managua

     

Managua is the capital city of Nicaragua as well as the epartment and municipality by the same name. It is also the largest city in Nicaragua. It is located on the southwestern shore of Lake Managua. The city was declared the national capital in 1852. Previously, the capital had alternated between the cities of León and Granada. The city has a population of about 1,680,100; composed predominantly of Spanish-speaking criollos (unmixed Europeans), whites and mestizos.

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  • A 1972 earthquake destroyed most of the downtown area of this Nicaraguan capital
  • The center of this Nicaraguan capital was almost completely destroyed in a 1972 earthquake
  • This largest Nicaraguan city was rebuilt after it was ravaged by earthquake & fire in 1931
  • Parque Dario in this capital has a monument to Nicaraguan poet Ruben Dario
  • This Nicaraguan capital shares its name with the large lake on which it lies
  • This Central American capital lies on the shores of a lake with which it shares its name
  • A monument to Franklin D. Roosevelt stands at the base of La Loma Hill in this Nicaraguan capital

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