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San Juan del Sur

Field	Value
name	San Juan Del Sur
settlement_type	Municipality
image_skyline	San juan del sur.jpg
imagesize	250px
image_caption	The beach at San Juan del Sur taken from the Christ of the Mercy
pushpin_map	Nicaragua
pushpin_label_position	left
pushpin_mapsize	250
pushpin_map_caption	Location in Nicaragua
subdivision_type	Country
subdivision_name	Nicaragua
subdivision_type1	Department
subdivision_name1	Rivas Department
established_title	Founded
established_date	1851
area_total_km2	411
population_as_of	2005
population_total	15553
population_urban	7220
coordinates
timezone	Nicaragua Standard Time
utc_offset	-6
elevation_m	92

Rivas Department

San Juan del Sur is a municipality and coastal town on the Pacific Ocean, in the Rivas department in southwest Nicaragua. It is located 140 km south of Managua. San Juan del Sur is popular among surfers and is a vacation spot for many Nicaraguan families and foreign tourists.

Its population is approximately 15,553, consisting largely of families engaged in fishing, tourism or food and beverage industry and foreigners from the United States, Canada and Europe. While the local economy was, for many years, based on fishing and shipping, it has shifted towards tourism in the last 20 years. In October 2002, to mark the city's 150th anniversary, it was formally designated the "Port of San Juan del Sur" and a "Tourism City of Nicaragua."{{cite news |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130121114240/http://delsurnewsonline.com/6488/san-juan-del-sur-celebra-490-anos/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=January 21, 2013

San Juan del Sur, set beside a crescent-shaped bay, was a popular resting place for gold prospectors headed to California in the 1850s. Correspondingly, San Juan del Sur served as a hub for Cornelius Vanderbilt Lines.

A statue of the Christ of the Mercy sits above town on the northern end of the bay. The Mirador del Cristo de la Misericordia sits on one of the highest points on the bay and is one of the tallest Jesus statues in the world.

The town is near the site where Survivor: Nicaragua and Survivor: Redemption Island were filmed. Those seasons aired in 2010 and 2011, respectively. The 29th U.S. Survivor season, Survivor: San Juan del Sur (2014), was also filmed there, as was Season 30, Survivor: Worlds Apart, which aired in 2015. San Juan del Sur has become a hot spot for international surfing competition.

Nicaragua Canal

San Juan del Sur is the port on the Pacific that has been focus of many historic and modern day Nicaragua Canal proposals because of its location on the narrow isthmus of Rivas between the Pacific Ocean and Lake Nicaragua.

U.S. Intervention in San Juan del Sur

U.S. backed forces engaged in armed conflict in San Juan del Sur on March 7, 1984.

The 1992 Nicaraguan tsunami

Main article: 1992 Nicaragua earthquake

On September 2, 1992, a magnitude 7.0 earthquake off the central coast of Nicaragua generated a tsunami that devastated many communities along the Pacific Coast. Run-up values along the coast ranged from 2m in the north and south to up to 10m in some central locations. Run-up values in San Juan del Sur were approximately 5m. As a result of the tsunami an estimated 60% of homes in the community were destroyed, approximately 800 residents were displaced, and businesses and homes along the Malecón suffered severe damage.

Geography

Climate

The climate for San Juan del Sur is a tropical savanna climate (Aw according to the Köppen climate classification), with constant and very warm temperatures throughout the year. The dry season lasts from December to May, with a substantial and heavy rainy season throughout the remainder of the year, with an average yearly rainfall of 1,710 mm. Retrieved on May 9, 2013.

International relations

The Barrio Planta Project school is supported by a US-based 501(c)(3) organization.{{Cite news | access-date = 2014-03-01 | archive-url = https://archive.today/20140301125439/http://www.sfexaminer.com/sanfrancisco/community-development-education-and-arts-school-plans-fundraiser/Content?oid=2172220 | url-status = dead | archive-date = March 1, 2014

Twin towns – Sister cities

San Juan del Sur is twinned with:

GER Gießen, Germany
USA Newton, Massachusetts, USA
NOR Sauda, Norway
USA Virginia Beach, Virginia, USA

Gallery

File:The gate of the Pacific (1863) (14762859622).jpg|The city depicted in 1859 (lithograph by Vincent Brooks) File:SJDS (Acunapic).jpg|Image taken from the Christ of Mercy hill File:San Juan del Sur, Nicaragua. View from SANSA Flight (Liberia-Costa Esmeralda).jpg|San Juan del Sur Bay, aerial view File:Bahia de San Juan.jpg|San Juan del Sur beach, and the hill with the Christ of Mercy atop File:SanjuandelsurIV.JPG|Sunset at San Juan del Sur bay

References

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(May 16, 2010). "{{-'}}Nicaragua to host two seasons of hit TV series Survivor". PR Log.
(21 May 2014). "'Survivor: San Juan del Sur -- Blood vs. Water': Jeff Probst gives intel on NEXT season".
"International Court of Justice, CASE PARAMILITARY ACTIVITIES IN AND AGAINST NICARAGUA (NICARAGUA v. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA)".
"CIA Employes Fought Nicaraguans; 2 Gunfire Exchanges Reported in Support Of Commandos", ''[[The Washington Post]]'', December 20, 1984, p. A24.
"Gießen: Städtepartnerschaften". Stadt Gießen.
"2003 US-Nicaragua Sister Cities Directory". Wisconsin Coordinating Council on Nicaragua.
[http://www.newtonsanjuan.org/ Newton-San Juan del Sur Sister City Project]. Retrieved 2008-06-07.
"Norwegian Delegation Visits San Juan del Sur".

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