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unusual facts about Región Autónoma del Atlántico Sur


Oryzomys dimidiatus

Oryzomys dimidiatus is known from three specimens collected in the lowlands of the Región Autónoma del Atlántico Sur in southeastern Nicaragua.


Palo de Mayo

) is a type of Afro-Caribbean dance with sensual movements that forms part of the culture of several communities in the RAAS region in Nicaragua, as well as Belize, the Bay Islands of Honduras and Bocas del Toro in Panama.

Puerto Cabezas

The University of the Autonomous Regions of the Nicaraguan Caribbean Coast (URACCAN) has a campus in Puerto Cabezas, as well as in several other locations in RAAN and RAAS.

Sumo people

The language spoken around Rosita and Bonanza in the north-eastern part of the RAAN, and today known as 'Mayangna', is in fact two closely related dialects, Twahka and Panamahka, while the people of Karawala in the RAAS, who were also formerly regarded as 'Sumu', speak a closely related sister-language called Ulwa.


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