El Crucero () is a
municipality
A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate.
The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...
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Managua
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department
Department may refer to:
* Departmentalization, division of a larger organization into parts with specific responsibility
Government and military
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of
Nicaragua
Nicaragua (; ), officially the Republic of Nicaragua (), is the largest country in Central America, bordered by Honduras to the north, the Caribbean to the east, Costa Rica to the south, and the Pacific Ocean to the west. Managua is the cou ...
.
It is located on the summit and slopes of the ''Sierras de Managua'', east of
Jinotepe
Jinotepe () is a city and municipality in the Carazo department of Nicaragua.
It borders with Managua, Masaya, Granada, and Rivas. Toponymy
Jinotepe comes from the náhuatl "xilotl" (“tender corn”), "tepetl" (“hill”) y "-k" (“place” ...
, and its urban center is the town of El Crucero.
References
Municipalities of the Managua Department
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