San José de Bocay
Municipality
San José de Bocay Location in Nicaragua
Coordinates: 13°32′N 85°32′W / 13.533°N 85.533°W / 13.533; -85.533
Country	Nicaragua
Department	Jinotega
Area
• Municipality	1,540 sq mi (3,990 km2)
Population  (2022 estimate)[1]
• Municipality	74,589
• Density	48/sq mi (19/km2)
• Urban	14,017

San José de Bocay is a town and a municipality in the Jinotega department, Nicaragua.

With an area of 3,990.40 km², the municipality of San José de Bocay was officially created on March 13, 2002, as a result of the division of the El Cuá-Bocay municipality. As of 2006, San José de Bocay is the newest municipality in Nicaragua. San José de Bocay is located near the Rio Bocay river and is along the NN-66 road.

Since 1989 San José de Bocay has had a sister-city relationship with Blacksburg, Virginia.^[2]

13°32′N 85°32′W / 13.533°N 85.533°W / 13.533; -85.533

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