Corinto (Nicaragua)

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Corinto
Coordinates: 12 ° 29 ′  N , 87 ° 11 ′  W
Map: Nicaragua
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Corinto​
Corinto on the map of Nicaragua
Basic data
Country Nicaragua
Department Chinandega
City foundation 1863
Residents 22,000  (2005)
Detailed data
height 1  m
Time zone UTC −6
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Corinto is a port city with 22,000 inhabitants (2005) on the northwestern Pacific coast of the Central American state of Nicaragua .

geography

Geographical location

Corinto is located 150 km northwest of the capital Managua on the Pacific coast . It belongs to the Chinandega Department . Corinto lies on a peninsula and is connected to the mainland by two bridges.

history

The city was founded in 1863 and named after the Greek city of Corinth .

The Central American Squadron in front of Corinto March 1878 From left SMS Leipzig Elisabeth Ariadne Drawing by H Penner Illustrirte Zeitung 13 July 1878

In March / April 1878, the city was occupied by a squadron of the Imperial Navy as part of the Eisenstuck affair .

In April 1895 Corinto was briefly occupied by a squadron of the Royal Navy . The background was a dispute between Great Britain and Nicaragua over Nicaraguan debt repayments.

During the Contra War in the 1980s, the port served as a point of contact for Cuban and Soviet merchant ships, after which the CIA mined the port in 1984 . On October 10, 1983, a CIA commando had attacked five oil tanks in the port, burning 3.2 million gallons of fuel.

Culture and sights

Buildings

  • Lighthouse from 1876

Economy and Infrastructure

Corinto's schematic plan

The most important industries are fishing and especially the port. The port of Corinto (Spanish: Puerto Corinto ) is by far the most important port in Nicaragua. About two thirds of all imports and exports in the country by sea go through this port (1,984,241 t in 2007).

Town twinning

Corinto has twinned cities with the following cities:

See also

literature

  • Peter Kornbluh : Nicaragua: US Proinsurgency warfare against the Sandinistas , in: Michael T. Klare / Peter Kornbluh (ed.): Low-Intensity Warfare. Counterinsurgency, proinsurgency, and antiterrorism in the eighties , New York (Pantheon books) 1988, pp. 136–157. ISBN 0-394-55579-1

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