What is the name of the city in Nicaragua?
Q: What is the name of the city in Nicaragua?
A: The city is Managua.
Q: When was Managua founded?
A: Managua was founded as Leal Villa de Santiago de Managua in 1811.
Q: What does the word "managua" mean?
A: The word managua comes from the Nahuatl language mana-ahuac and it means near water.
Q: How many people lived in Managua in 2004?
A: About 1.8 million people lived there in 2004.
Q: What are some of the communities that live in Managua?
A: There are big communities of Catalonians, Germans, Italians and French living in Managua.
Q: Are addresses used to give directions around the city? A: In general, addresses are rarely used to give directions and instead people usually use monuments to tell where a certain place is.
Q:What natural disasters have affected Managua over time? A:Managua has had two destructive earthquakes and Hurricane Mitch caused further destructions in 1998.
