León

León is a residential area in , and has about 145,000 residents. León is situated nearby to the neighborhood .
  • Type: Residential area
  • Description: colonial city and capital of the León Department, Nicaragua
  • Also known as: “City of León (City)”, “Ciudad de León”, “León (city)”, “León (City)”, “Municipal seat of León”, and “Santiago de los Caballeros de León”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include León Cathedral and Ortiz-Gurdián Foundation Art Center.

Church
Photo: Guillaume Baviere, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Cathedral of the Assumption of Mary, also known as the "Royal and Renowned Basilica Cathedral of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary", is a significantly important and historic landmark in , . is situated 3½ km east of León.

Museum
Photo: Osopolar, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a museum.

Church
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include León and Sutiava.

Photo: Inkey, CC BY 2.0.
Founded in 1524, is one of the oldest cities in the Americas. With colonial splendor, it is the intellectual center of , renowned for its university, old churches, fine museums, revolutionary history and student life.

Neighborhood
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is a neighborhood.

León

Latitude
12.4271° or 12° 25′ 38″ north
Longitude
-86.9089° or 86° 54′ 32″ west
Population
145,000
Elevation
102 metres (335 feet)
United Nations Location Code
NI LEO
Open location code
764MC3GR+RC
Open­Street­Map ID
way 1051073332
Open­Street­Map feature
landuse=­residential
Geo­Names ID
3618030
Wiki­data ID
Q130253115
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Western Panjabi—“León” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “ليون (مدينة)”
  • Arabic: “ليون”
  • Arabic: “مدينة ليون (مدينة)”
  • Arabic: “مقر بلدية ليون”
  • Armenian: “Լեոն (քաղաք)”
  • Armenian: “Լեոն”
  • Asturian: “León (City)”
  • Asturian: “León”
  • Basque: “León (City)”
  • Basque: “Leon”
  • Basque: “León”
  • Belarusian: “Леон (горад)”
  • Belarusian: “Леон”
  • Bengali: “লিও (শহর)”
  • Bengali: “লিও”
  • Breton: “León (City)”
  • Breton: “León”
  • Bulgarian: “Леон (град)”
  • Bulgarian: “Леон”
  • Catalan: “León (City)”
  • Catalan: “León”
  • Cebuano: “León (City)”
  • Cebuano: “León”
  • Chinese: “莱昂 (城市)”
  • Chinese: “莱昂（市）”
  • Chinese: “莱昂（市）市”
  • Chinese: “莱昂”
  • Chinese: “莱昂市镇行政中心”
  • Chinese: “萊昂 (城市)”
  • Chinese: “萊昂（市）”
  • Chinese: “萊昂（市）市”
  • Chinese: “萊昂”
  • Chinese: “萊昂市镇行政中心”
  • Croatian: “León (City)”
  • Croatian: “León”
  • Czech: “León (City)”
  • Czech: “León”
  • Danish: “León (City)”
  • Danish: “León”
  • Dutch: “León (City)”
  • Dutch: “León”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “ليون (مدينة)”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “ليون”
  • Esperanto: “León (City)”
  • Esperanto: “León”
  • Finnish: “León (City)”
  • Finnish: “León”
  • French: “Chef-lieu de León”
  • French: “Ciudad de León”
  • French: “León (City)”
  • French: “León (ville)”
  • French: “León”
  • French: “Santiago de los Caballeros de León”
  • French: “Ville de León (City)”
  • Galician: “León (City)”
  • Galician: “León”
  • Georgian: “ლეონი (ქალაქი)”
  • Georgian: “ლეონი”
  • German: “Ciudad de León”
  • German: “León (City)”
  • German: “León (Stadt)”
  • German: “León”
  • German: “Santiago de los Caballeros de León”
  • German: “Stadt León (City)”
  • German: “Verwaltungssitz von León”
  • Greek: “León (City)”
  • Greek: “Έδρα δήμου León”
  • Greek: “Λεόν”
  • Greek: “Πόλη León (City)”
  • Gujarati: “લેઓન (શહેર) શહેર”
  • Gujarati: “લેઓન (શહેર)”
  • Gujarati: “લેઓન”
  • Gujarati: “લેઓનનું નગરપાલિકા મુખ્યાલય”
  • Hebrew: “לאון (עיר)”
  • Hebrew: “לאון”
  • Hindi: “लियोन (शहर) शहर”
  • Hindi: “लियोन (शहर)”
  • Hindi: “लियोन का नगरपालिका मुख्यालय”
  • Hindi: “लेओन”
  • Hungarian: “León (City)”
  • Hungarian: “León”
  • Ido: “León (City)”
  • Ido: “León”
  • Indonesian: “León (City)”
  • Indonesian: “León”
  • Irish: “León (City)”
  • Irish: “León”
  • Italian: “León (City)”
  • Italian: “León”
  • Japanese: “レオン（市）”
  • Japanese: “レオン（市）市”
  • Japanese: “レオン”
  • Japanese: “レオンの行政中心”
  • Kannada: “ಲಿಯೊನ್”
  • Kannada: “ಲಿಯೋನ್ (ನಗರ) ನಗರ”
  • Kannada: “ಲಿಯೋನ್ (ನಗರ)”
  • Kannada: “ಲಿಯೋನ್ ಪುರಸಭಾ ಕೇಂದ್ರ”
  • Kirghiz: “Леон (шаар)”
  • Kirghiz: “Леон”
  • Korean: “레온 행정 중심지”
  • Korean: “레온(시) 시”
  • Korean: “레온(시)”
  • Korean: “레온”
  • Ladino: “León (City)”
  • Ladino: “León”
  • Latvian: “León (City)”
  • Latvian: “León”
  • Lithuanian: “León (City)”
  • Lithuanian: “León”
  • Lithuanian: “Leonas”
  • Luxembourgish: “León (City)”
  • Luxembourgish: “León”
  • Macedonian: “Леон (град)”
  • Macedonian: “Леон”
  • Malay: “León (City)”
  • Malay: “León”
  • Maltese: “León (City)”
  • Maltese: “León”
  • Marathi: “लिओन (शहर) शहर”
  • Marathi: “लिओन (शहर)”
  • Marathi: “लिओन नगरपालिका मुख्यालय”
  • Marathi: “लेओन”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “León (City)”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “León”
  • Moksha: “Лэон (город)”
  • Moksha: “Лэон”
  • Moroccan Arabic: “ليون (مدينة)”
  • Moroccan Arabic: “ليون”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “León (City)”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “León”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “León (City)”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “León”
  • Ossetian: “León (City)”
  • Ossetian: “León”
  • Ossetian: “Леон”
  • Persian: “León”
  • Persian: “شهر لئون (شهر)”
  • Persian: “لئون (شهر)”
  • Persian: “لئون”
  • Persian: “مرکز اداری لئون”
  • Pitcairn-Norfolk: “León (City)”
  • Pitcairn-Norfolk: “León”
  • Polish: “León (City)”
  • Polish: “León”
  • Portuguese: “León (City)”
  • Portuguese: “León”
  • Romanian: “León (City)”
  • Romanian: “León”
  • Russian: “León (City)”
  • Russian: “административный центр León”
  • Russian: “город León (City)”
  • Russian: “Леон”
  • Scots: “León (City)”
  • Scots: “León”
  • Serbian: “León (City)”
  • Serbian: “León”
  • Serbian: “Леон (град)”
  • Serbian: “Леон”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “León (City)”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “León”
  • Sinhala: “León”
  • Sinhala: “ලියොන් (නගරය) නගරය”
  • Sinhala: “ලියොන් (නගරය)”
  • Sinhala: “ලියොන් නගරපාලිකා මූලස්ථානය”
  • Slovak: “León (City)”
  • Slovak: “León”
  • Slovenian: “León (City)”
  • Slovenian: “León”
  • Spanish: “Cabecera municipal de León”
  • Spanish: “Ciudad de León (City)”
  • Spanish: “Ciudad de León”
  • Spanish: “León (City)”
  • Spanish: “León (ciudad)”
  • Spanish: “León”
  • Spanish: “Santiago de los Caballeros de León”
  • Swedish: “León (City)”
  • Swedish: “León”
  • Tamil: “லியோன் (நகரம்)”
  • Tamil: “லியோன்”
  • Tatar: “Леон (шәһәр)”
  • Tatar: “Леон”
  • Telugu: “లియోన్ (నగరం)”
  • Telugu: “లియోన్”
  • Thai: “เลออน (เมือง)”
  • Thai: “เลออน”
  • Turkish: “León (City)”
  • Turkish: “León”
  • Ukrainian: “León (City)”
  • Ukrainian: “адміністративний центр León”
  • Ukrainian: “Леон”
  • Ukrainian: “місто León (City)”
  • Urdu: “لیون (شہر)”
  • Urdu: “لیون، نکاراگوا”
  • Urdu: “لیون”
  • Uzbek: “León (City)”
  • Uzbek: “Leon”
  • Venetian: “León (City)”
  • Venetian: “León”
  • Vietnamese: “León (City)”
  • Vietnamese: “León”
  • Waray (Philippines): “León (City)”
  • Waray (Philippines): “León”
  • Welsh: “León (City)”
  • Welsh: “León”
  • Western Panjabi: “لیون (شہر) شہر”
  • Western Panjabi: “لیون (شہر)”
  • Western Panjabi: “لیون دا بلدیاتی صدر مقام”
  • “Ciudad de León”
  • “León”
  • “León (City)”
  • “León (ciudad)”
  • “Santiago de los Caballeros de León”

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