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deals, reviews and articles for Managua each week. Managua is
the capitol city of Nicaragua, located on a large lake, also
named Managua. For much of the city's history it was the home to
clans of the country's native Mestizo Indians. The area was
claimed by the Spanish in the 16th Century after Christopher
Columbus fist discovered it on his last voyage to the New World.
Following the Spanish, settlers from other parts of Europe also
settled in the area including the Germans and the French. The
primary language in Nicaragua is Spanish, though some of the
Mestizo language can still be heard. Some years after Nicaragua
won its independence from Spain in the early 19th Century,
Managua was declared its capitol--in 1855. This being after
years of rivalry with Nicaragua's other two large cities, Leon
and Granada, who also wanted the post. The city has, throughout
its past, had a history of violent earth quakes--two of the most
destructive being in 1931