Managua

**Managua**
	capital of Nicaragua
	Upload media
	Wikipedia Wikivoyage
Instance of	big city; largest city (Nicaragua); municipality of Nicaragua;
Location	Managua Department, Nicaragua
Located in or next to body of water	Lake Managua;
Official language	Spanish;
Head of government	Reyna Rueda (2018–);
Inception	24 March 1819;
Population	937,489 (2005);
Area	267.2 km²;
Elevation above sea level	143 m;
Different from	Managua ; Managua;
	official website
	12° 09′ 15.74″ N, 86° 16′ 25.56″ W
Authority file
	Q3274; VIAF cluster ID: 148910105; GND ID: 4252626-7; Library of Congress authority ID: n79056139; Bibliothèque nationale de France ID: 12466430v; IdRef ID: 033848475; NL CR AUT ID: ge311478; National Library of Israel ID (old): 000975435; National Library of Spain ID: XX452059; U.S. National Archives Identifier: 10044657; J9U ID: 987007561801505171; OpenStreetMap relation ID: 5835475; OpenStreetMap node ID: 175699213
	Reasonator; Scholia; Wikidocumentaries; KML file; WikiShootMe; OpenStreetMap; Search depicted;

<nowiki>Managua; Managua; Managva; Managua; Манагуæ; Managua; ماناگوا; ماناگوا; Managua; Манаґуа; Managua; Манагуа; Managua; Managua; Манагуа; Managua; Managua; Managua; Managua; मानाग्वा; Манагва; Managua; Managua; Manaqua; Managua; Managua; ماناغوا; Managua; 馬拿瓜; Манагуа; Managua; Managua; Managua; Managua; Managua; Managua; Managua; ماناگوآ; 馬納瓜; Managua; მანაგუა; マナグア; Managua; Managua; Manawa; මැනගුවා; Ma-na-kwa; मनागुआ; 马那瓜; ਮਾਨਾਗੁਆ; Managua; Managua; மனாகுவா; Манагуа; Managua; Managua (ulohang dakbayan sa Nicaragua); Managua; Managua; Managua; མ་ན་གུ་འ།; Mānāhuac; Managua; Managua; Манагуа; Managua; 馬拿瓜; Managua; Managua; Манагуа; Managua; ماناگۇئا; Managvo; Managua; Managua; মানাগুয়া; Managua; מאנאגוע; Managua; მანაგუა; Managua; Tábąąh Kin Haalʼá; Managua; Managua; Манагуа; Managua; Managua; Managua; ಮನಾಗುವಾ; Managoua; Managua; Манагуа; Managua; Managua; Managûa; Մանագուա; Managua; ማናጓ; ماناجوا; Managua; Managua; Managua; Манагуа; Managua; Managua; Манагуа; Манагуа; Managua; Managua; Managua; Managva; Managua; 馬納瓜; માનાગુઆ; Managua; Managua; מנגואה; Манагва; Manágua; Managua; మనాగువా; Ñanágua; Manaagua; Managua; มานากัว; Managua; Managua; Managua; 마나과; Managua; Managua; Манагуа; Managua; Манагва; Managua; Managua; Managua; Manágua; Managburg; Манагуа; Managua; Managva; Managua; Managua; 马那瓜; Manàgua; Managua; Managua; മനാഗ്വ; 馬納瓜; Манагуа; Манагуа; ماناڭوا; Managua; Managua; Managua; Μανάγκουα; Manaqua; capital de Nicaragua; Nicaragua fővárosa; höfuðborg Níkaragva; ma tomo li lawa e ma Nikalawa; capital de Nicaragua; Hauptstadt von Nicaragua; столица на Никарагуа; capitala republicii Nicaragua; ニカラグアの首都; hlavné mesto Nikaraguy; בירת ניקרגואה; 尼加拉瓜的首都; пряошец ди ине оцю ошсь Никарагуась; Nicaraguan pääkaupunki; ĉefurbo de Nikaragvo; Nicaragua vueiʹvvgåårad; لعاصمة د نيكاراݣوا; capitale del Nicaragua; নিকারাগুয়ার রাজধানী; capitale du Nicaragua; сталіца Нікарагуа; huvudstad i Nicaragua; निवराग्वाची राजधानी; 尼加拉瓜城市; thủ đô của Nicaragua; hlavní město Nikaraguy; Nikaragvas galvaspilsēta; capital e maior cidade da Nicarágua; главни и највећи град Никарагве; Capital de Nicaragua; столица Никарагуа; Haaptstad vum Nicaragua; столиця та найбільше місто Нікарагуа; ibu kota Nikaragua; stolica Nikaragui; Nicaraguas hovedstad; hoofdstad van Nicaragua; Никарагуа астанасы; Nicaragua oaivegávpot; 니카라과의 수도; Nicaragua uáivikaavpug; capital of Nicaragua; عاصمة نيكاراغوا; πρωτεύουσα της Νικαράγουας; Nikaragua'nın başkenti; 馬拿瓜; मानागुआ; மனாக்வா; Managua, Nicaragua; Манагуа қаласы; 马那瓜; 馬拿瓜; 馬拿瓜</nowiki>

This article is about the capital city of Nicaragua. For other uses, see en:Managua (disambiguation).

Managua is the capital city of Nicaragua as well as the department and municipality by the same name. It is also the largest city of the country. It is located on the southwestern shore of Lake Managua. The city has a population of about 1,680,100; composed predominantly of mestizos, whites and Spanish-speaking criollos (unmixed Europeans).

One of Managua's growing number of malls - Galerias Santo Domingo
National Palace in Managua
Statue of Sandino
Vista of Tiscapa Lagoon and the city of Managua
The new Cathedral
Xiomara Blandino, Miss Nicaragua 2007
Sushi Itto located in the Galerias Santo Domingo in Managua
During the Santo Domingo festival some people cover themselves in a mix of grease and motor oil to pay promises to the saint while others wear masks and costumes
Celebrating the annual "Alegria por la vida" Carnaval in 2007
Nicaraguans have a strong interest in baseball and essentially it has become a major sport in the country as well as a part of the nation's culture
After its renovation, Nicaragua's Augusto C. Sandino International Airport stands as the most modern airport in Central America
Satellite image
satellite image