Jinotepe, Carazo

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Jinotepe (Script error: No such module "IPA".) is a city and municipality in the Carazo department of Nicaragua. The Indigenous inhabitants of Jinotepe are the Chorotegas and Nahuas.

It borders with Managua, Masaya, Granada, and Rivas.

Toponymy

Jinotepe comes from the Nawat language, and is named after the Nahua chiefdom of Xinotepet, which was located in the present-day department of Carazo.[1][2][3]

Geography

Climate

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Sports

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International relations

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Twin towns – Sister cities

Jinotepe is twinned with:

References

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  1. Vida de González Dávila, Gil. Ávila, c. 1480 – 21.IV.1526. Descubridor y conquistador. et al., 2012
  2. Historia general y natural de las Indias, islas y tierra-firme del mar océano; por el Capitán Gonzalo Fernández de Oviedo y Valdés; Primer Cronista del Nuevo Mundo; publícala la Real Academia de la Historia.- Tomo IV.- Libro XLII.- Capitulo XIII.
  3. Colonización de américa, cuando la historia marcha, de Oviedo y Valdés, Gonzalo c. 1480 - 1557, 2006

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