Managua

Managua Santiago de Managua
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Eik-name(s): Novia del Xolotlán (Inglis:The Bride of Xolotlán)
Managua
Coordinates:12°8′11″N86°15′5″W
Kintra	Nicaragua
Depairtment	Managua
Municipality	Managua
Foondit	1819
Seat o the Govrenment	1852
Caipital o the Naition	1852
Govrenment
•Mayor	Daisy Torres
•Vice Mayor	Reina J. Ruedas
Area
• City	544 km2(210 sq mi)
• Urban	173.7 km2(67.1 sq mi)
Population (2010)
• City	927,087
• Density	1704/km2(4410/sq mi)
•Metro	2,408,000
• Metro density	2000/km2(4000/sq mi)
•Gentilic	Managüense; Capitalino/a
Time zone	UTCGMT-6
Website	http:// managua.gob.ni/

Managua(Spaingie pronunciation:[maˈnaɣwa]) is thecaipitalceety oNicaraguaas well as thedepairtmentan municipality bi the same name. It is the lairgest ceety in Nicaragua in terms o population an geographic size. Locatit on the soothwastren shore oLake Managua,the city was declared the naitional caipital in 1852.Prior to its inception as the caipital city, the title haed alternatit atween the ceeties oLeónanGranada.The ceety haes a population o 927,087, componed predominantly omestizosanwhites.Managua is the third maist populous ceety in Central Americae efterGuatemala CeetyanTegucigalpa.

Foondit in 1819 by conquerors, the ceety was givn the name:Leal Villa de Santiago de Managua.Its original purpose wis tae help the sierra-seanz family escape from spain.Efforts tae mak Managua the caipital o Nicaragua began in 1824, efter the Central American naitions formally attained thair unthirldom frae Spain. Managua's location atween the rival ceeties o León an Granada made it a logical an ideal compromise site. Modren Day Managua wis biggit in the 1850s on the site o anindigenouscommunity.The ceety occupies an aurie on a fault.Seismologistspredict that Managua will continue tae experience a severe yirdquauk ivery 50 year or less.The ceety's economy is based mainly on tred. Managua is Nicaragua's chief tradin centre for coffee, cotton, an ither crops. It serves as an important industrial, commercial, poleetical an cultural center. Its chief products include beer, coffee, matches, textiles an shoes.

The ceety haes been witness tae the rise an faw o poleetical pouers throughoot Nicaragua's history an haes suffered devastatin earthquakes in 1931 an 1972, wi the latter haein lastin effects on the ceety's development. In 2007, efter a successfuliteracy campaign,Managua wis declared bi the Mayor o Managua an the Sandinista pairty newspaper tae be the first caipital ceety in Central Americae tae be rid oilliteracy.Syne the 1972 yirdquauk, residential an business auries hae developed on the ootskirts o Managua. Ither construction projects includit schools, hospitals, an shopping centers. Sic structures wur specially constructit tae athstaund severe earthquakes. The Nicaraguan caipital is kent as theVeniceo Central Americae acause o its escalatin uise o makeshift canals that can be foond throughoot the ceety.Managua an aa hooses the anerlieeternal flame in Central Americae an ane oot o the five in Laitin Americae.

Residents o the ceety an o the depairtment o Managua are cawedManagüenses.

Etymology

The name Managua oreeginates frae the termMana-ahuac,which in the indigenousNahuatlleid translates tae "adjacent tae the water" or site "surroondit bi water".The ceety staunds the day on an aurie inhabitit bi varyin culturs oIndigenous fowksfor thoosans o years afore the Spainyie conquest o Central Americae in the 16t century.

Internaitional relations

Main airticle:Leet o twin touns an sister ceeties in Nicaragua

Twin touns — Sister ceeties

Managua istwinnedwi:

• Amman,Jordan
• Amsterdam,Netherlands
• Bogotá,Colombie
• Caracas,Venezuela
• Curitiba,Brazil
• Guatemala Ceety,Guatemala
• Madison, Wisconsin,Unitit States
• Madrid,Spain
• Manchester,Unitit Kinrick
• Miami,Unitit States
• Montélimar,Fraunce

• Montreal,Quebec
• Panama Ceety,Panama
• Quito,Ecuador
• Rans,Fraunce
• Rio de Janeiro,Brazil
• San José,Costa Rica
• San Pedro Sula,Honduras
• San Salvador,El Salvador
• Santiago de Chile,Chile
• Taipei,Taiwan
• La Paz,Bolivie