Lake Managua

Lake Managua, also known as Lake Xolotlán, is a freshwater in . At 1,042 km², it is approximately 65 kilometres long and 25 kilometres wide.
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  • Type: Lake
  • Description: also known as Lake Xolotlán, is a large freshwater lake in the Nicaraguan Depression near Managua and several volcanoes
  • Also known as: Lago Xolotlan”, “Lake Leon”, “Lake Xolotlán”, and “Xolotlan

Lake Managua

Latitude
12.33972° or 12° 20′ 23″ north
Longitude
-86.35056° or 86° 21′ 2″ west
Elevation
41 metres (135 feet)
Open location code
764M8JQX+VQ
Geo­Names ID
3617761
Wiki­data ID
Q272380
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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Western Frisian—“Lake Managua” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: Liqeni i Managuas
  • Albanian: Liqeni Xolotlán
  • Arabic: بحيرة شولوتلان
  • Arabic: بحيرة ماناغوا
  • Azerbaijani: Manaqua gölü
  • Azerbaijani: Xolotlán gölü
  • Basque: Managuako aintzira
  • Basque: Xolotlán aintzira
  • Belarusian: Возера Манагуа
  • Belarusian: Возера Халотлан
  • Belarusian: Манагуа
  • Bengali: জোলোতলান হ্রদ
  • Bengali: মানাগুয়া হ্রদ
  • Breton: Lenn Managua
  • Breton: Lenn Xolotlán
  • Bulgarian: Езеро Манагуа
  • Bulgarian: езеро Холотлан
  • Bulgarian: Езеро Холотлан
  • Bulgarian: Манагуа
  • Catalan: Lago de Managua
  • Catalan: llac Xolotlán
  • Cebuano: Lago de Managua
  • Cebuano: Lanaw sa Managua
  • Cebuano: Lanaw Xolotlán
  • Chinese: 索洛特兰湖
  • Chinese: 索洛特蘭湖
  • Chinese: 馬那瓜湖
  • Chinese: 马那瓜湖
  • Chuvash: Манагуа кӳлӗ
  • Chuvash: Манагуа
  • Chuvash: Холотлан кӳлӗ
  • Croatian: Jezero Managua
  • Croatian: Jezero Xolotlán
  • Croatian: Managua
  • Czech: Jezero Managua
  • Czech: jezero Xolotlán
  • Czech: Managua
  • Danish: Managua-søen
  • Danish: Managuasøen
  • Danish: Xolotlán-søen
  • Dutch: Managuameer
  • Dutch: Meer van Managua
  • Dutch: Xolotlánmeer
  • Egyptian Arabic: ا
  • Egyptian Arabic: بحيرة شولوتلان
  • Egyptian Arabic: بحيرة ماناجوا
  • Egyptian Arabic: بحيره ماناجوا
  • Esperanto: Lago de Managvo
  • Esperanto: Lago Managua
  • Esperanto: Lago Xolotlán
  • Estonian: Managua järv
  • Estonian: Xolotláni järv
  • Finnish: Managuajärvi
  • Finnish: Xolotlán-järvi
  • French: Lac de Managua
  • French: lac Managua
  • French: lac Xolotlán
  • Georgian: მანაგუა
  • Georgian: მანაგუას ტბა
  • Georgian: ტბა მანაგუა
  • Georgian: ხოლოტლანის ტბა
  • German: Managuasee
  • German: Xolotlán-See
  • Greek: Λίμνη Μανάγκουα
  • Greek: Λίμνη Μανάγουα
  • Greek: Λίμνη Χολότλαν
  • Hebrew: אגם מנגואה
  • Hebrew: אגם שולוטלאן
  • Hungarian: Managua-tó
  • Hungarian: Xolotlán-tó
  • Indonesian: Danau Managua
  • Indonesian: Danau Xolotlán
  • Irish: Loch Managua
  • Irish: Loch Xolotlán
  • Italian: Lago di Managua
  • Italian: lago Xolotlán
  • Japanese: ソロトラン湖
  • Japanese: マナグア湖
  • Kazakh: Манагуа көлі
  • Kazakh: Манагуа
  • Kazakh: Холотлан көлі
  • Korean: 마나과호
  • Korean: 솔로틀란호
  • Latvian: Managvas ezers
  • Latvian: Xolotlán ezers
  • Lithuanian: Managvos ežeras
  • Lithuanian: Xolotlán ežeras
  • Macedonian: Езеро Манагва
  • Macedonian: Езеро Холотлан
  • Macedonian: Манагва
  • Mongolian: Манагуа нуур
  • Mongolian: Холотлан нуур
  • Northern Frisian: Managuaai
  • Northern Frisian: Xolotlán-ai
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Managua-sjøen
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Managuasjøen
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Xolotlán-sjøen
  • Norwegian: Managuasjøen
  • Persian: دریاچه شولوتلان
  • Persian: دریاچه ماناگوا
  • Polish: Jezioro Managua
  • Polish: Jezioro Xolotlán
  • Polish: Managua
  • Portuguese: Lago Manágua
  • Portuguese: lago Xolotlán
  • Russian: Манагуа
  • Russian: Озеро Манагуа
  • Russian: озеро Холотлан
  • Russian: Озеро Холотлан
  • Serbian: Jezero Managva
  • Serbian: Jezero Xolotlán
  • Serbian: Језеро Манагва
  • Serbian: Језеро Холотлан
  • Serbian: Манагва
  • Serbo-Croatian: Jezero Managua
  • Serbo-Croatian: Jezero Xolotlán
  • Serbo-Croatian: Managua
  • Slovak: Jazero Managua
  • Slovak: jazero Xolotlán
  • Slovak: Managua
  • Slovenian: Jezero Managua
  • Slovenian: jezero Xolotlán
  • Slovenian: Managovsko jezero
  • Spanish: Lago de Managua
  • Spanish: Lago Xolotlán
  • Swedish: Managuasjön
  • Swedish: Xolotlánsjön
  • Tamil: சோலோத்த்லான் ஏரி
  • Tamil: மனாகுவா ஏரி
  • Twi: Managua Asubɔnten
  • Twi: Xolotlán Asubɔnten
  • Ukrainian: Манагуа
  • Ukrainian: Озеро Манагуа
  • Ukrainian: озеро Холотлан
  • Venetian: Lago de Managua
  • Venetian: Lago Xolotlán
  • Vietnamese: Hồ Managua
  • Vietnamese: Hồ Xolotlán
  • Welsh: Llyn Managua
  • Welsh: Llyn Xolotlán
  • Western Frisian: Managûamar
  • Western Frisian: Mar Managua
  • Western Frisian: Mar Xolotlán
  • Lago de Managua
  • Lago Xolotlán

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