Nandaime
Municipality in Granada, Nicaragua
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Nandaime is a town and a municipality in the Granada department of Nicaragua.
Nandaime | |
|---|---|
Municipality | |
  Nandaime Location in Nicaragua | |
| Coordinates: 11°45′N 86°03′W | |
| Country |  Nicaragua |
| Department | Granada |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Guillermo Martínez |
| Area | |
• Municipality | 144 sq mi (372 km2) |
| Elevation | 460 ft (140 m) |
| Population (2022 estimate)[1] | |
• Municipality | 41,852 |
| • Density | 291/sq mi (113/km2) |
| • Urban | 21,808 |
| Climate | Aw |
Nandaime is a small town in the southwestern part of the country. It is located on the Panamerican highway which crosses the Pacific area of Nicaragua, at a distance of 67 km from Managua, capital of the Republic, and 20 kilometers from Granada, the departmental capital. The patron saints are St. Anne and San Joaquín. It was elevated to city on October 29, 1890.
The name Nandaime is derived from the Chorotega word "nanda" (meaning "arroyo", or stream) and the suffix "-ime" (indicating abundance). Nandaime means "place of abundant streams".[2]
Climate
| Climate data for Nandaime (1961–1990) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 30.3 (86.5) |
31.1 (88.0) |
32.2 (90.0) |
32.9 (91.2) |
32.7 (90.9) |
30.5 (86.9) |
30.2 (86.4) |
30.7 (87.3) |
30.5 (86.9) |
29.9 (85.8) |
30.0 (86.0) |
30.1 (86.2) |
30.9 (87.6) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 26.1 (79.0) |
26.6 (79.9) |
27.5 (81.5) |
28.4 (83.1) |
28.2 (82.8) |
25.9 (78.6) |
26.7 (80.1) |
26.7 (80.1) |
26.5 (79.7) |
26.1 (79.0) |
26.0 (78.8) |
25.9 (78.6) |
26.7 (80.1) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 22.3 (72.1) |
22.4 (72.3) |
22.2 (72.0) |
24.0 (75.2) |
24.2 (75.6) |
24.4 (75.9) |
24.4 (75.9) |
23.2 (73.8) |
22.7 (72.9) |
23.4 (74.1) |
22.3 (72.1) |
22.5 (72.5) |
23.2 (73.8) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 7 (0.3) |
2 (0.1) |
4 (0.2) |
21 (0.8) |
195 (7.7) |
239 (9.4) |
146 (5.7) |
150 (5.9) |
277 (10.9) |
295 (11.6) |
75 (3.0) |
17 (0.7) |
1,429 (56.3) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 16 | 13 | 15 | 17 | 17 | 8 | 4 | 101 |
| Source: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration[3] | |||||||||||||