Editing Managua (section)

== Government ==
[[File:Asamblea Nicaragua.png|thumb|left|[[National Assembly (Nicaragua)|National Assembly of Nicaragua]]]]
Managua is governed by a [[Mayor of Managua|Mayor]], Deputy Mayor and City Council. Since 2001, the [[Sandinista National Liberation Front]] has held a majority on the city council.

===Urban planning===
[[File:Casa Mamon.jpg|thumb|right|[[:es:Casa Naranja|Casa Naranja]], the official residence of the [[President of Nicaragua]]]]
The German government funded the construction of a water treatment plant with plans to process the city's sewage and clean the Managua lake. Also pending is a mega-project to reconstruct the old center of Managua, and to introduce a [[light rail]] system, to alleviate future transportation problems in Managua.<ref>{{cite news |title=Sistema de Tranvía Municipal o Busway |publisher=Alcaldía De Managua |url=http://www.managua.gob.ni/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=91&Itemid=158&limit=1&limitstart=0 |pages=1–3 |access-date=2007-08-11 |language=es |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070928220731/http://www.managua.gob.ni/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=91&Itemid=158&limit=1&limitstart=0 |archive-date=2007-09-28 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

===Crime===
Neither Nicaragua nor the city of Managua have major [[gang]] problems, in comparison to some of its [[Central America|regional neighbor]]s.<ref>{{cite news | title=Central America takes harder line against gangs | url =http://www.latinamericanstudies.org/nicaragua/gangs.htm |work=The Christian Science Monitor | access-date = 2007-09-11 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news | title=Drugs & Crime; Gang Profile: Mara Salvatrucha | url =http://cryptome.wikileaks.org/gangs/mara.pdf |work=U.S. Department of JJustice | access-date = 2007-12-30 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Mara Salvatrucha: MS 13 |url=http://www.refugees.org/uploadedFiles/Investigate/ms-13.pdf |access-date=2007-12-30 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080216011938/http://www.refugees.org/uploadedFiles/Investigate/ms-13.pdf |archive-date=2008-02-16 }}</ref> The number of gang members was estimated at 4,500 throughout the country, lower than all of its Northern neighbors in the region except Belize.<ref name='GCA'>{{cite news |first=Clare M. |last=Ribando | title=Gangs in Central America | url =https://fas.org/sgp/crs/row/RL34112.pdf |work=Congressional Research Service | access-date = 2007-08-30 }}</ref> In 2003, the [[Policía Nacional (Nicaragua)|National Police of Nicaragua]] recognized gangs committed only 0.51% of all crimes. In 1991, there were 110 gangs in Managua. Since, the number of gangs and gang members both decreased and increased to 34 gangs in 2005, with 706 members in Managua.<ref>{{cite news |title=The case of Managua's District V: Disinformation, prudence or something else? |publisher=Central American University – UCA |url=http://www.envio.org.ni/articulo/3351 |work=Revista Envío |access-date=2007-09-11 |archive-date=2007-06-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070621133343/http://www.envio.org.ni/articulo/3351 |url-status=dead }}</ref>