León Department

León is a department in . It covers an area of 5,138 km2 and has a population of 426,850. The capital is the city of . There are several volcanoes in the department, including the and .
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  • Type: department of Nicaragua with 423,000 residents
  • Description: department of Nicaragua
  • Also known as: “Departamento de Leon”, “León”, and “Tlālxeliuhcāyōtl 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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In Other Languages

From Amharic to Wu Chinese—“León Department” goes by many names.
  • Amharic: “ሊዮን ዲፓርትመንት”
  • Arabic: “إدارة ليون”
  • Arabic: “ليون”
  • Armenian: “Լեոն”
  • Asturian: “Departamentu de León”
  • Asturian: “León (departamentu de Nicaragua)”
  • Asturian: “León”
  • Azerbaijani: “Leon Departamenti”
  • Basque: “León departamendua”
  • Basque: “León”
  • Basque: “Leongo departamendua”
  • Belarusian: “Дэпартамент Леон”
  • Belarusian: “Леон”
  • Bengali: “লিওন বিভাগ”
  • Breton: “Departamant León”
  • Breton: “León”
  • Bulgarian: “Департамент Леон”
  • Bulgarian: “Леон”
  • Catalan: “Departament de León”
  • Catalan: “León”
  • Cebuano: “Departamento de León”
  • Cebuano: “Departamento sa León”
  • Cebuano: “León”
  • Chinese: “León Koān”
  • Chinese: “莱昂”
  • Chinese: “莱昂省”
  • Chinese: “萊昂”
  • Chinese: “萊昂省”
  • Czech: “Departement León”
  • Czech: “León”
  • Danish: “León-departementet”
  • Danish: “León”
  • Dutch: “departement León”
  • Dutch: “León”
  • Esperanto: “departemento León”
  • Esperanto: “León”
  • Esperanto: “Leono”
  • Estonian: “Leóni departemang”
  • Finnish: “León”
  • Finnish: “Leónin departementti”
  • French: “département de León”
  • French: “Département de León”
  • French: “León”
  • Galician: “Departamento de León”
  • Galician: “León”
  • Georgian: “ლეონი”
  • Georgian: “ლეონის დეპარტამენტი”
  • German: “Departamento León”
  • German: “León”
  • Greek: “Διαμέρισμα Λεόν”
  • Greek: “Λεόν”
  • Hausa: “Leon Department”
  • Hindi: “लेओन विभाग”
  • Hungarian: “León megye”
  • Hungarian: “León”
  • Indonesian: “Departemen León”
  • Indonesian: “León”
  • Italian: “dipartimento di León”
  • Italian: “Dipartimento di León”
  • Italian: “León”
  • Japanese: “レオン”
  • Japanese: “レオン県”
  • Javanese: “Departemen Leon”
  • Kazakh: “Леон департаменті”
  • Kirghiz: “Леон Департаменти”
  • Korean: “레온”
  • Korean: “레온주”
  • Ladino: “Departamento de León”
  • Ladino: “Leon”
  • Ladino: “León”
  • Latvian: “León departaments”
  • Latvian: “León”
  • Latvian: “Leonas departaments”
  • Lithuanian: “León”
  • Lithuanian: “Leono departamentas”
  • Lithuanian: “Leóno departamentas”
  • Macedonian: “Департман Леон”
  • Macedonian: “Леон”
  • Malay: “Jabatan León”
  • Malay: “León”
  • Malay: “Pentadbiran León”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “León Koān”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “萊昂”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “萊昂省”
  • Northern Frisian: “León-Departement”
  • Northern Frisian: “León”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “León-departementet”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “León”
  • Norwegian: “León”
  • Oromo: “Leon Department”
  • Ossetian: “Леон (департамент)”
  • Ossetian: “Леон департамент”
  • Ossetian: “Леон”
  • Panjabi: “ਲਿਓਨ ਵਿਭਾਗ”
  • Persian: “بخش لئون”
  • Persian: “دپارتمان لئون”
  • Persian: “لئون”
  • Polish: “Departament León”
  • Polish: “León”
  • Portuguese: “Departamento de León”
  • Portuguese: “Leão”
  • Portuguese: “León”
  • Pushto: “لیون ډیپارتمنټ”
  • Quechua: “León suyu”
  • Quechua: “León”
  • Romanian: “Departamentul León”
  • Romanian: “León”
  • Russian: “департамент Леон”
  • Russian: “Департамент Леон”
  • Russian: “Леон”
  • Scots: “León Depairtment”
  • Scots: “León Department”
  • Scots: “León”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Departman León”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “León”
  • Sinhala: “ලියොන් දෙපාර්තමේන්තුව, නිකරගුවාව”
  • Sinhala: “ලියෝන් දෙපාර්තමේන්තුව”
  • Sinhala: “ලියෝන්”
  • Somali: “Leon Department”
  • Spanish: “Departamento de León”
  • Spanish: “León”
  • Swahili: “Leon Department”
  • Swedish: “León-departementet”
  • Swedish: “León”
  • Tajik: “Дипартаменти Леон”
  • Tatar: “Leon Departamenti”
  • Thai: “จังหวัดเลออน”
  • Thai: “เลออน”
  • Turkish: “León ili”
  • Turkish: “León”
  • Ukrainian: “Департамент Леон”
  • Ukrainian: “Леон”
  • Urdu: “لیون محکمہ”
  • Urdu: “لیون”
  • Uzbek: “Leon Departamenti”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Departamento han León”
  • 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”
  • “León”

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