Jinotepe () is a
city
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and
municipality
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in the
Carazo department of
Nicaragua
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.
It borders with
Managua
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Masaya
Masaya () is the capital city of Masaya Department in Nicaragua. It is situated approximately 14 km west of Granada and 31 km southeast of Managua. It is located just east of the Masaya Volcano, an active volcano from which the ci ...
,
Granada
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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
tropical climate
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with constant temperatures averaging between . Under
Köppen’s climate classification, the city has a