Tipitapa

Tipitapa on the map of Nicaragua

Tipitapa is a municipality in the department of Managua in Nicaragua.

Tipitapa is conveniently located on the Panamerican Highway 22 km east of Managua and minutes from the international airport at Managua Managua.

History

Around 4000 BC, people ran to the edge of Lake Managua and left traces in Huellas de Acahualinca In Nahuatl means Tipitapa place the stone mats. 596 were Chorotegas here. In the territory of the Municipalities Hacienda San Jacinto is on which at September 14, 1856 a battle against the filibustiere by William Walker ( mercenaries ) was beaten.

Pacto del Espino Negro

The generals of the Partido Liberal José María Moncada and Juan Bautista Sacasa fought until May 4, 1929 at Guerra Constitucionalista, then they closed at Tipitapa with the U.S. President Calvin Coolidge sent Henry L. Stimson under a Espino Negro the Pacto del Espino Negro. After the tenure of Díaz Moncada was allowed and subsequently President Sacasa. 1929 a law was passed after the Tipitapa now be called "Villa Stimpson ", for various reasons, another law was passed, which zurückbenannte to the previous San José de Tipitapa.

Drying tunnel

The area has been variously considered as a route of a railway line as transoceanic dry channel into consideration.

Las Mercedes

Tipitapa is located near the large free trade zone Las Mercedes with more than 30,000 workers in maquilas. Workers receive the equivalent of about five to six United States dollars a day in Cordoba. In the free trade zone, for example, chemical companies, manufacturers of pesticides, furniture upholsterers, which suppliers to U.S. furniture manufacturers are located.

Agriculture

In the area Tipitapa agricultural products such as beef, melons, corn, sorghum and peanuts are produced.

The Asociación Coordinadora Municipal de Proyectos de ciudades Hermanas de Tipitapa ( COMPALCIHT ) was established in 1987 and coordinates projects of partner cities such as social work, nutrition programs, agricultural projects, health promotion, youth programs and school projects. Since 1987, a New York - Tipitapa Sister City Project which was established from the Committee for Non- intervention in Central America and promotes conscious cultural exchange.

Fiestas

From 6 to 30 January, the Patron " Esquipulas " or Cristo Negro is celebrated.

Río Tipitapa

The Rio Tipitapa or Río Panaloya is the outflow of Lake Managua at Tipitapa in Lake Nicaragua.