Economy
During the 1970s and 1980s, the town was noted for having a strong livestock industry due to the abundance of water and pasture. The early 1990s, saw a decline in production levels due to land use jurisdiction.
The most important crops today are melon, corn, sorghum, and peanut, for export.
Of the 5,000 head of cattle, most are for meat production.
Non-metallic quarry mining of tuff (stone quarry), occurs north of town on the Flags and the guanaco. In addition, stone bolon is taken from the banks of rivers and lake sand, for construction, is taken along the shores of Lake Managua.
The industrial fabric is poor and is mostly of medium size. The most prominent are woodworking, mills, bakeries, stations, blacksmiths, tailors, agricultural inputs, and mechanical workshops in general.
The main tertiary activity is trade, which has grown from its strategic position between Managua and the departments of the country, especially with Matagalpa, Chontales RAAN and RAAS.
The township collective serves six routes with an average of 50, these parts of the county seat every five minutes. The routes connect the town with Managua, Leon, Chinandega, Carazo, Masaya, Rivas, and Granada. The county seat has a bus terminal.
It also has a branch of the Nicaraguan Telecommunications Company (ENITEL), which provides postal, telegraph, messenger, mail service and international calls. The public telephone service has 150 subscribers scattered throughout the urban sector.
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