Corinto [kOrEn´tO] is a town of 17,000 (1995 population) on the northwest Pacific coast of Nicaragua and is one of the most important cities and port of Nicaragua Chinandega. The municipality was founded in 1863.
Location:
Longitude: 12.4833/12°29' N
Latitude: 87.1833/87°11' W
It was a railroad terminus and Nicaragua's largest Pacific port. It´s the most important port of the Central American Pacific. It has its own Container Terminal and is able to manage a wide variety of charge: liquid, granel, containers, cars, etc.
On January 25, 1922 the USS Galveston landed her marine detachment at Corinto, to reinforce the Managua legation guard during a period of political tension.
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