San Juan de Nicaragua

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San Juan de Nicaragua, formerly known as San Juan del Norte, is a municipality in the Río San Juan department of Nicaragua.

The town was briefly under British control in the mid-19th century. The capital city of the municipality is the town of Greytown.

[edit] U.S. Attacks

While supporting the Contras in the 1980s, U.S. forces attacked San Juan de Nicaragua on April 9, 1984.[1]

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ International Court of Justice, CASE CONCERNING THE MILITARY AND PARAMILITARY ACTIVITIES IN AND AGAINST NICARAGUA (NICARAGUA v. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA).


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Coordinates: 10°55′N, 83°42′W

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