MANAGUA  , the See also:

• CAPITAL (i.e. capital stock or fund)
• CAPITAL (Lat. caput, head)

capital of See also:

• NICARAGUA

Nicaragua, and of the See also:

• DEPARTMENT (Fr. departement, from departir, to separate into parts)

department of Managua; on the See also:

• SOUTHERN

southern See also:

• SHORE

shore of See also:

• LAKE
• LAKE, GERARD LAKE, 1ST VISCOUNT (1744-1808)

Lake Managua, and on the railway from Diriamba to El Viejo, 65 m. by See also:

• RAIL

rail S.E. of the Pacific See also:

• PORT

port of See also:

• CORINTO

Corinto . Pop . (19c5), about 30,000 . Managua is a See also:

• MODERN

modern See also:

• CITY (through Fr. cite, from Lat. civitas)

city, with many flourishing See also:

• INDUSTRIES

industries and a rapidly growing See also:

• POPULATION (Lat. populus, people; populare, to populate)

population . Its See also:

• CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief buildings are those erected after 1855, when it was chosen as the capital to put an end to the rivalry between the then more important cities of See also:

• LEON
• LEON, LUIS PONCE DE (1527-1591)
• LEON, MOSES BEN SI
• LEON, or LEON DE LAS ALDAMAS

Leon and See also:

• GRANADA
• GRANADA, LUIS DE (1504-1588)

Granada . They include the Palacio See also:

• NATIONAL

National or See also:

• GOVERNMENT
• GOVERNMENT (0. Fr. governement, mod. gouvernement, O. Fr. governer, mod. gouverner, from Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, guide, rule; cf. Gr. xv(3epvav)

government buildings, Corinthian in See also:

• STYLE
• STYLE (from Gr. a-6'1ms, a column; a different word from that used in literature, see below)

style, the national library and museum, an ornate See also:

• RENAISSANCE, THE

Renaissance structure, the See also:

• BARRACKS (derived through the French from the Late Lat. barra, a bar)
• BARRACKS, CAMP

barracks and the See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

general See also:

• POST

post See also:

• OFFICE (from Lat. officium, " duty," " service," a shortened form of opifacium, from facere, " to do," and either the stem of opes, " wealth," " aid," or opus, " work ")

office . Owing to its position on the lake, and its excellent communications by rail and steamer, Managua obtained after 1855 an important export See also:

• TRADE (O. Eng. trod, footstep, from tredan, to tread; in M. Eng. the forms teed, trod and trade appear, the last in the sense of a beaten track)
• TRADE, BOARD OF

trade in See also:

• COFFEE (Fr: cafe, Ger. Kaffee)

coffee, See also:

• SUGAR

sugar, See also:

• COCOA

cocoa and See also:

• COTTON
• COTTON (Fr. coton; from Arab. qutun)
• COTTON, CHARLES (163o–1687)
• COTTON, GEORGE EDWARD LYNCH (1813–1866)
• COTTON, JOHN (1585–1652)
• COTTON, SIR ROBERT BRUCE

cotton, although in 1876 it was temporarily ruined by a See also:

• GREAT

great inundation .