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León
León City in
w Nicaragua, its second-largest city. It was founded near Lake Managua in 1524. In 1610, a severe earthquake forced the city's reconstruction on its present site. It served as the nation's capital until 1858. In 1821, when Nicaragua gained independence from Spain, a bitter rivalry between León and Granada led to civil war. León was the scene of bitter fighting between
Sandinista guerrillas and government forces in the late 1970s. Industries: food processing, leather goods, cigars, cotton. Pop. (1995) 123,865.
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Volcano erupts on island in Lake Nicaragua
News Wire article from: AP Worldstream; 11/25/2007; 458 words
; The Concepcion volcano in Nicaragua sent huge columns of ash into...island in the region's largest lake, erupted Saturday night and...was injured by the blast, Nicaragua's Institute of Territorial...adventure tourists in Lake Nicaragua, Central America's largest...
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Room Service: NICARAO LAKE RESORT, NICARAGUA
Newspaper article from: The Independent - London; 8/25/2001; ; 693 words
; ...and natural disaster, Nicaragua is pushing its way on...neighbour Costa Rica, Nicaragua is a country of rainforests, volcanoes and lakes. The people are welcoming...Granada, on the shores of Lake Nicaragua - the largest freshwater...
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LAKE NICARAGUA IN DECLINE, BESIEGED BY CORRUPTION, PRIVATIZATION, AND POLITICS.
Newspaper article from: NotiCen: Central American & Caribbean Affairs; 5/11/2006; 700+ words
; ...Investigacion en Recursos Aquaticos de Nicaragua of the Universidad Autonoma de Nicaragua (CIRA/UNAN). After writing...of the methods used in the lake, where they are bred in huge...used in artificial ponds or lakes, not in natural water. It...same water the government of Nicaragua has ...
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Volcano erupts on island in Nicaragua's Managua Lake
News Wire article from: AP Worldstream; 7/28/2005; 219 words
; AP Worldstream 07-28-2005 Dateline: MANAGUA, Nicaragua Concepcion Volcano erupted at least four times Thursday on the island of Ometepe on Managua lake, sending ash raining down up to 20 kilometers (12 miles) away, officials said. The...
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Nicaragua: Rehabilitation of Lake Managua
Newspaper article from: Caribbean Update; 8/1/1992; 270 words
; Rehabilitation of Lake Managua (part of a wider effort to rebuild...restore and utilize the 400-square-mile lake, which is a virtual dead sea after decades...Ing. Horacio Wheelock, Coordinator, Lake Managua Basin Commission, IRENA. Tel...
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POLITICS-NICARAGUA: BORDER DISPUTE WITH COSTA RICA CONTINUES
News Wire article from: Inter Press Service English News Wire; 8/19/1998; ; 700+ words
; ...criticism from some sectors in Nicaragua. The 200-kilometer-long San...Caribbean to the north and the Lake of Nicaragua to the south, comprises part...oceanic route and the Great Lake of Nicaragua have been this country's curse...
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Nicaragua Weighs Digging Rival Canal
News Wire article from: AP Online; 10/18/2006; 700+ words
; ...with Costa Rica and lets out into Lake Nicaragua. From the western side of the...clothes in the lapping waves of Lake Nicaragua, the project seems as far away...an island of twin volcanoes in Lake Nicaragua. "We are the center of Central...
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Nicaragua weighs digging own canal
Newspaper article from: Deseret News (Salt Lake City); 10/19/2006; ; 700+ words
; ...with Costa Rica and lets out into Lake Nicaragua. From the western side of the...clothes in the lapping waves of Lake Nicaragua, the project seems as far away...an island of twin volcanoes in Lake Nicaragua. "We are the center of Central...
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NICARAGUA: NEW PLANT STARTS CLEANING 'WORLD'S BIGGEST TOILET'
News Wire article from: Inter Press Service English News Wire; 3/17/2009; 700+ words
; ...Alcantarillados -- Nicaragua's water and sewage...channeled into the lake until a new sewer...gave this land of lakes and volcanoes and...square-mile lake, which is located in western Nicaragua, near the Pacific...changes and the lake will recover its...lagoons and two lakes, ...
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A Marine Pastime as Modern Transport; To Aid Environment, Nicaragua PromotesTravel by Waterways
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 12/9/1999; ; 700+ words
; ...inside, rivers and lakes," said Ariel Montoya...jungles. As a result, Nicaragua's 842 miles of navigable...up the San Carlos to Lake Nicaragua. After crossing...commerce and travel, Nicaragua's lakes and rivers also are...national favorite is Lake Cocibolca, better known as ...
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Lake Nicaragua
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Lake Nicaragua 3,089 sq mi (8,001 sq km), c...long and up to 45 mi (72 km) wide, SW Nicaragua; the largest lake of Central America...Caribbean Sea by the San Juan River. Lake Nicaragua, along with Lake Managua (which drains...
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Nicaragua
Book article from: A Dictionary of World History
...History The first inhabitants of Nicaragua were Indians from South America...founded the towns of Granada on Lake Nicaragua and León on Lake Managua...captaincy-general of Guatemala, Nicaragua grew slowly. It depended upon...
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Nicaragua Canal
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Nicaragua Canal proposed waterway between the Atlantic...the San Juan River, then go through Lake Nicaragua near the southern shore and across the...Treaty (1916), the United States paid Nicaragua $3 million for an option in perpetuity...
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largest inland lakes and seas
Book article from: World Encyclopedia
...by Akosombo Dam ( 1966 ) 3 Lake Maracaibo, in Venezuela...x2018;inland’ lake 4 Salt lakes that vary in size with rainfall Europe Lake Ladoga Russia 17,700 6800...USA 19,700 7600 Lake Nicaragua Nicaragua 8000 3100 South...
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Honduras
Encyclopedia entry from: Junior Worldmark Encyclopedia of Physical Geography
...kilometers (159 miles); Nicaragua 922 kilometers (572.6 miles...Sea to the north and east, Nicaragua and the Pacific to the south...Gulf of Fonseca. 6 INLAND LAKES Lake Yojoa (Lago de Yojoa) is...north along the border with Nicaragua. It is the longest river...
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