Jinotepe () is a

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and

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in the Carazo department of

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. The Indigenous inhabitants of Jinotepe are the Chorotegas and

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. It borders with

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, and Rivas.

Toponymy

Jinotepe comes from the Nawat language, and is named after the Nahua chiefdom of Xinotepet, which was located in the present-day department of Carazo.Colonización de américa, cuando la historia marcha, de Oviedo y Valdés, Gonzalo c. 1480 - 1557, 2006

Geography

Climate

Jinotepe, like much of Western Nicaragua except for the Sierras, has a

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with constant temperatures averaging between . Under Köppen’s climate classification, the city has a tropical wet and dry climate. A distinct dry season exists between November and April, while most of the rainfall is received between May and October. Temperatures are highest in March and April, when the sun lies directly overhead and the summer rainfall has yet to begin.

Sports

Home of the baseball team cafeteros de carazo.

International relations

Twin towns – Sister cities

Jinotepe is twinned with:

References

{{Authority control Municipalities of the Carazo Department