Diria is a municipality in the Granada department of Nicaragua. Diriá is a place name of origin mangue that means Green Hills. In the Nahuatl l…Diria is a municipality in the Granada department of Nicaragua. Diriá is a place name of origin mangue that means Green Hills. In the Nahuatl language Diriá means Valley on high. The municipal area limits to the north with the municipality of San Juan de Oriente and the Laguna de Apoyo, to the south with the municipality of Nandaime, to the east with the municipalities of Diriomo and Granada and to the west with the municipalities of Niquinohomo and La Paz de Oriente. The municipal seat is located 64 kilometers from the capital of Managua. The municipal territory is considered strictly broken and irregular, it has some mountain ranges such as Cerro de la Flor, Cerro de las Ardillas and Cerro Las Piedras; It is located in the upper northern part of the Apoyo Lagoon, which gives rise to three small springs or waterholes such as the Limón River, Chiquita and Las Pilas.
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