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San Rafael Destination Guide

Discover San Rafael in Nicaragua

San Rafael in the region of Managua is a place located in Nicaragua - some 15 mi or ( 24 km ) North of Managua , the country's capital .

Interactive map of San Rafael

Local time in San Rafael is now 10:23 AM (Sunday) . The local timezone is named " America/Managua " with a UTC offset of -6 hours. Depending on your mobility, these larger cities might be interesting for you: San Salvador, Santa Tecla, Tegucigalpa, La Ceiba, and Tipitapa. When in this area, you might want to check out San Salvador . We discovered some clip posted online . Scroll down to see the most favourite one or select the video collection in the navigation. Are you looking for some initial hints on what might be interesting in San Rafael ? We have collected some references on our attractions page.


Videos

Nicaragua Saint's Alive Missions Trip 2010

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First North's Team visits Nicaragua with Chosen Children Ministries and builds 4 houses, feeds hundreds and delivers 30000+ bagged meals. ..

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Interesting facts about this location

1972 Nicaragua earthquake

The 1972 Nicaragua earthquake was an earthquake that occurred at 12:29 a.m. local time on Saturday, December 23, 1972 near Managua, the capital of Nicaragua. It had a magnitude of 6.2 and occurred at a depth of about 5 kilometers beneath the centre of the city. Within an hour after the main shock, two aftershocks, one of magnitude 5.0 and the other 5.2, occurred.

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Located at 12.35 -86.12 (Lat./Long.); Less than 11 km away
Tags: 1972 earthquakes, 1972 in Nicaragua, Earthquakes in Nicaragua, History of Nicaragua, Managua

Apoyeque

Apoyeque is a pyroclastic shield, located in the Chiltepe Peninsula Natural Reserve in Nicaragua. It has a 2.8-km wide, 400-m-deep, lake-filled caldera.

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Located at 12.24 -86.34 (Lat./Long.); Less than 18 km away
Tags: Crater lakes, Inactive volcanoes, Pyroclastic shields, VEI-6 volcanoes, Volcanic calderas, Volcanoes of Nicaragua

San Francisco Libre

San Francisco Libre is a municipality in the Managua department of Nicaragua. It is twinned with Reading.

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Located at 12.50 -86.30 (Lat./Long.); Less than 19 km away
Tags: Municipalities of the Managua Department, Populated places in Nicaragua

Tipitapa

Tipitapa is a municipality in the Managua department of western Nicaragua. The area is located between Lake Managua and Lake Nicaragua.

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Located at 12.20 -86.10 (Lat./Long.); Less than 21 km away
Tags: Municipalities of the Managua Department, Populated places in Nicaragua

Lake Managua

Lake Managua (also known as Lake Xolotlán) is a lake in Nicaragua. The Spanish name is Lago de Managua or Lago Xolotlán. At 1,042 km², it is approximately 65 kilometres long and 25 kilometres wide. Similarly to the name of Lake Nicaragua, its name was coined by the Spanish conquerors from "Mangue" (their name for the Mánkeme tribes) and agua ("water"). The city of Managua, the capital of Nicaragua, lies on its southwestern shore.

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Located at 12.33 -86.42 (Lat./Long.); Less than 22 km away
Tags: Lakes of Nicaragua