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Guanajuato

León

León is a city in , , known for its leather goods. It is known as the "Pearl of the Bajío" and the "Footwear Capital of the World" because it is here where more footwear is produced nationally.
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  • Type: City with 1,580,000 residents
  • Description: largest city in Guanajuato, Mexico
  • Also known as: “Ciudad de León” and “León, Guanajuato”

León

Latitude
21.122° or 21° 7′ 19″ north
Longitude
-101.683° or 101° 40′ 59″ west
Population
1,580,000
Elevation
1,806 metres (5,925 feet)
IATA airport code
BJX
Open location code
75HW48C8+QR
Open­Street­Map ID
node 273601416
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
3998655
Wiki­data ID
Q189128
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Yue Chinese—“León” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “León, Meksiko”
  • Afrikaans: “León”
  • Arabic: “ليون دي لوس ألداما”
  • Arabic: “ليون”
  • Armenian: “Լեոն”
  • Asturian: “León de Los Aldama”
  • Balinese: “León, Guanajuato”
  • Balinese: “León”
  • Basque: “León”
  • Bavarian: “León”
  • Belarusian: “Леон-дэ-лос-Альдама”
  • Belarusian: “Леон”
  • Bengali: “লিও”
  • Breton: “León de los Aldama”
  • Breton: “León”
  • Bulgarian: “Леон”
  • Catalan: “León”
  • Cebuano: “León”
  • Central Kurdish: “لیۆن، مەکسیک”
  • Chechen: “Леон-де-лос-Альдама”
  • Chinese: “León, Guanajuato”
  • Chinese: “利昂”
  • Chinese: “莱昂”
  • Chinese: “萊昂”
  • Croatian: “León”
  • Czech: “León”
  • Danish: “León de los Aldamas”
  • Danish: “Leon Guanajuato”
  • Danish: “León”
  • Dutch: “Leon de los Aldama”
  • Dutch: “León de los Aldama”
  • Dutch: “Leon de los Aldamas”
  • Dutch: “León de los Aldamas”
  • Dutch: “Leon”
  • Dutch: “León”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “ليون”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “مدينه ليون”
  • Esperanto: “León”
  • Finnish: “León”
  • French: “León de los Aldama”
  • French: “Leon Guanajuato”
  • French: “León, Guanajuato”
  • French: “León, Mexique”
  • French: “León”
  • Galician: “León”
  • Georgian: “ლეონი”
  • German: “León de los Aldamas”
  • German: “Leon”
  • German: “León”
  • Greek: “Λεόν”
  • Gujarati: “લેઓન”
  • Hebrew: “לאון”
  • Hindi: “लियोन”
  • Hungarian: “León”
  • Icelandic: “León”
  • Ido: “León, Guanajuato”
  • Ido: “León”
  • Iloko: “León, Guanajuato”
  • Iloko: “León”
  • Indonesian: “León, Guanajuato”
  • Indonesian: “León”
  • Irish: “León de Los Aldama”
  • Italian: “Leon”
  • Italian: “León”
  • Japanese: “レオン”
  • Kalaallisut: “León”
  • Kannada: “ಲಿಯೊನ್”
  • Kazakh: “Леон-де-лос-Альдама”
  • Kirghiz: “Леон, Леон-де-лое-Алдама шаары”
  • Korean: “레온”
  • Ladino: “Leon”
  • Latvian: “Leona”
  • Lithuanian: “Leonas”
  • Lombard: “León, Guanajuato”
  • Lombard: “León”
  • Luxembourgish: “León”
  • Malay: “Leon”
  • Marathi: “लिऑन”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “León”
  • Mingrelian: “ლეონი (მექსიკა)”
  • Mingrelian: “ლეონი”
  • Moksha: “Лэон дэ Лос Альдама”
  • Northern Frisian: “León de los Aldama”
  • Northern Frisian: “León”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Leon de los Aldamas”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “León de los Aldamas”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “León”
  • Norwegian: “León”
  • Persian: “لئون، گوآناخوآتو”
  • Persian: “لئون”
  • Polish: “León”
  • Portuguese: “Leão”
  • Portuguese: “León de Los Aldama”
  • Portuguese: “León”
  • Romanian: “León, Guanajuato”
  • Romanian: “Leon”
  • Romanian: “León”
  • Russian: “Леон-де-лос-Альдама”
  • Russian: “Леон”
  • Scots: “León, Guanajuato”
  • Scots: “León”
  • Serbian: “León de los Aldama”
  • Serbian: “Leon”
  • Serbian: “León”
  • Serbian: “Леон де лос Алдама”
  • Serbian: “Леон”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “León, Guanajuato”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “León”
  • Silesian: “León (Meksyk)”
  • Silesian: “León”
  • Sinhala: “ලියොන්”
  • Slovenian: “León, Guanajuato”
  • Slovenian: “León”
  • Spanish: “León de los Aldama”
  • Spanish: “León de Los Aldama”
  • Spanish: “León”
  • Swahili: “León, Guanajuato”
  • Swahili: “León”
  • Swedish: “León de los Aldama”
  • Swedish: “León de los Aldamas”
  • Tagalog: “León, Guanajuato”
  • Tagalog: “León”
  • Tamil: “லியோன்”
  • Tatar: “Леон (Миксикә)”
  • Tatar: “Леон”
  • Telugu: “లియోన్”
  • Thai: “เลออน”
  • Turkish: “León, Meksika”
  • Turkish: “León”
  • Ukrainian: “Леон”
  • Urdu: “لیون، گواناجوتا”
  • Uzbek: “Leon”
  • Venetian: “León”
  • Vietnamese: “León, Guanajuato”
  • Vietnamese: “León”
  • Waray (Philippines): “León, Mehiko”
  • Waray (Philippines): “León”
  • Welsh: “Leon”
  • Western Mari: “Леон”
  • Wu Chinese: “莱昂 (墨西哥)”
  • Wu Chinese: “莱昂（墨西哥）”
  • Yue Chinese: “利昂 (墨西哥)”
  • “Leon”
  • “León”
  • “Leon de Los Aldama”
  • “León de Los Aldama”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page “León”. Photo: Antuán, CC BY-SA 4.0.