Tipitapa

Tipitapa
Coordinates: 12 ° 10 ′  N , 85 ° 55 ′  W Tipitapa​ Tipitapa on the map of Nicaragua
Basic data
Country	Nicaragua
Department	Managua
City foundation	1755
Residents	108,457  (2000)
City insignia
Detailed data
surface	975.17 kms2
height	50  m
Waters	Río Panaloya
Time zone	UTC −6
City Presidency	Cesár Vásquez FSLN
City patron	Esquipulas, Cristo Negro
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Tipitapa is a municipality in the Managua department in Nicaragua .

The place is conveniently located on the Panamericana 22 km east of Managua and very close to Managua International Airport on Lake Managua .

history

Around 4000 BC BC people walked on the edge of Lake Managua and left their marks in Huellas de Acahualinca. On Nahuat , Tipitapa means place of stone mats . In 596 Chorotegas were here. In the area of ​​the municipality is the Hacienda San Jacinto on which on September 14, 1856 the battle of San Jacinto against the filibustiers of William Walker was fought .

Pacto del Espino Negro

The generals of the Partido Liberal Jose Maria Moncada and Juan Bautista Sacasa fought until May 4, 1929 at Guerra Constitucionalista , then closed in Tipitapa with the US President Calvin Coolidge sent Henry L. Stimson under Espino Negro the Pacto del Espino Negro . After Díaz's tenure, Moncada and then Sacasa were allowed to become president. In 1929 a law was passed after which Tipitapa was now to be called "Villa Stimpson", for various reasons another law was passed, which named the previous San José de Tipitapa .

Drying tunnel

The area has been variously considered as a transoceanic dry canal route. The transoceanic waterway is intended to connect the Atlantic and Pacific and be more than three times as long as the 82-kilometer Panama Canal and its biggest competitor. 105 kilometers of the route should lead through Lake Nicaragua. In addition to the canal, an airport, a pipeline, two deep-sea ports, a rail link, a free trade zone and a tourism department are planned.

Las Mercedes

Tipitapa is located near the large Las Mercedes free trade zone with more than 30,000 employees in maquilas . Workers receive the equivalent of about five to six United States dollars a day in Cordobas . Chemical companies, manufacturers of pesticides and furniture upholsterers, who are suppliers to US furniture manufacturers, are located in the free trade zone. Chentex Garment SA is one of the large maquila factories of "Las Mercedes" and belongs to the Taiwanese group of companies Nien Hsing , one of the world's largest jeans producers, which operates four other maquilas in Nicaragua. Chentex employs around 1,900 women who produce trousers for the US market.

Agriculture

Agricultural products such as cattle, melons, corn, sorghum and peanuts are produced in the area.

The Asociación Coordinadora Municipal de Proyectos de Ciudades Hermanas de Tipitapa (COMPALCIHT) was founded in 1987 and coordinates projects of partner cities such as social work, nutrition programs, agricultural projects, health promotion, youth programs and school projects. Since 1987 there has been a New York-Tipitapa Sister City Project, which was founded by the Committee for Non-Intervention in Central America and promotes conscious cultural exchange.

Fiestas

From January 6th to 30th, the patron "Esquipulas" or Cristo Negro is celebrated.

Río Tipitapa

The Rio Tipitapa or Río Panaloya is the outflow from Lake Managua near Tipitapa into Lake Nicaragua .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ manfut Tipitapa
2. ^ Time Nov. 12, 1928 Not a Jot, Not a Tittle
3. ↑ derstandard.at/2000011382792/Mit-Napoleons-Idee-spalten-ein-Chinese-Nicaragua
4. ↑ Free trade zones - gold mines of foreign companies
5. ↑ http://www.tipitapa.org/
6. ↑ Tipitiapa (PDF; 33 kB) ( Memento from October 21, 2012 in the Internet Archive )