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Managua has a population of 1.6 million people. Making it the second largest city of Central America, after Guatemala City. It does not have a population of 500,000 as posted by a user. - 69.175.40.52

I have emailed Nicaragaun Tourism Institute (http://www.intur.gob.ni/index_eng.html) to see if I can get a photo of Managua, that is not subject to copyright issues. Hopefully I can get a reply soon and maybe even get a photo. CooldogCongo

Contents 1 Not much hurricane 2 sandanistas and nicaraguan sign language 3 Sandinistas/sign language 4 La Prensa vs. El Nuevo Diario 5 To put it bluntly: biased article 6 Date of establishment as the national capital 7 Sister Cities

[edit] Not much hurricane

While Hurricane Mitch devastated the rural parts of Nicaragua, Managua got off without much serious damage. Hence, I eliminated the line about damage to the city as a result of that hurricane

Indeed: I live in Managua and I have obtained enough independent reports of the damage from Mitch in 1998 (in response to neutral prompts) to show that Managua was indeed severely affected by Hurricane Mitch. So you may want to reconsider that removal.

[edit] sandanistas and nicaraguan sign language

What exactly was the role of the Sandanistas in gathering deaf children together in schools "to engender Socialistic education" as this page claims? A similar claim was previously made on the ISN page — specifically that the school was set up by the Sandanistas — but in fact the school where the language emerged was opened in 1977 — two years before the revolution. Is there any reason to believe that the Sandanistas and/or socialism have anything other than a co-incidental role in the birth of this language? ntennis 05:47, 29 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Sandinistas/sign language

The Sandinistas did set up the sign language school according to some learning channel networks I've seen. Perhaps they did not construct the building brick per brick.

[edit] La Prensa vs. El Nuevo Diario

The article states that La Prensa is the most important/independent newspaper in Nicaragua. This is a very personal POV as La Prensa is as much right-wing as El Nuevo Diario is left-wing. --Magicartpro 22:04, 4 October 2006 (UTC)

The title of the cited article is "La Prensa" newspaper and its journalists harassed for reporting on alleged corruption and does not evidence the statement of La Prensa being "by far the most important and independent newspaper of the nation". Magicartpro 03:36, 14 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] To put it bluntly: biased article

I hate to word it this way, but I've been living in Managua for months; I know the local and the foreign opinions (coming from America and Germany); and to me, this article has a very definite skew. "Surprisingly the safest city in Central America, and possibly all Americas"? I haven't looked closely, but I don't think I would find anything that is outright untrue; just opinions and putting the "best light" on a lot of things, like the highway condition and the commute situation. What about the crime? What about the lack of centralization? Poverty? Did this come from the Nicaraguan government - trying to attract tourism? (From the way they work, I wouldn't be surprised if it did.) I will look into this article more thoroughly.

Incidentally, while I have only a partial view of the situation, I have a North American contact here who has lived in Managua for over 10 years. She took a look at the article, and agrees with me both that the article is distinctly slanted, and that it appears to have been done so by the Nicaraguan government itself.

hmmm. maybe not the safest city of all the Americas, but the crime rate is defenetely much lower than those of other cities in Latin America. It is partly biased, but I see nothing trully wrong with it. The lack of centralization you mention should be mentioned. Hanek45 19:31, 15 November 2006 (UTC)

I recently heard that Interpol rated Nicaragua the safest city in all of Latin America. I checked briefly their website and could find nothing... I also heard US News did a report claiming the same thing...--Agrofe 17:15, 7 February 2007 (UTC)

I see the slant in the articvle but doubt it is the government. There are many Nicaraguan's who try to gloss over the realities in Nicaragua (particularly poverty and poor infrastructure). I think some of the recent edits have help this bias a bit.--Agrofe 19:10, 12 February 2007 (UTC)

Well, as a Nicaraguan I can explain the decentralization issue. It was done this way on purpose. The earthquake destroyed the entire center of Managua with the exception of maybe three buildings (including the Ruben Dario Theater, and what are now the Central Bank and Crowne Plaza Hotel. Since Managua is very susceptible to earthquakes, it was decided not to build it with a center, so that the even of its destruction wouldn't repeat itself 216.230.147.197 00:35, 10 March 2007 (UTC)JB

Hi 216.230.147.197, thanks for the input here. The geological/seismic stability of the center of Managua was certainly used as a pretext to decentralize the city. However, the Somozas and their cronies owned much of the real estate, building supply companies and construction companies. For this reason, many argue, laws were changed to force rebuilding on the former outskirts of the city. What are your thoughts on this?--Agrofe 15:35, 10 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Date of establishment as the national capital

León, Nicaragua says 1858; this article says 1857; es.wiki says 1855. Which was it? Biruitorul 06:08, 13 November 2006 (UTC)

The offial website of Managua says "en el año de 1892, es constituida capital de la República de Nicaragua." [[1]]. So??? Lets take the middle value, say 1876?? Or maybe better we take a Hijra count where a few years more or less don't matter because nobody knows if we count lunar or solar years!! --Kipala 19:05, 26 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Sister Cities

I just deleted a repeat in the sister cities and noticed it said Managua has 18 sister cities while only 17 are listed. Are there only 17 or is one simply not listed? Also, what happened to the flag of Panama?