Cárdenas, Nicaragua
Municipality in Rivas Department, Nicaragua
11°12′N 85°31′W / 11.200°N 85.517°W / 11.200; -85.517Cárdenas is a municipality in the Rivas department of Nicaragua, located on the southwestern shore of Lake Nicaragua.
In 2002, the municipality of Cárdenas had threatened the government in Managua with secession and becoming part of Costa Rica. Costa Rica claimed that it would respect Nicaraguan territory and had no intention of annexing the municipality. [1]
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11°12′N 85°31′W / 11.200°N 85.517°W / 11.200; -85.517
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Rivas Department
Capital: Rivas
- Altagracia
- Belén
- Buenos Aires
- Cárdenas
- Moyogalpa
- Potosí
- Rivas
- San Jorge
- San Juan del Sur
- Tola
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