Jinotepe () is a

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and

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in the Carazo department of

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. It borders with

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, and Rivas.

Toponymy

Jinotepe comes from the náhuatl "xilotl" (“tender corn”), "tepetl" (“hill”) y "-k" (“place”). Jinotepe means "the place of the tender corn".

Geography

Climate

Jinotepe, like much of Western Nicaragua except for the Sierras, has a

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with constant temperatures averaging between . Under Köppen’s climate classification, the city has a

tropical wet and dry climate Tropical savanna climate or tropical wet and dry climate is a tropical climate sub-type that corresponds to the Köppen climate classification categories ''Aw'' (for a dry winter) and ''As'' (for a dry summer). The driest month has less than of p ...

. A distinct dry season exists between November and April, while most of the rainfall is received between May and October. Temperatures are highest in March and April, when the sun lies directly overhead and the summer rainfall has yet to begin.

Sports

Home of the baseball team cafeteros de carazo

International relations

Twin towns – Sister cities

Jinotepe is twinned with:

References

{{Authority control Municipalities of the Carazo Department