1,206-CITY ATLASSOURCE-BACKED CITY REFERENCE
Nicaragua
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01What the data says — and does not say
This page separates the checked GeoNames row for Managua—973,087, America/Managua, and source coordinates—from live travel claims. Those fields identify and compare the record; they do not prove current transport, accessibility, census totals, or a City Atlas Club visit.
02This city's dataset fingerprint
The source row behind Managua is GeoNames ID 3617763. Its recorded administrative path is Managua Department → Nicaragua, and GeoNames classifies the place as a capital of a political entity. Managua occurs once as a primary city label in this atlas sample; the numeric ID remains the durable source key if names change. The city row itself was updated 2026-01-02; that date belongs to the source record, not to every transport or visitor detail in the real destination.
Within the fixed 1,206-record atlas, Managua ranks 570 by recorded population. Inside the 1 selected Nicaragua entries it ranks 1; inside the 198 entries in its broad region it ranks 79. Its 973,087 population value is 1.00 times the 973,087 median for the country cohort and 1.19 times the 816,326 regional median. Managua is rank 1 among the 1 selected Nicaragua entries, so a percentage band would overstate this small cohort. Managua's recorded value stays within one quarter of the country-cohort median used here. These comparisons describe this selected dataset only; they are not current census rankings or official urban-area boundaries.
Managua's three nearest other atlas coordinates are Tegucigalpa at 240.194 km with 850,848 recorded people; San Salvador at 362.301 km with 525,990 recorded people; San Pedro Sula at 421.204 km with 801,259 recorded people. The closest-to-farthest distance spread is 181.01 km. Compared with Tegucigalpa, Managua's recorded population is 1.14 times as large. Against Managua, Tegucigalpa follows Distrito Central → Francisco Morazan Department → Honduras in the source. Its point has higher latitude and lower longitude; it belongs to the selected Honduras cohort rather than Nicaragua, uses America/Tegucigalpa instead of America/Managua, and carries the same capital of a political entity class. Its recorded population is below Managua's. Against Managua, San Salvador follows San Salvador Department → El Salvador in the source. Its point has higher latitude and lower longitude; it belongs to the selected El Salvador cohort rather than Nicaragua, uses America/El_Salvador instead of America/Managua, and carries the same capital of a political entity class. Its recorded population is below Managua's. Against Managua, San Pedro Sula follows San Pedro Sula → Cortes Department → Honduras in the source. Its point has higher latitude and lower longitude; it belongs to the selected Honduras cohort rather than Nicaragua, uses America/Tegucigalpa instead of America/Managua, and carries first-order administrative seat rather than capital of a political entity. Its recorded population is below Managua's. Its nearest-neighbor distance ranks 1,051 of 1,206 from shortest to longest in the same snapshot. Managua's nearest-coordinate gap belongs to the wider half of atlas distances. This pattern can reveal whether other catalog references are geographically close, but it cannot establish whether a border crossing is possible or practical, or whether rail, road, fare, or journey-time connections exist. Read as one record signature, GeoNames 3617763, the coordinate pair 12.1328 / 86.2504, country rank 1 of 1, and neighbor GeoNames 3600949 at 240.194 km bind Managua to a reproducible comparison. That combined key distinguishes the row; it is not a recommendation or evidence of a physical connection.
Managua's reference point is 12.1328° north and 86.2504° west. The IANA identifier America/Managua is shared by 1 city rows in this catalog, while the GeoNames class PPLC is shared by 129 rows. Managua's row carries a first-order administrative label but no second-order label. Managua's point falls in the near-equatorial coordinate band used by this atlas's row checks. Managua's time-zone field defines the narrower catalog cohort; its place class is shared more broadly. GeoNames supplies no elevation for Managua, so the profile preserves that missing value instead of guessing terrain. Together these fields form a reproducible identity check for this page, not a claim about walkability, climate or accessibility.
03Nearby atlas references
Managua's closest other entries in this atlas are Tegucigalpa (240.194 km), San Salvador (362.301 km), San Pedro Sula (421.204 km).
04Verify before you book
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GeoNames updated the row 2026-01-02; the atlas checked the dataset 2026-08-04. Available Wikidata fields were verified in the same run.
GeoNames data: CC BY 4.0. Wikidata labels and descriptions: CC0 1.0.