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Chinandega Department, Nicaraguai
Regional Level Types
Chinandega DepartmentDepartment
NicaraguaCountry

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Largest Settlements:
PlacePopulation
Chinandega126,387 (2012)
El Viejo53,504 (2018)
Chichigalpa33,137 (2018)
Corinto19,183 (2018)
Somotillo15,385 (2018)
Puerto Morazán7,671 (2012)
Mindat Locality ID:
123314
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:123314:1
GUID (UUID V4):
0
Other Languages:
French:
Chinandega, Nicaragua
German:
Departamento Chinandega, Nicaragua
Italian:
dipartimento di Chinandega, Nicaragua
Russian:
Чинандега, Никарагуа
Simplified Chinese:
奇南德加省, 尼加拉瓜
Spanish:
Chinandega, Nicaragua
Arabic:
إدارة تشينانديجا, نيكاراجوا
Asturian:
Departamentu de Chinandega
Basque:
Chinandegako departamendua
Belarusian:
Чынандэга , Нікарагуа
Bengali:
কিনান্ডেগা বিভাগ
Breton:
Departamant Chinandega
Bulgarian:
Чинандега, Никарагуа
Catalan:
Departament de Chinandega, Nicaragua
Cebuano:
Departamento de Chinandega
Czech:
Chinandega, Nikaragua
Danish:
Chinandega Department, Nicaragua
Dutch:
Chinandega, Nicaragua
Esperanto:
Ĉinandego
Farsi/Persian:
دپارتمان چیناندگا, نیکاراگوئه
Finnish:
Chinandega, Nicaragua
Galician:
Departamento de Chinandega, Nicaragua
Georgian:
ჩინანდეგის დეპარტამენტი
Greek:
Τσιναντέγα , Νικαράγουα
Gujarati:
ચિનાન્દેગા વિભાગ
Hindi:
किनान्देगा विभाग, निकारागुआ
Hungarian:
Chinandega megye, Nicaragua
Indonesian:
Departemen Chinandega, Nikaragua
Japanese:
チナンデガ県, ニカラグア
Judaeo-Spanish:
Chinandega
Kannada:
ಚಿನಾಂಡಗಾ ಇಲಾಖೆ
Korean:
치난데가주, 니카라과
Latvian:
Činandegas departaments, Nikaragva
Lithuanian:
Činandegos departamentas, Nikaragva
Malay:
Pentadbiran Chinandega
Marathi:
चायीनानदेगा विभाग
Minnan / Hokkien-Taiwanese:
Chinandega Koān
Nahuatl:
Tlālxeliuhcāyōtl Chināntēcapan
Northern Frisian:
Chinandega
Norwegian:
Chinandega, Nicaragua
Polish:
Chinandega, Nikaragua
Portuguese:
Chinandega, Nicarágua
Quechua:
Chinandega suyu
Romanian:
Departamentul Chinandega, Nicaragua
Scots:
Chinandega Depairtment
Sinhalese:
චයිනන්දෙගා දෙපාර්තමේන්තුව
Swedish:
Chinandega, Nicaragua
Tamil:
சீனந்தகா துறை
Telugu:
చైనాండేగా డిపార్ట్మెంట్
Thai:
จังหวัดชินันเดกา, ประเทศนิการากัว
Traditional Chinese:
奇南德加省
Turkish:
Chinandega, Nikaragua
Ukrainian:
Чинандега, Нікарагуа
Urdu:
چیناندیگا محکمہ
Vietnamese:
Khu hành chính Chinandega, Nicaragua
Waray:
Chinandega
Wu Chinese:
奇南德加省


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Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides
ⓘQuartz
var. Chalcedony
4.DA.05SiO2
ⓘ4.DA.05SiO2
ⓘvar. Rock Crystal4.DA.05SiO2
Group 9 - Silicates
ⓘSanidine9.FA.30K(AlSi3O8)

List of minerals for each chemical element

OOxygen
Oⓘ Quartz var. ChalcedonySiO2
Oⓘ QuartzSiO2
Oⓘ SanidineK(AlSi3O8)
Oⓘ Quartz var. Rock CrystalSiO2
AlAluminium
Alⓘ SanidineK(AlSi3O8)
SiSilicon
Siⓘ Quartz var. ChalcedonySiO2
Siⓘ QuartzSiO2
Siⓘ SanidineK(AlSi3O8)
Siⓘ Quartz var. Rock CrystalSiO2
KPotassium
Kⓘ SanidineK(AlSi3O8)

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Wikipedia:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinandega_Department
Wikidata ID:Q644024
GeoNames ID:3620380

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