Cárdenas

Cárdenas is a municipality in the Rivas department of , located on the southwestern shore of . In 2002, the municipality of Cárdenas had threatened the government in with secession and becoming part of . claimed that it would respect Nicaraguan territory and had no intention of annexing the municipality.
  • Type: Town with 934 residents
  • Description: municipality in Rivas Department, Nicaragua
  • Also known as: Cárdenas Municipality”, “Cárdenas, Nicaragua”, “La Concepción”, “Municipality of Cárdenas”, and “Municipio de Cardenas

Cárdenas

Latitude
11.1971° or 11° 11′ 50″ north
Longitude
-85.5095° or 85° 30′ 34″ west
Population
934
Elevation
35 metres (115 feet)
Open location code
763P5FWR+R6
Open­Street­Map ID
node 3892176308
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
3620478
Wiki­data ID
Q1647924
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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Vietnamese—“Cárdenas” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: Cárdenas
  • Asturian: Cárdenas
  • Basque: Cárdenas (Nikaragua)
  • Basque: Cárdenas (udalerria)
  • Basque: Cárdenas
  • Basque: Cárdenasko udalerria
  • Cebuano: Cárdenas nga Munisipyo
  • Cebuano: Cárdenas
  • Cebuano: Municipio de Cárdenas
  • Cebuano: Munisipyo sa Cárdenas
  • Chinese: Cárdenas
  • Chinese: 卡德納斯(市镇)
  • Chinese: 卡德納斯
  • Chinese: 卡德納斯市镇
  • Dutch: Cárdenas (gemeente)
  • Dutch: Cárdenas
  • Dutch: Gemeente Cárdenas
  • French: Cárdenas (municipalité)
  • French: Cárdenas
  • French: Municipalité de Cárdenas
  • German: Cárdenas (Gemeinde)
  • German: Cárdenas
  • German: Gemeinde Cárdenas
  • German: Gemeinde von Cárdenas
  • Greek: Δήμος Κάρδενας
  • Greek: Κάρδενας (δήμος)
  • Greek: Κάρδενας
  • Irish: Cárdenas
  • Italian: Cárdenas (comune)
  • Italian: Cárdenas
  • Italian: Comune di Cárdenas
  • Japanese: カルデナス (ニカラグア)
  • Japanese: カルデナス(自治体)
  • Japanese: カルデナス
  • Japanese: カルデナス自治体
  • Min Nan Chinese: Cárdenas (Rivas)
  • Min Nan Chinese: Cárdenas chhiūⁿ
  • Min Nan Chinese: Cárdenas
  • Min Nan Chinese: Chhiūⁿ Cárdenas
  • Polish: Cárdenas (gmina)
  • Polish: Gmina Cárdenas
  • Portuguese: Cárdenas (município)
  • Portuguese: Cárdenas (Nicarágua)
  • Portuguese: Cárdenas
  • Portuguese: Município de Cárdenas
  • Russian: Карденас (муниципалитет)
  • Russian: Карденас
  • Russian: Муниципалитет Карденас
  • Spanish: Cárdenas (Municipio)
  • Spanish: Cárdenas
  • Spanish: Municipio de Cárdenas
  • Swedish: Cárdenas (kommun)
  • Swedish: Cárdenas kommun
  • Swedish: Cárdenas, Nicaragua
  • Swedish: Cárdenas
  • Urdu: کاردیناس، ریواز
  • Urdu: کاردیناس
  • Vietnamese: Cárdenas (đô thị)
  • Vietnamese: Cárdenas, Nicaragua
  • Vietnamese: Cárdenas
  • Vietnamese: Đô thị Cárdenas

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