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CHINANDEGA, or CHINENDEGA

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Originally appearing in Volume V06, Page 231 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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CHINANDEGA, or CHINENDEGA , the See also:capital of the See also:department of Chinandega in western See also:Nicaragua, 10 m. N.N.E. of the seaport of See also:Corinto by the Corinto-See also:Managua railway. Pop. (19oo) about 12,000. Chinandega is the centre of a fertile See also:corn-producing See also:district, and has a large transit See also:trade owing to its excellent situation on the See also:chief Nicaraguan railway. Its manufactures includecoarse See also:cloth, pottery and See also:Indian See also:feather ornaments. See also:Cotton, See also:sugar-See also:cane and bananas are cultivated in the neighbourhood. CHI-NAN FU, the capital of Shan-tung, See also:China, in 36° 40' N., 1170 1' E. Pop. about 100,000. It is situated in one of the earliest settled districts of the See also:Chinese See also:empire. The See also:city, which lies in the valley of the See also:present channel of the Yellow See also:river (Hwang-Ho), and about 4 M. See also:south of the river, is surrounded by a triple See also:line of See also:defence. First is the city See also:wall, strongly built and carefully guarded, outside this a See also:granite wall, and beyond this again a mud rampart.

Three springs outside the See also:

west See also:gate throw up streams of tepid See also:water to a height of about 2 ft. This water, which is highly prized for its healing qualities, fills the See also:moat and forms a See also:fine See also:lake in the See also:northern See also:quarter of the city. Chi-nan Fu was formerly famous for its manufacture of silks and of See also:imitation See also:precious stones. It is now the chief commercial entrep8t of Western Shan-tung but no longer a manufacturing centre. A See also:highway connects it with the Yellow river, and it is joined by a railway 28o m. See also:long to Kiaochow. The city has a university for instruction on Western lines, and an efficient military school. See also:American Presbyterians began See also:mission See also:work in the city in 1873; it is also the see of a See also:Roman See also:Catholic See also:bishop.

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