Jinotepe (Spanish pronunciation: [xinoˈtepe]) is a city and municipality in the Carazo department of Nicaragua.
Jinotepe | |
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Municipality | |
 Old Jinotepe train station | |
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  Jinotepe Location in Nicaragua | |
| Coordinates: 11°51′N 86°12′W / 11.850°N 86.200°W | |
| Country |  Nicaragua |
| Department | Carazo Department |
| Area | |
| • Municipality | 281 km2 (108 sq mi) |
| Population (2022 estimate)[1] | |
| • Municipality | 55,333 |
| • Density | 200/km2 (510/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 40,361 |
Toponymy
Jinotepe comes from the náhuatl "xilotl" (“tender corn”), "tepetl" (“hill”) y "-k" (“place”). Jinotepe means "the place of the tender corn".
Geography
Climate
Jinotepe, like much of Western Nicaragua except for the Sierras, has a tropical climate with constant temperatures averaging between 28 and 32 °C (82 and 90 °F). Under Köppen’s climate classification, the city has a tropical wet and dry climate. A distinct dry season exists between November and April, while most of the rainfall is received between May and October. Temperatures are highest in March and April, when the sun lies directly overhead and the summer rainfall has yet to begin.
| Climate data for Jinotepe, Nicaragua | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 31.0 (87.8) | 32.1 (89.8) | 33.6 (92.5) | 34.3 (93.7) | 34.0 (93.2) | 31.4 (88.5) | 30.9 (87.6) | 31.4 (88.5) | 30.3 (86.5) | 30.8 (87.4) | 30.6 (87.1) | 30.8 (87.4) | 31.8 (89.2) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 20.4 (68.7) | 20.6 (69.1) | 21.7 (71.1) | 22.6 (72.7) | 23.4 (74.1) | 23.0 (73.4) | 22.6 (72.7) | 22.4 (72.3) | 22.2 (72.0) | 22.1 (71.8) | 20.9 (69.6) | 20.0 (68.0) | 21.8 (71.2) |
| Average rainfall mm (inches) | 9 (0.4) | 5 (0.2) | 3 (0.1) | 8 (0.3) | 130 (5.1) | 224 (8.8) | 144 (5.7) | 136 (5.4) | 215 (8.5) | 280 (11.0) | 42 (1.7) | 8 (0.3) | 1,204 (47.5) |
| Average rainy days (≥ 1.0 mm) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 13 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 5 | 0 | 90 |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 69 | 64 | 62 | 61 | 70 | 80 | 79 | 81 | 82 | 83 | 78 | 73 | 74 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 263.5 | 254.2 | 291.4 | 276.0 | 229.4 | 186.0 | 151.9 | 195.3 | 210.0 | 223.2 | 231.0 | 248.0 | 2,759.9 |
| Source: Wetter Spiegel online[2] | |||||||||||||
Sports
Home of the baseball team cafeteros de carazo.[citation needed]
International relations
Twin towns – Sister cities
Jinotepe is twinned with:
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