Jinotepe, Carazo

Municipality in Carazo Department, Nicaragua From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Jinotepe, Carazomap

Jinotepe (Spanish pronunciation: [xinoˈtepe]) is a city and municipality in the Carazo department of Nicaragua. The Indigenous inhabitants of Jinotepe are the Chorotegas and Nahuas.

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Jinotepe
Municipality
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Old Jinotepe train station
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Jinotepe
Location in Nicaragua
Coordinates: 11°51′N 86°12′W
Country Nicaragua
DepartmentCarazo Department
Area
  Municipality
281 km2 (108 sq mi)
Population
 (2022 estimate)[1]
  Municipality
55,333
  Density200/km2 (510/sq mi)
  Urban
40,361
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It borders with Managua, Masaya, Granada, and Rivas.

Toponymy

Jinotepe comes from the Nawat language, and is named after the Nahua chiefdom of Xinotepet, which was located in the present-day department of Carazo.[2][3][4]

Geography

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Climate

Jinotepe, like much of Western Nicaragua except for the Sierras, has a tropical climate with constant temperatures averaging between 28 and 32 °C (82 and 90 °F). Under Köppen’s climate classification, the city has a tropical wet and dry climate. A distinct dry season exists between November and April, while most of the rainfall is received between May and October. Temperatures are highest in March and April, when the sun lies directly overhead and the summer rainfall has yet to begin.

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Climate data for Jinotepe, Nicaragua
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) 31.0
(87.8)
32.1
(89.8)
33.6
(92.5)
34.3
(93.7)
34.0
(93.2)
31.4
(88.5)
30.9
(87.6)
31.4
(88.5)
30.3
(86.5)
30.8
(87.4)
30.6
(87.1)
30.8
(87.4)
31.8
(89.2)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) 20.4
(68.7)
20.6
(69.1)
21.7
(71.1)
22.6
(72.7)
23.4
(74.1)
23.0
(73.4)
22.6
(72.7)
22.4
(72.3)
22.2
(72.0)
22.1
(71.8)
20.9
(69.6)
20.0
(68.0)
21.8
(71.2)
Average rainfall mm (inches) 9
(0.4)
5
(0.2)
3
(0.1)
8
(0.3)
130
(5.1)
224
(8.8)
144
(5.7)
136
(5.4)
215
(8.5)
280
(11.0)
42
(1.7)
8
(0.3)
1,204
(47.5)
Average rainy days (≥ 1.0 mm) 1 0 0 0 11 13 15 15 15 15 5 0 90
Average relative humidity (%) 69 64 62 61 70 80 79 81 82 83 78 73 74
Mean monthly sunshine hours 263.5 254.2 291.4 276.0 229.4 186.0 151.9 195.3 210.0 223.2 231.0 248.0 2,759.9
Source: Wetter Spiegel online[5]
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Sports

Home of the baseball team cafeteros de carazo.[citation needed]

International relations

Twin towns – Sister cities

Jinotepe is twinned with:

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