Granada (Spanish pronunciation: [ɡɾaˈnaða]) is a city in western Nicaragua and the capital of the Granada Department. With an estimated population of...
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Lake Nicaragua or Cocibolca or Granada (Spanish: Lago de Nicaragua, Lago Cocibolca, Mar Dulce, Gran Lago, Gran Lago Dulce, or Lago de Granada) is a freshwater...
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Nicaragua, officially the Republic of Nicaragua, is the geographically largest country in Central America, comprising 130,370 km2 (50,340 sq mi). With...
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The islets of Granada (Spanish: Isletas de Granada) are located in Lake Nicaragua, just southeast of the city of Granada in Nicaragua. The islets are...
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the Nicaraguan railway from Corinto to Granada was threatened, interfering with U.S. interests.: 144 In mid-1912 Mena persuaded the Nicaraguan national...
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Granada (Spanish pronunciation: [ɡɾaˈnaða]) is a department in Nicaragua. It covers an area of 1040 km2 and has a population of 215,965 (2021 estimate)...
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Señora de la Asunción) also called Granada Cathedral is a neoclassical Catholic cathedral located in Granada, Nicaragua, 40 kilometres (25 mi) southeast...
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Cundinamarca, a town Granada, Meta, a town Granada (Kuwait), a residential area in Kuwait Granada, Nicaragua, a colonial city Granada Department, a subdivision...
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The flag of Nicaragua was first adopted on September 4, 1908, but not made official until August 27, 1971. It is based on, and inspired by, the flag of...
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Carlos Pellas Chamorro (category Nicaraguan billionaires)
Nicaragua's first billionaire. Carlos Francisco Pellas Chamorro was born in Granada, Nicaragua, on January 10, 1953. He is the son of Alfredo Pellas Chamorro and...
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pirates and filibusters operated in Lake Nicaragua and the surrounding shores. The Spanish city of Granada, located on the lake, was an important trading...
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Vigorón (category Nicaragua stubs)
in his 1971 book "Granada," stated that María Luisa Cisneros Lacayo, "La Loca," developed the recipe in 1914 in Granada, Nicaragua, and she named the...
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Filibuster War (redirect from Nicaragua National War)
based in León, and the conservative party, based in Granada. In 1854, a civil war erupted in Nicaragua between the Legitimist Party (also called the 'Conservative...
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Emiliano Chamorro Vargas (category Presidents of Nicaragua)
Nicaragua. Fernando Chamorro Lacayo b. 1751 Granada, Nicaragua d. 1793 Granada, Nicaragua and Bárbara Nicolasa Argüello del Castillo b. 1756 Granada,...
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Ernesto Cardenal (category People from Granada, Nicaragua)
was born into an upper-class family in Granada, Nicaragua. He studied at Colegio Centro América in Nicaragua. One of his brothers was fellow priest Fernando...
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Pedro Joaquín Chamorro Cardenal (category People from Granada, Nicaragua)
Joaquín Chamorro Cardenal (23 September 1924 – 10 January 1978) was a Nicaraguan journalist and publisher. He was the editor of La Prensa, the only significant...
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William Walker (filibuster) (redirect from William Walker (Nicaragua))
states Nicaragua Canal Panama Canal Florencio Xatruch Granada, Nicaragua, the colonial city that William Walker destroyed "Gobernantes de Nicaragua". Ministerio...
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Granada, and most recently ecotourism and agritourism, particularly in Northern Nicaragua. In 2013, more than 1.2 million tourists visited Nicaragua,...
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Lorenzo Guerrero (category People from Granada, Nicaragua)
was a physician and surgeon by profession. He was mayor of his native Granada (1932), minister of Education (1934-1937), ambassador to Mexico (1937 and...
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Dennis Martínez (category People from Granada, Nicaragua)
four-time MLB All-Star. He was the first Nicaraguan to play in the majors. Martínez was born in Granada, Nicaragua, the last of seven children to Edmundo...
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franchise for Nicaragua to send delegates into the Miss World pageant. The reining Miss World Nicaragua is Julia Aguilar from Granada she was 1st Runner-up...
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Fruto Chamorro (category Presidents of Nicaragua)
was one of the founders of the Conservative Party of Nicaragua, centered on the city of Granada. He was committed to the Conservative cause and became...
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Fernando Chamorro Alfaro (category 19th-century Nicaraguan people)
1751 Granada, Nicaragua d. 1793 Granada, Nicaragua and Barbara Nicolasa Arguello del Castillo b. 1756 Granada, Nicaragua d. 1785 Granada, Nicaragua Pedro...
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María Romero Meneses (category People from Granada, Nicaragua)
María Romero Meneses, FMA (13 January 1902 – 7 July 1977) was a Nicaraguan Catholic religious sister and a professed member from the Salesian Sisters of...
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reputed as the founder of Nicaragua, and in fact he founded two important Nicaraguan cities, Granada and León. The currency of Nicaragua is named the córdoba...
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Walker (film) (redirect from Dispatches from Nicaragua)
and his corps score a bloody victory in Nicaragua, first in Rivas and then in the Conservative capital of Granada. In the midst of battle, Walker calmly...
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representing Nicaragua, and was created by a pediatrician from Granada. Beer is also a common alcoholic beverage consumed in Nicaragua. Popular brands...
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Evidelia González (category People from Granada, Nicaragua)
November 1997) is a Nicaraguan rower. She competed in the 2020 Summer Olympics. She was one of the eight athletes who represented Nicaragua in these games...
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Virginia Granada (born December 8, 1930) is an American nurse, humanitarian, and peace and social justice activist who resides in Nicaragua. She founded...
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Diego Vigil y Cocaña (1799, Tegucigalpa, Honduras – 10 January 1845, Granada, Nicaragua) was a Central American politician. He was the last president of the...
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