Sixteen lantern slide sets were loaned to the Government of India and eight sets were forwarded to the U.S. Embassy, Managua, Nicaragua for the Educational Exchange Program.

* JPL NASA: Perspective View with Landsat Overlay, Lakes Managua and Nicaragua

* 1931 – An earthquake destroys Managua, Nicaragua, killing 2, 000.

The country's name is derived from Nicarao, the name of the Nahuatl-speaking tribe which inhabited the shores of Lake Nicaragua before the Spanish conquest of the Americas, and the Spanish word Agua, meaning water, due to the presence of the large Lake Cocibolca ( or Lake Nicaragua ) and Lake Managua ( or Lake Xolotlán ), as well as lagoons and rivers in the region.

In 1524, he established permanent settlements in the region, including two of Nicaragua's principal towns: Granada on Lake Nicaragua and León east of Lake Managua.

The U. S. Secretary of Commerce canceled a planned trip to Nicaragua, with the U. S. Ambassador in Managua saying, " It isn't the appropriate moment for the visit.

# Decides that, by the acts referred to in subparagraph ( 6 ) hereof the United States of America has acted, against the Republic of Nicaragua, in breach of its obligations under Article XIX of the Treaty of Friendship, Commerce and Navigation between the United States of America and the Republic of Nicaragua signed at Managua on 21 January 1956 ;

# Decides that the United States of America, by the attacks on Nicaraguan territory referred to in subparagraph ( 4 ) hereof, and by declaring a general embargo on trade with Nicaragua on 1 May 1985, has committed acts calculated to deprive of its object and purpose the Treaty of Friendship, Commerce and Navigation between the Parties signed at Managua on 21 January 1956 ;

# Decides that the United States of America, by the attacks on Nicaraguan territory referred to in subparagraph ( 4 ) hereof, and by declaring a general embargo on trade with Nicaragua on 1 May 1985, has acted in breach of its obligations under Article XIX of the Treaty of Friendship, Commerce and Navigation between the Parties signed at Managua on 21 January 1956 ;

# Decides that the United States of America is under an obligation to make reparation to the Republic of Nicaragua for all injury caused to Nicaragua by the breaches of the Treaty of Friendship, Commerce and Navigation between the Parties signed at Managua on 21 January 1956 ;

When Managua, the capital city of Nicaragua, was affected by a massive earthquake, Clemente, who had been visiting Managua three weeks before the quake, arranged emergency relief flights.

The University of Léon, and the National Autonomous University of Nicaragua ( UNAN ) in Managua were two of the principal centers of activity.

By the end of that month, with the exception of the capital, most of Nicaragua was under FSLN control, including León and Matagalpa, the two largest cities in Nicaragua after Managua.

The strong ties to Somoza decreased the potential to gain domestic support for the FDN, and prevented the U. S. guided unification operation, UNO: “ The contra war had to be sold to Congress and the public as the struggle of an opposition united against the regime in Managua .” The revolutionary hero and commander of the contra force of southern Nicaragua ARDE ( Nicaraguan Democratic Revolutionary Alliance ), Eden Pastora, refused to cooperate with the FDN.

* March 31 – An earthquake destroys Managua, Nicaragua, killing 2, 000 people.

** Two small earthquakes are felt at about 9: 30 and 10: 15 local time in Managua, Nicaragua.

** A 6. 25 Richter scale earthquake in Nicaragua kills 5, 000 – 12, 000 people in the capital, Managua ; President Somoza is later accused of pocketing millions of dollars worth of foreign aid intended for relief.

Roberto Clemente, whose ill-fated trip to Managua was intended to safeguard earthquake supplies, died in a plane crash while traveling to Nicaragua.

Elements of the 13th Support Brigade deployed to the 1972 Nicaragua earthquake to assist in disaster relief from 23 December 1972 to 19 January 1973, with its soldiers serving at Camp Christine, Managua, Nicaragua.

London / Managua: Leonard Cheshire International.

* The IATA code for Managua International Airport located in Managua, Nicaragua ; also known as the Augusto C. Sandino International Airport

Augusto Cesar Sandino International Airport () is the main airport in Managua, Nicaragua.

Inaugurated as Las Mercedes Airport in 1968 it was later renamed Augusto César Sandino International Airport during the Sandinista regime in 1980s and again in 2001 to Managua International Airport by then president Arnoldo Alemán.

The 12, 000 Guardsmen under his command, now besieged in the government quarter of Tiscapa hill at Managua and Managua International Airport, and at the remaining holdouts throughout the country were exhorted to continue the fight.

All FAGN aircraft and personnel were concentrated at the military airbase adjacent to the Mercedes International Airport at Managua, which also housed the Aviation School.

* Managua – Augusto C. Sandino International Airport

* Managua – Augusto C. Sandino International Airport

Headquartered in the capital Managua, it operated scheduled passenger flights within Central America, as well as to Mexico City and the United States out of its hub at the city's Augusto C. Sandino International Airport.

Its service hub is the Augusto C. Sandino International Airport, previously known as the Managua International Airport.

* Managua ( Augusto C. Sandino International Airport ) ( Hub )

* Managua ( Augusto C. Sandino International Airport )

* International: Belize City, Bluefields, Corn Island, Grand Cayman, Managua, Puerto Cabezas, San Andres.

Its main base was Managua International Airport.

Amerijet International operates freight services to the following international scheduled destinations ( as of February 2010 ): Anguilla, Antigua, Aruba, Barbados, Barcelona, Belize City, Bogota, Cancún, Ciudad del Carmen, Curaçao, Curitiba, Dominica, Fort-de-France, Freeport, Georgetown, Grenada, Guadalajara, Guatemala City, Kingston, Las Piedras, Lima, Managua, Manaus, Maracaibo, Maturín, Mérida, Mexico City, Montserrat, Monterrey, Nassau, Nevis, Paramaribo, Pointe-à-Pitre, Porlamar, Port-au-Prince, Port of Spain, Puerto Plata, San Juan, San Pedro Sula, San Salvador, Santiago ( DR ), Santo Domingo, St Kitts, Saint Lucia, Sint Maarten, St Vincent, Tortola.

** Managua – Augusto C. Sandino International Airport ( Focus City )

Ayax Delgado was captured after participating in " illegal " demonstrations, but he was also implicated in a bombing that claimed the life of a watchman guarding " Casa Pellas ", a business of a renowned Managua businessman.

The original settlement was established Tipitapa in an area located to the southwest of the present town, near the river's shad, and like all Indian villages the sector had a small population whose economic activity was fishing, which performed on the shores of Lake Managua.

As Minister of Tourism, he promoted state development projects, such as the Montelimar beach resort in 1986 and the Olof Palme Convention Center in Managua.

Although less populous than Managua, León has long been the intellectual center of the nation, with its university founded in 1813.

Initially attached to the 3rd company of the General Somoza Combat Battalion and headquartered at Tiscapa Hill just outside Managua, the EEBI was an indigenous Special Forces training center modelled after Fort Bragg, and was tasked of training the Guardia ’ s own elite anti-guerrilla ' Commandos ', the ‘ Black Berets ’.

While he was imprisoned at the El Modelo jail, just outside of Managua, he wrote poems, one of which he titled " I Never Saw Managua When Miniskirts Were in Fashion ".

A major turning point was the December 1972 Managua earthquake that killed over 10, 000 people and left 500, 000 homeless.

Lake Managua was considered dead because of decades of pesticide runoff, toxic chemical pollution from lakeside factories, and untreated sewage.

The Court found in its verdict that the United States was " in breach of its obligations under customary international law not to use force against another State ", " not to intervene in its affairs ", " not to violate its sovereignty ", " not to interrupt peaceful maritime commerce ", and " in breach of its obligations under Article XIX of the Treaty of Friendship, Commerce and Navigation between the Parties signed at Managua on 21 January 1956.

On June 4, a general strike was called by the FSLN to last until Somoza fell and an uprising was launched in Managua.

Municipal elections in November 2000 saw a strong Sandinista vote, especially in urban areas, and former Tourism Minister Herty Lewites was elected mayor of Managua.

After his retirement from boxing, Argüello became active in Nicaraguan politics and in November 2008 he was elected mayor of Managua, the nation's capital city.

Argüello was actively involved in Nicaraguan politics with the Sandinista National Liberation Front ( FSLN )-- the same party against whom he took up arms in the 1980s — and in 2004 was elected vice-mayor of Managua.

She was educated in private Catholic schools in Granada and Managua.

For some years the capital shifted back and forth between León and Granada, Nicaragua, with Liberal regimes preferring León and Conservative ones Granada, until as a compromise Managua was agreed upon to be the permanent capital in 1858.

In 1980, a vocational school for adolescent deaf children was opened in the area of Managua called Villa Libertad.

In 1996 Bolaños was chosen by presidential candidate and former mayor of Managua Arnoldo Alemán as vice-presidential candidate for the PLC ( Liberal Constitutionalist Party ).

Alemán was born in Managua and received his early education at the La Salle institute in Managua.

He was president of the Asociación de Cafetaleros de Managua ( 1983 – 1990 ); the Unión de Cafetaleros de Nicaragua ( UNCAFENIC, 1986 – 1990 ); the Federación de Municipios de América Central ( 1992 – 1993 ) and of the Federación Municipal de Ciudades de Centroamérica ( 1993 – 1995 ).

In 1981, MARENA found that half of water sources they sampled were seriously polluted by sewage and that 70, 000 pounds of raw sewage was released into Lake Managua each day.

In April Sandino's forces played a vital role in assisting the principal Liberal Army column, which was advancing on Managua.