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| | Revista Envío - The 2004 Municipal Elections: Final Forecasts |
 | | There are four departments in the Pacific strip south of Managua (Masaya, Carazo, Rivas and Granada), with the most important part of the population located in their capitals (Masaya, Jinotepe, Rivas and Granada, respectively), as well as the cities of Nindirí, Diriamba, La Concepción, Masatepe and Nandaime, all with over 30,000 inhabitants. |
 | | Boaco and Chontales are two ideologically conservative and anti-Sandinista departments, as demonstrated by the results of the last two elections (see following table). |
 | | Although the Sandinistas are running an excellent candidate—rancher Vivian Orozco—for the capital, the population of Boaco City is a captive vote for the PLC and is almost certain to elect Ligia Carolina Henríquez as mayor. |
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