Cárdenas, Nicaragua

Coordinates: 11°12′N 85°31′W / 11.200°N 85.517°W / 11.200; -85.517
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Cárdenas
Municipality
Cárdenas is located in Nicaragua
Cárdenas
Cárdenas
Location in Nicaragua
Coordinates: 11°12′N 85°31′W / 11.200°N 85.517°W / 11.200; -85.517
Country Nicaragua
DepartmentRivas Department
Area
 • Land88 sq mi (227 km2)
Population
 • Municipality6,990
 • 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]

11°12′N 85°31′W / 11.200°N 85.517°W / 11.200; -85.517


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