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5 unusual facts about Masaya


Battle of Coyotepe Hill

Coyotepe is an old fortress located on a hill overlooking the strategic railroad line near Masaya roughly half-way between Managua and Granada, Nicaragua.

Benemerito Cuerpo de Bomberos de Masaya

Benemerito Cuerpo de Bomberos de Masaya is the fire department of Masaya, Nicaragua.

Franck de Las Mercedes

Franck de Las Mercedes, (b. 1972 in Masaya, Nicaragua) is a Nicaraguan American visual artist raised in New York City.

Julio Valle Castillo

Julio Valle Castillo (born August 10, 1952), was born in Masaya, Nicaragua.

Toshiro Tsuchida

Toshiro Tsuchida worked for Japanese development studios Masaya and G-Craft, the latter of which he founded in 1993 after leaving Masaya.


Eddie Masaya

In 1982, Masaya went to Guruve to work with Brighton Sango, a relationship which ended with the latter's death in 1995.

Born in the Nyanga district, Masaya showed little interest in sculpture until, while at school, he found a copy of The African Times containing an article about Zimbabwean stone sculpture.

Masaya Volcano

South-east of Lake Managua lie Chiltepe, the Nejapa alignment, Masaya, Apoyo and Mombacho which overlie the Las Sierras ignimbrites, erupted from the Las Sierras Caldera surrounding Masaya volcano.

Naoya Emura

His elder brother Masaya is also a professional baseball player currently playing for Tokyo Yakult Swallows.

Shouta Yasooka

Along with Akira Asahara and Masaya Kitayama, he finished in second at the team event.


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