Jalapa, Nueva Segovia
Jalapa is a city and a municipality in the Nueva Segovia Department of Nicaragua. It is located in northern Nicaragua, close to the Honduras border.
Jalapa has been Boulder, Colorado's sister city since 1983.
Contra war
Jalapa, which is located on the border of Honduras, was the location of two failed attempts of the CIA funded Contras to overthrow the city and install a provisional government, in late 1982 and December 1983, in which the CIA informed the contras would be immediately recognized by the United States Government.
International relations
Sister city
Jalapa's sister city is:
Boulder, Colorado, United States, since 1987
See also
Notes
- ^ Citypopulation.de Population of Jalapa municipality
- ^ "Thank You for Funding Emergency Relief in Jalapa!".
- ^ "Jalapa, Nicaragua". bouldercolorado.gov. Archived from the original on 2013-10-25.
- ^ Gill, Terry D. (1989). Litigation strategy at the International Court a case study of the Nicaragua v United States dispute. Dordrecht. ISBN 0-7923-0332-6. p. 187-191
- ^ "Boulder Sister City Program". City of Boulder, Colorado. Archived from the original on March 23, 2016. Retrieved September 9, 2011.
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