Tezoatega

Tezoatega was an indigenous lordship on the Pacific plain of northwestern Nicaragua, near the settlement later called El Viejo. In 1539 its lands were granted in encomienda to María de Peñalosa, wife of the governor Rodrigo de Contreras. Nearby, the sheltered harbour of El Realejo became an important maritime outlet for colonial Nicaragua, linking the coastal settlements with other ports of the Pacific.

The later city of Chinandega lies here.