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Cárdenas
Municipality
Cárdenas is located in Nicaragua
Cárdenas
Cárdenas
Location in Nicaragua
Country  Nicaragua
Department Rivas Department
Area
 • Land 88 sq mi (227 km2)
Population
 • Municipality 6,990
 • Urban
934

Cárdenas 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]

Climate

Climate data for Cárdenas, Nicaragua (1971–1990)
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) 27.8
(82.0)
28.8
(83.8)
30.6
(87.1)
31.5
(88.7)
31.4
(88.5)
29.6
(85.3)
28.9
(84.0)
29.1
(84.4)
29.3
(84.7)
29.1
(84.4)
28.6
(83.5)
27.9
(82.2)
29.4
(84.9)
Daily mean °C (°F) 25.2
(77.4)
25.8
(78.4)
26.9
(80.4)
27.5
(81.5)
27.3
(81.1)
26.6
(79.9)
26.3
(79.3)
26.4
(79.5)
26.3
(79.3)
26.2
(79.2)
26.0
(78.8)
25.5
(77.9)
26.3
(79.3)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) 22.6
(72.7)
22.8
(73.0)
22.9
(73.2)
23.7
(74.7)
23.8
(74.8)
23.6
(74.5)
23.6
(74.5)
23.6
(74.5)
23.3
(73.9)
23.2
(73.8)
23.3
(73.9)
23.0
(73.4)
23.3
(73.9)
Average precipitation mm (inches) 40
(1.6)
19
(0.7)
18
(0.7)
41
(1.6)
153
(6.0)
345
(13.6)
303
(11.9)
257
(10.1)
351
(13.8)
340
(13.4)
184
(7.2)
70
(2.8)
2,121
(83.5)
Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm) 8 4 3 4 13 21 20 19 21 21 14 12 160
Source: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
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