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Cárdenas
Municipality
Cárdenas Location in Nicaragua
Coordinates: 11°12′N 85°31′W / 11.200°N 85.517°W / 11.200; -85.517
Country	Nicaragua
Department	Rivas Department
Area
• Land	88 sq mi (227 km2)
Population
• Municipality	6,990
• Urban	934

Cárdenas is a municipality in the Rivas department of Nicaragua, located on the southwestern shore of Lake Nicaragua.

In 2002, the municipality of Cárdenas had threatened the government in Managua with secession and becoming part of Costa Rica. Costa Rica claimed that it would respect Nicaraguan territory and had no intention of annexing the municipality.

11°12′N 85°31′W / 11.200°N 85.517°W / 11.200; -85.517

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