Location of Esteli

. The population distribution is predominantly urban, 81 percent of its more than 100,000 inhabitants. living in urban areas while only 19% live in rural areas.

The Pan American Highway passes his side communicating with the capital city, Managua which lies 148 km. Its geographical location is 13 ° 05 'N latitude and 86 ° 21' length OE.

Its urban fabric, fully in checkerboard, as in almost all the colonial cities of America, spans the valley opening, between apples, plazas and gardens which houses government buildings like the cathedral.