Analysis: Unique way locals in Managua, Nicaragua, find their way around

NPR All Things Considered | May 20, 2005| | Copyright

MICHELE NORRIS
NPR All Things Considered
05-20-2005
Analysis: Unique way locals in Managua, Nicaragua, find their way around

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Finding your way around any new place can be daunting, but Managua, a city of more than a million people and the capital of Nicaragua, may win the prize for being the most inscrutable city of all. Managua lost its old orderly city plan more than 30 years ago when a earthquake struck. What grew up in its place is a system that's sometimes perplexing even to the natives. NPR's Kathleen Schalch reports.

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