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Managua was damaged by earthquake and fire in 1931 and by fire in 1936. On Dec. 23, 1972, it was almost completely destroyed in an earthquake that took more than 10,000 lives. The old city center went largely unrestored. Managua also suffered damage in the fighting between government troops and Sandinistas in 1978-79, and it was hit by a hurricane in 1998.

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