Jinotepe | |
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Municipality | |
 Old Jinotepe train station | |
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  Jinotepe Location in Nicaragua | |
| Coordinates:11°51′N86°12′W / 11.850°N 86.200°W /11.850; -86.200 | |
| Country |  Nicaragua |
| Department | Carazo Department |
| Area | |
• Municipality | 281 km2 (108 sq mi) |
| Population (2022 estimate)[1] | |
• Municipality | 55,333 |
| • Density | 200/km2 (510/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 40,361 |
Jinotepe (Spanish pronunciation:[xinoˈtepe]) is acity andmunicipality in theCarazodepartment ofNicaragua. TheIndigenous inhabitants of Jinotepe are theChorotegas andNahuas.
It borders withManagua,Masaya,Granada, andRivas.
Jinotepe comes from theNawat language, and is named after theNahua chiefdom of Xinotepet, which was located in the present-day department of Carazo.[2][3][4]
Jinotepe, like much of Western Nicaragua except for the Sierras, has atropical climate with constant temperatures averaging between 28 and 32 °C (82 and 90 °F). UnderKöppen’s climate classification, the city has atropical wet and dry climate. A distinct dry season exists between November and April, while most of the rainfall is received between May and October. Temperatures are highest in March and April, when the sun lies directly overhead and the summer rainfall has yet to begin.
| Climate data for Jinotepe, Nicaragua | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 31.0 (87.8) | 32.1 (89.8) | 33.6 (92.5) | 34.3 (93.7) | 34.0 (93.2) | 31.4 (88.5) | 30.9 (87.6) | 31.4 (88.5) | 30.3 (86.5) | 30.8 (87.4) | 30.6 (87.1) | 30.8 (87.4) | 31.8 (89.2) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 20.4 (68.7) | 20.6 (69.1) | 21.7 (71.1) | 22.6 (72.7) | 23.4 (74.1) | 23.0 (73.4) | 22.6 (72.7) | 22.4 (72.3) | 22.2 (72.0) | 22.1 (71.8) | 20.9 (69.6) | 20.0 (68.0) | 21.8 (71.2) |
| Average rainfall mm (inches) | 9 (0.4) | 5 (0.2) | 3 (0.1) | 8 (0.3) | 130 (5.1) | 224 (8.8) | 144 (5.7) | 136 (5.4) | 215 (8.5) | 280 (11.0) | 42 (1.7) | 8 (0.3) | 1,204 (47.5) |
| Average rainy days(≥ 1.0 mm) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 13 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 5 | 0 | 90 |
| Averagerelative humidity (%) | 69 | 64 | 62 | 61 | 70 | 80 | 79 | 81 | 82 | 83 | 78 | 73 | 74 |
| Mean monthlysunshine hours | 263.5 | 254.2 | 291.4 | 276.0 | 229.4 | 186.0 | 151.9 | 195.3 | 210.0 | 223.2 | 231.0 | 248.0 | 2,759.9 |
| Source: Wetter Spiegel online[5] | |||||||||||||
Home of the baseball team cafeteros de carazo.[citation needed]
Jinotepe is twinned with:
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11°51′N86°12′W / 11.850°N 86.200°W /11.850; -86.200
Capital:Jinotepe | ||
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