Chinandega, the capital of a department of Nicaragua, Central America, 30 miles NW. of Leon by rail, and 13 by rail from the Pacific coast. It has considerable trade, and about 8000 inhabitants.—OLD CHINANDEGA, 5 miles to the N., has a pop. of 4000.
Chinandega
Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 3: Catarrh to Dion, p. 196
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