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  NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Chinandega   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Chinandega is the departmental seat of Chinandega department in Nicaragua.
Chinandega is a department in Nicaragua on the border with Honduras.
Chinandega is located in the Pacific region of Nicaragua, only 132 km from the capital and 70 kilometers of Honduras northwest of the country, is adjacent with the city of León and it ends at the wide peninsula of the Volcano Cosigüina close to the Gulf of Fonseca.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Chinandega   (281 words)

  
 Chinandega - LoveToKnow 1911
CHINANDEGA, or Chinendega, the capital of the department of Chinandega in western Nicaragua, 10 m.
Chinandega is the centre of a fertile corn-producing district, and has a large transit trade owing to its excellent situation on the chief Nicaraguan railway.
This page was last modified 12:19, 15 May 2006.
www.1911encyclopedia.org /Chinandega   (78 words)

  
  Department
The department is divided in 19 districts: Areguá Capiatá Fernan...
Guatemala Department Guatemala is a department in Guatemala.
Managua Department Managua is a department in Nicaragua.
www.brainyencyclopedia.com /topics/department.html   (3094 words)

  
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The health sector in Nicaragua (Ministry of Health and private sector) should have the ability to respond to limited sporadic clusters of Methanol poisoning during the next days, aided in part by the massive seizure of "guaro" throughout the country, particularly in the departments of León and Chinandega.
15 new cases were hospitalized on the 11th September, bringing the total number hospitalized to 160 - 116 in the department of León, 8 in the department of Chinandega and 36 in several referral hospitals of Managua.
Reinforcement of surveillance and intervention capacity in the department of León for the early detection of new cases, the closing of establishments that sell illegal alcohol and a mass communication program.
www.paho.org /english/dd/ped/nicaraguaMetanol.htm   (970 words)

  
 Department
A mountain range known as La Botija is located north and east of the department and it is part of the San Marcos de Colón mountain system.
The department was of great importance, since El Realejo was the port of entry and El Viejo was the first town, on entry.
Chinandega’s economy is mainly based on primary sector activities, like fisheries, agriculture and shrimp farming.
www.ans.edu.ni /Academics/Bendana,Virginia/Chinandega.htm   (282 words)

  
 Welcome to Nicaragua   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
It is a wildlife refuge for marine species that emigrate in their larvae phase from the ocean to the peaceful and rich waters of the estuary.
Located in Chinandega Department, the Volcano is active and rises with almost perfect lines.
Located in Jinotega Department, it is one of the most important biological reserves in the country.
www.intur.gob.ni /english/actividades/ecoturismo.html   (1253 words)

  
 Chinandega, Nicaragua, Pictures
Chinandega, city, northwestern Nicaragua, capital of Chinandega Department.
An industrial and trade center in a rich agricultural region, the city is connected by rail with the port of Corinto to the southwest.
The Spanish colonial port of El Realejo (1534) is nearby.
www.greatestcities.com /Central_America/Nicaragua/Chinandega_city.html   (115 words)

  
 Chinandega Department - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about Chinandega Department   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
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encyclopedia.farlex.com /Chinandega+Department   (86 words)

  
 Metro-Nica - Real Estate in Nicaragua
Founded in 1858, the department of Chinandega is located in the northwestern Pacific region of Nicaragua.
Chinandega has a great historical and cultural wealth.
It is now one of Nicaragua's prime producers of shrimp, sugar, and rum; and its beautiful beaches are an excellent place to visit for a few days, or if you have time, a few months.
www.metro-nica.com /chinandega.html   (87 words)

  
 Middle East Open Encyclopedia: Chinandega Department   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Chinandega is a department in Nicaragua, located on the border with Honduras.
The 2004 census reported a total population of 452,190 in the department of Chinandega.
Iraq Museum International always displays the most recent published revision of the source article, Chinandega Department; all previous versions may be viewed here.
www.baghdadmuseum.org /ref/index.php?title=Chinandega_Department   (200 words)

  
 Explore Nicaragua: Chinandega
The department of Chinandega is characterized by spectacular scenery, beautiful beaches, and a multitude of relatively unexplored attractions.
There are several other churches in Chinandega, and all of them are currently renovated by the COEN foundation.
Nicaragua’s highest volcano is located in the department of Chinandega, prominently visible from afar and constantly demonstrating its activity by emitting small clouds of smoke and gas.
www.vianica.com /visit/chinandega   (2479 words)

  
 Coordination Center for Natural Disaster Prevention in Central America - CEPREDENAC   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
The intense precipitation produced by Hurricane Mitch affected the whole country, but in particular the departments of Esteli, Leon, Matagalpa, Jinotega and Chinandega; also affected were areas of Lake Nicaragua near the Costarican border.
To the huge floods were added landslides of the Volcano Casitas in the department of Chinandega.
The priorities established a few days after the impact were concentrated around the tasks of rescue of victims that were still at risk, the transport of food to the isolated areas and the preliminary reparation of the lines of communication.
www.disaster-info.net /cepredenac/11_engl/mitch/nicaragua.htm   (338 words)

  
 Nicaragua (08/07)
In the mid-1980s, the central government divided the eastern half of the country--the former department of Zelaya--into two autonomous regions and granted the people of the region limited self-rule.
The Department of State encourages all U.S citizens traveling or residing abroad to register via the State Department's travel registration website or at the nearest U.S. embassy or consulate abroad.
Available on the Internet at http://www.state.gov, the Department of State web site provides timely, global access to official U.S. foreign policy information, including Background Notes and daily press briefings along with the directory of key officers of Foreign Service posts and more.
www.state.gov /r/pa/ei/bgn/1850.htm   (3570 words)

  
 Flowers Chinandega - Florist   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
We use FTD Chinandega florists and Interflora Chinandega florists, so we can guarantee the freshness of your floral gifts.
All the flower deliveries in Chinandega are designed by professional Chinandega local florist, that are part of our own network since 1992.
An industrial and trade center in a rich agricultural region, the city is connected by rail with the port of Corinto to the southwest.
www.abcflora.com /continents/camerica/nicaragua/chinandega.htm   (192 words)

  
 Nicaragua: Save the Children
Our program benefits young children and their families, with a special focus on families led by single mothers, throughout four municipalities of the Department of Chinandega.
In Buena Esperanza, a rural community located in the Department of Chinandega, Save the Children uses a combination of effective early childhood development programs and first grade interventions to ensure that children in remote rural communities have access to quality educational services and to decrease high drop-out and repetition rates in the first grade.
Because there is a high level of child trafficking, gangs and teenage pregnancy among Nicaraguan youth and young adults between 12 and 24 years old, Save the Children provides reproductive health education and livelihood programs — including community enterprise projects and funding for small businesses.
www.savethechildren.org /countries/latin-america-caribbean/nicaragua.html   (727 words)

  
 WCJB - TV20 News - Your Home Team - Gainesville - Lake City - Ocala   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
In the city of Chinandega, Nicaragua all of the firefighters are volunteers.
Bayardo Barrios, a doctor and Lieutenant with the Fire Department in Chinandega, came to visit his sister Maria in Ocala a few months ago.
He was impressed by the fire department, so he requested that any old equipment be sent to his country and last night the City of Ocala made that happen.
www.wcjb.com /news.asp?id=8970   (349 words)

  
 The Pacific Beaches in Nicaragua
The beach is located 40 kilometers from the city of Chinandega.
In Chinandega you can take a bus to El Viejo, from where you can take a bus to Jiquilillo.
The beaches north of Chinandega house several inlets and creeks.
www.vianica.com /go/specials/1-Pacific_Beaches_Nicaragua.html   (1392 words)

  
 Hurricane Mitch Update from Nicaragua
An unknown (but significant) number of cadavers have been discovered downstream, and no evidence that there are numbers of people living on the mountain has been uncovered.
The main highways to Leon and Chinandega Departments are now open using ex-Soviet TMD assault bridges and military pontoon bridges.
Although the new river channel outside Sebaco in Matagalpa Department has not yet been bridged (because of the current), ingenuity has succeeded where technology fails: supplies are trucked to the river, ferried across on small boats, then replaced on trucks waiting on the far bank.
www.planeta.com /planeta/98/1198mitchnic.html   (2052 words)

  
 americas.org - Three Killed in Land Dispute   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Three Nicaraguan campesinos were killed on February 23 in a violent five-hour confrontation with police at the Pan Brand estate outside the northwestern city of Chinandega, in Chinandega department.
Former Nicaraguan president Daniel Ortega Saavedra (1984-1990), the general secretary of the leftist Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN), spoke at the funeral for the victims on February 24; afterwards, the campesinos reoccupied the estate, which is owned by Milton Castillo and managed by his brother, César Castillo.
The landowners charge that the FSLN and Chinandega’s FSLN mayor, Julio Velásquez, are encouraging the takeovers, a charge which Velásquez denies.
www.americas.org /item_18258   (621 words)

  
 El 3 de enero del 2003   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Located at the extreme north of the department of Chinandega in the northwest of
it is situated 89 km from Chinandega City and 220 km from Managua.
Santo Thomas is one of the poorest municipalities in the country due to war and natural disasters.
dc37.dawsoncollege.qc.ca /norso/chaput/santo.htm   (666 words)

  
 EPA: Federal Register: Notice of Entering Into a Compact With the Government of the Republic of Nicaragua   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
The Program will contribute to improving the lives of the 800,000 residents of Le[oacute]n and Chinandega by raising household incomes in the region and also will benefit the country by transforming the region into an engine of economic growth.
Nicaragua's consultative process for the MCA proposal resulted in three key outcomes: (1) A shift from a national to a regional focus, (2) the prioritization of proposal components, and (3) ongoing participation and ownership at the local level.
Le[oacute]n-Chinandega means the departments of Le[oacute]n and Chinandega in Nicaragua.
www.epa.gov /fedrgstr/EPA-IMPACT/2005/August/Day-02/i15216.htm   (9312 words)

  
 Car Insurance Quotes - Asking the right insurance questions will ensure you get the best car quote.
(These rates have been concluded through the state Insurance Department.) Customers should consider the value of their cars and what they can afford, the cheapest insurance policy may not always be best.
Insurance department may rank car insurance companies based on the amount of substantiated complaints the department received in comparison with the volume of premiums that company writes in the state.
According to car insurance department statistics, no fault represents about one and a half percent of a policy with coverage at the recommended level for a thirty five year old man.
www.carinsurance.vc   (869 words)

  
 WFP Emergency Report - 20: 13-May-05
(b) Tension is high in the Northern Department of Chalatenango along the border with Honduras after claims of a military incursion by Honduran troops into Salvadoran territory on 5 May. (c) Emergency food distributions have been carried out in the Eastern Department of Morazan, mainly in communities along the Honduran border.
Morazan is considered one of the poorest departments in the country and lies within the "drought corridor" where cases of malnutrition have been on the rise as the communities are facing the peak of the lean period before the next maize harvest in August.
According to press reports, a new wave of illegal land occupations is affecting the department of Chinandega, in the northern-central part of Nicaragua, with 5 new illegal land occupations.
www.cidi.org /humanitarian/wfp/05a/ixl17.html   (9453 words)

  
 Nicaragua, Landmine Monitor Report 2003   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
In March 2003, Nicaragua reported the completion of mine clearance operations in the departments of Chinandega, Chontales, Boaco, and RAAS (Región Autónoma del Atlántico Sur).
On 3 July 2002, the OAS and Sweden announced an agreement on a $2.3 million contribution for the period from 2002-2005 to be spent on mine clearance in the north, in particular, the heavily mined-affected municipalities of Murra in the department of Nueva Segovia; and Wiwilí, in Jinotega department.
According to a media report, in January 2003, two peasants from Santo Tomas del Nance municipality were injured by a mine blast on the bank of the Gausaule River, in the department of Chinandega, an area that had been declared mine-free.
www.icbl.org /lm/2003/nicaragua.html   (5523 words)

  
 Nicaragua: Seeds of Hope   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
From their conversation, Marcia recalls, "I was convinced that the situation in Somotillo and areas of the Department (State) of Chinandega in northwest Nicaragua was critical.
As we walked several streets to the large altar, I thought back to Pastora Roche, the woman Dr Fred had diagnosed with sprue, and wondered if our visit to her home was looked upon as a miracle from the Virgin.
On our last day in the Department of Chinandega we visited several patients we'd seen earlier in the week.
www.cmmb.org /magazine/seeds_of_hope_su99.htm   (1733 words)

  
 ILW.COM - immigration news: Nicaraguan TPS Federal Register Notice   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Due to continued reconstruction of infrastructure damaged by Hurricane Mitch, the Secretary of DHS has determined that an 18-month extension of the TPS designation is warranted because Nicaragua remains unable, temporarily, to handle adequately the return of its nations.
There is a shortage of potable water in the northwestern department of Chinandega, one of the areas hardest hit by Hurricane Mitch.
Also in Chinandega, continued erosion related to Hurricane Mitch resulted in damage to 60% and loss of 4-7% of arable land.
www.ilw.com /immigdaily/news/2004,1104-nicaragua.shtm   (2731 words)

  
 Inter-American Human Rights Database
JOSE GIOVANNI ULLOA PERALTA, aged 22 years, a bachelor, electrical fitter, and resident of Corinto, Department of Chinandega.
He was arrested on January 2, l983 by border guards at a place known as Las Manos, and was subsequently taken to La Soledad Ranch.
LUIS ALONSO DIAZ RIVERA, aged 22 years, bachelor, farmer and a resident of the Breyera Area, Pantasma District, Department of Jinotega.
www.wcl.american.edu /humright/digest/1985/res0286.cfm   (839 words)

  
 Grupo Mosaico - Articles of Interest   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Every year more than 500 yachts travel southward from the West Coast of the United States and Canada looking for a place to stop in the increasingly saturated marinas of the mexican coast and often go as far south as the area of El Guaturco, in Costa Rica.
An ambitious new proyect, the dream of US businessman Roberto Membreño, is trying attract those yachts by establishing a marina on our own coast, in the department of Chinandega.
Marina Puesta del Sol, with slips to acomodate up to 90 yachts and sailboats, a yacht club, hotel and souvenir shop as well as all the supporting services carries a hefty price tag: 10 million dollars.
www.grupomosaico.com /GMarticle22.htm   (136 words)

  
 NSS Leonesa Spanish School -- Weekend Excursions   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
– This is a pueblo located to the east of the northern city of Chinandega, very close to the majestic Volcán San Cristóbal.
Her church is considered a national treasure along with the image of the Virgin Mary housed within.
– A trip to one of the most important commercial ports in Nicaragua, located in the department of Chinandega, where ships from all over the world loan and unload their cargo.
pages.prodigy.net /nss-pmc/Leon/leon_excurs.htm   (619 words)

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