Ciudad Sandino is a city and
municipality
A municipality is usually a single administrative division having municipal corporation, corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate.
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department of
Nicaragua
Nicaragua (; ), officially the Republic of Nicaragua (), is the largest Sovereign state, country in Central America, bordered by Honduras to the north, the Caribbean Sea, Caribbean to the east, Costa Rica to the south, and the Pacific Ocean to ...
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Located just outside western Managua, it had an estimated population of 109,644 in mid-2015.
[Official government estimate.]
History
The beginning of the foundation of Ciudad Sandino goes back to the year of 1969, when serious floods occur due to the rise of
Lake Xolotlán
Lake Managua ( es, Lago de Managua, ), also known as Lake Xolotlán (), is a lake in Nicaragua. At 1,042 km², it is approximately long and wide. Similarly to the name of Lake Nicaragua, its other name comes from the Nahuatl language, po ...
, product of a tropical depression in Nicaragua. The neighborhoods adjacent to the coast of the lake such as La Tejera, Miralagos, Quinta Nina, Acahualinca and others were affected by the phenomenon, having to move its inhabitants to a safer place.
Notable residents
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Yader Cardozo
See also
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CECIM ''The Center for Education and Training'' ''in Honor of Sister Maura Clarke'' (CECIM) (), is an education center located in Ciudad Sandino, Nicaragua.
About
The education center has many projects to educate the people of Ciudad Sandino, both chil ...
References
Municipalities of the Managua Department
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