León Department

León is a department in . It covers an area of 5,138 km2 and has a population of 423,012. The capital is the city of .
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  • Type: department of Nicaragua with 423,000 residents
  • Description: department of Nicaragua
  • Also known as: Departamento de Leon” and “León

León Department

Latitude
12.5833° or 12° 35′ north
Longitude
-86.5833° or 86° 35′ west
Population
423,000
Elevation
75 metres (246 feet)
Open location code
764MHCM8+8M
Geo­Names ID
3618029
Wiki­data ID
Q586818
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Wu Chinese—“León Department” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: إدارة ليون
  • Armenian: Լեոն
  • Asturian: Departamentu de León
  • Asturian: León (departamentu de Nicaragua)
  • Basque: Leongo departamendua
  • Belarusian: Дэпартамент Леон
  • Belarusian: Леон
  • Breton: Departamant León
  • Bulgarian: Леон
  • Catalan: Departament de León
  • Cebuano: Departamento de León
  • Chinese: León Koān
  • Chinese: 萊昂省
  • Czech: León
  • Dutch: León
  • Esperanto: Leono
  • Estonian: Leóni departemang
  • Finnish: León (departementti)
  • Finnish: León
  • French: Département de León
  • French: León
  • Galician: Departamento de León
  • Georgian: ლეონის დეპარტამენტი
  • German: Departamento de León
  • German: Departamento León
  • Greek: Λεόν
  • Hungarian: León megye
  • Indonesian: Departemen León
  • Italian: dipartimento di León
  • Italian: Dipartimento di León
  • Japanese: レオン県
  • Korean: 레온주
  • Ladino: Leon
  • Latvian: Leonas departaments
  • Lithuanian: Leono departamentas
  • Macedonian: Леон
  • Malay: Pentadbiran León
  • Min Nan Chinese: León Koān
  • Northern Frisian: León (Department)
  • Northern Frisian: León
  • Norwegian Bokmål: León
  • Norwegian: León
  • Ossetian: Леон (департамент)
  • Ossetian: Леон
  • Persian: بخش لئون
  • Polish: León
  • Portuguese: Departamento de León
  • Portuguese: Leão
  • Portuguese: León
  • Quechua: León suyu
  • Romanian: Departamentul León
  • Russian: департамент Леон
  • Russian: Леон
  • Scots: León Depairtment
  • Serbo-Croatian: León (nikaragvanski departman)
  • Serbo-Croatian: León
  • Sinhala: ලියොන් දෙපාර්තමේන්තුව, නිකරගුවාව
  • Sinhala: ලියොන් දෙපාර්තමේන්තුව
  • Spanish: Departamento de León
  • Spanish: León
  • Swedish: León
  • Thai: จังหวัดเลออน
  • Turkish: León (il)
  • Turkish: León
  • Ukrainian: Леон
  • Urdu: لیون محکمہ
  • Waray (Philippines): León (departamento)
  • Waray (Philippines): León
  • Wu Chinese: 莱昂省 (尼加拉瓜)
  • Wu Chinese: 莱昂省(尼加拉瓜)
  • Wu Chinese: 莱昂省
  • Departamento de León
  • LE
  • León
  • León Department
  • NI-LE
  • Tlālxeliuhcāyōtl León

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