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Granada
Nicaragua
Granada, city, southwestern Nicaragua. It lies at the foot of Mombacho Volcano on the northwestern shore of Lake Nicaragua at 202 feet (62 metres) above sea level. Granada was founded in 1523 by Francisco Hernández de Córdoba, and it soon became the economic hub of the region. As the longtime headquarters of the Conservative Party in Nicaragua, the city greatly influenced the political life of the country for many years. It was also a keen political and trade rival of León city, farther north, which was the centre of the Liberal Party. Nicaragua’s national capital, Managua, was founded between the ...(100 of 243 words)