya Department}}
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Category:Populated places in Nicaragua
Category:Municipalities of the Masaya Department

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