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Siuna is a county-sized administrative municipality in Nicaragua, located approximately 318 kilometers (198 mi) northeast of the capital city of Managua and 218 kilometers (135 mi) west of the coastal city and regional capital Puerto Cabezas in the North Caribbean Autonomous Region (RACN). Siuna is the name of the city as well as the municipality. The municipality of Siuna contains 204 rural communities and 20 neighborhoods. Most were settled in support of gold mining along the Ei River drainage basin, leading to rapid population growth from the mid-1930s.