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San Lorenzo, Nicaragua
San Lorenzo () is a municipality in the Boaco Department of Nicaragua. It has a population of 28,100 (2006, est.) and an extension of 559.61 km2. The economy is based mainly on agricultural and some agropecuarian activities. The capital is the town of San Lorenzo located 91 km from Managua. Most people in the municipality (70%) lives in rural areas. The mayor of the municipality of San Lorenzo is Leonel Leonidas Sasiga Madrigal from the Constitutionalist Liberal Party (PLC). History Back in 1852, Josefa Tellez, owner of a small farm in the vicinity of the area where the town of San Lorenzo is located today, found a religious image of San Lorenzo. From that day the place was known as San Lorenzo de los Tellez in honor to Josefa Tellez. San Lorenzo was officially granted the title of town on August 23, 1858. With new settlers from Granada Department in 1872, the town became more populated. The municipality of San Lorenzo was part of the Chontales Department Chontales () () ...
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Departments Of Nicaragua
Nicaragua is a Unitary state, unitary republic, divided for administrative purposes into fifteen Department (country subdivision), departments () and two autonomous regions (). Departments Autonomous regions In 1987, the new Constitution of Nicaragua, constitution established the Charter of Autonomy (limited self-government) for the former Zelaya Department, department of Zelaya, comprising the entire eastern half of the country. The department was divided into two autonomous regions (communities): the North Caribbean Coast Autonomous Region and the South Caribbean Coast Autonomous Region. The Charter of Autonomy is largely based on Autonomous communities of Spain, the model used by Spain. The communities are governed by a Governor and a Regional Council. See also *ISO 3166-2:NI Notes * (INETER). . March, 2000. * (INIFOM). . * International Organization for Standardization (ISO). ''Codes for the representation of names of countries and their subdivisions''. ISO 3 ...
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Boaco Department
Boaco () is a department in Nicaragua. It was formed in 1938 out of part of Chontales Department. It covers an area of and has a population of 186,284 (2021 estimate). The capital is the city of Boaco. Indigenous peoples are the ''Nahuas'' and '' Sumos''. Municipalities # Boaco Boaco () is the capital city and a municipality of the Boaco Department of Nicaragua. The municipality of Boaco has a population of 63,422 (2022 est.) and an area of 1,087 km2 (26% of the Boaco Department) while the department (state) is 4,1 ... # Camoapa # San José de los Remates # San Lorenzo # Santa Lucía # Teustepe References Departments of Nicaragua States and territories established in 1938 {{Nicaragua-geo-stub ...
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Municipalities Of Nicaragua
The 15 Departments of Nicaragua, departments and 2 autonomous regions of Nicaragua are divided into 153 municipalities. The formation and dissolution of municipalities is governed by the Law of Municipalities (in Spanish language, Spanish: ''Ley No.40 - Ley de Municipalidades''), drafted and approved by the National Assembly of Nicaragua, National Assembly on July 2. 1988. The municipalities are responsible for planning and urban development, collection of municipal taxes, maintenance of public utilities and other services, such as parks, sewerage and public cemeteries. Whilst municipal governments may not be responsible for large highways, small roads and tracks usually come under their control. Additionally, municipal governments may issue permits for the operation of urban and intermunicipal bus services. Other functions of municipal governments include the establishment of libraries, museums, municipal bands, zoos, the promotion of traditional and folklore festivals and vario ...
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Managua
Managua () is the capital city, capital and largest city of Nicaragua, and one of the List of largest cities in Central America, largest cities in Central America. Located on the shores of Lake Managua, the city had an estimated population of 1,055,247 as of 2020, and a population of 1,401,687 in its metropolitan area. The city also serves as the seat of Managua Department. Founded in 1819, Managua became the national capital in 1852. The city underwent a rapid expansion and urbanization between 1842 and 1930, leading it to become one of the most developed cities in Central America. Several earthquakes have affected the city's growth, especially the 1931 Nicaragua earthquake, 1931 earthquake and the 1972 Nicaragua earthquake, 1972 earthquake, but the city has been rebuilt several times. Today, the city is a major economic hub for both the country and Central America. Etymology There are two possible origins for the name "Managua". It may have originated from the term ''Mana-ahua ...
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Leonel Leonidas Sasiga Madrigal
Leonel is a given name. Notable people with the name include: *Leonel Altobelli (born 1986), Argentine footballer * Leonel Álvarez (born 1965), former Colombian football defensive midfielder *Leonel Bastos or Lionel Bastos, singer, songwriter and music producer * Leonel Beaudoin or Léonel Beaudoin (1924–2021), Canadian politician and insurance agent *Leonel Brizola (1922–2004), Brazilian politician * Leonel Campos, baseball player *Leonel Cárcamo (born 1965), retired Salvadoran football player *Leonel Conde, retired Uruguayan football goalkeeper *Fernando Leonel Cortés (born 1988), Mexican football striker * Leonel Cubas (died 2007), football player from El Salvador * Leonel da Silva Araujo, also known as Leonel (born 1986), football player * Léonel de Moustier (1882–1945), French businessman and politician *Leonel Fernández (born 1953), Dominican lawyer, academic, President of the Dominican Republic from 1996 to 2000, and from 2004 to 2012 * Leonel Galeano (born 1991), A ...
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Constitutionalist Liberal Party
The Constitutionalist Liberal Party () is a political party in Nicaragua. History The Constitutionalist Liberal Party is the political successor of the Democratic Party, a faction which has existed since Nicaragua became independent during the 1830s. After being defeated by the Legitimists (future members of the Conservative Party) in a civil war in the 1850s, the Democratic Party returned to power in 1893 under President José Santos Zelaya, who lost power in 1909. Under pressure from American troops who had occupied Nicaragua, the Democrats lost power the following year, and remained out of power until 1926 when, following another revolt, they forced the Conservatives into a coalition government. Some factions of the Democratic Party, along with some factions of the Conservative Party, supported Anastasio Somoza García, who gained power in the 1930s, defeating another Democratic faction led by Augusto Sandino, who continued fighting after the 1926 coalition agreement. Th ...
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Perceptions Of Religious Imagery In Natural Phenomena
People have been found to perceive images with spiritual or religious themes or import, sometimes called iconoplasms or simulacra, in the shapes of natural phenomena. The images perceived, whether iconic or aniconic, may be the faces of religious notables or the manifestation of spiritual symbols in the natural, organic media or phenomena of the natural world. The occurrence or event of perception may be transient or fleeting or may be more enduring and monumental. The phenomenon appears to approach a cultural universal and may often accompany nature worship, animism, and fetishism, along with more formal or organized belief systems. Within Christian traditions, many instances reported involve images of Jesus or other Christian figures seen in food; in the Muslim world, structures in food and other natural objects may be perceived as religious text in Arabic script, particularly the word Allah or verses from the Qur'an. Many religious believers view them as real manifestations ...
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Saint Lawrence
Saint Lawrence or Laurence (; 31 December 225 – 10 August 258) was one of the seven deacons of the city of Rome under Pope Sixtus II who were martyred in the Persecution of Christians, persecution of the Christians that the Roman Empire, Roman emperor Valerian (emperor), Valerian ordered in 258. Life Lawrence is thought to have been born on 31 December AD 225, in Huesca (or less probably, in Valencia), the town from which his parents came in the later region of Aragon that was then part of the Roman province of Hispania Tarraconensis. The martyrs Orentius (Modern Spanish: ) and Patientia (Modern Spanish: ) are traditionally held to have been his parents.Sts. Orentius and Patientia
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Granada Department
Granada () is a department in Nicaragua. It covers an area of and has a population of 215,965 (2021 estimate). The capital is the city of Granada, one of North America's oldest cities. Municipalities # Diria # Diriomo # Granada Granada ( ; ) is the capital city of the province of Granada, in the autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community of Andalusia, Spain. Granada is located at the foot of the Sierra Nevada (Spain), Sierra Nevada mountains, at the confluence ... # Nandaime References Departments of Nicaragua {{Nicaragua-geo-stub ...
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Chontales Department
Chontales () () is a Departments of Nicaragua, department in Nicaragua. It covers an area of and has a population of 191,856. The capital is Juigalpa. Some of land overlooks Lake Cocibolca (Lake Nicaragua) on the western side. The department is livestock and fishing based, and is also a producer of apples. Geography The Chontales Department is situated in the central-southwest part of the country. It is bordered by the Boaco Department to the north, the Río San Juan Department to the south, the South Caribbean Coast Autonomous Region to the east and Lake Cocibolca to the west. Chontales geographically primarily consists of the slopes around Lake Cocibolca, the Serranía Chontaleña range and rolling hills that undulate towards the Caribbean plain. The Cuisalá River, Cuisalá, a tributary of the Mayales River, Mayales flows in the northwestern part of the department. The shoreline of Lake Cocibolca within the department is about , between the mouths of the Tecolostote River, T ...
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