Nicaragua
Northern Pacific Coast
León Department

León

Founded in 1524, León 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.
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  • Type: City with 172,000 residents
  • Description: city in Nicaragua
  • Also known as: “León Municipality”, “León, Nicaragua”, “Lyon”, “Municipality of León”, and “Santiago de los Caballeros de León”

Places of Interest

Highlights include León Cathedral and Museum of Traditions and Legends.

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 León, .

Museum
El Museo de Tradiciones y Leyendas is located in León, . The museum building was once the infamous XXI prison where, from 1921 to 1979, many prisoners were tortured.

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

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Sutiaba.

Neighborhood
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a neighborhood.

León

Latitude
12.4349° or 12° 26′ 6″ north
Longitude
-86.8788° or 86° 52′ 44″ west
Population
172,000
Elevation
102 metres (335 feet)
United Nations Location Code
NI LEO
Open location code
764MC4MC+WF
Open­Street­Map ID
node 293298496
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
3618030
Wiki­data ID
Q208151
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Waray—“León” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “ليون، نيكاراغوا”
  • Arabic: “ليون”
  • Armenian: “Լեոն”
  • Asturian: “León de Nicaragua”
  • Asturian: “León”
  • Asturian: “Santiago de los Caballeros de León”
  • Basque: “Leon”
  • Basque: “León”
  • Belarusian: “Леон”
  • Bengali: “লিও”
  • Breton: “León (Nicaragua)”
  • Breton: “León”
  • Bulgarian: “Леон”
  • Catalan: “León”
  • Cebuano: “León”
  • Cebuano: “Municipio de León”
  • Chinese: “León”
  • Chinese: “莱昂”
  • Chinese: “萊昂”
  • Croatian: “León”
  • Czech: “León”
  • Danish: “Leon”
  • Danish: “León”
  • Dutch: “Leon”
  • Dutch: “León”
  • Dutch: “Léon”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “ليون”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “مدينه ليون, نيكاراغوا”
  • Esperanto: “León”
  • Finnish: “León”
  • French: “Leon”
  • French: “León”
  • French: “Léon”
  • Georgian: “ლეონი”
  • German: “León”
  • German: “Santiago de los Caballeros de León”
  • Greek: “Λεόν”
  • Gujarati: “લેઓન”
  • Hebrew: “לאון”
  • Hindi: “लियोन”
  • Hindi: “लेओन”
  • Hungarian: “León”
  • Ido: “León, Nikaragua”
  • Ido: “León”
  • Indonesian: “León”
  • Irish: “León”
  • Italian: “León Viejo”
  • Italian: “León”
  • Japanese: “レオン”
  • Kannada: “ಲಿಯೊನ್”
  • Kirghiz: “Леон, Сантьяго-де-лос-Кабальерос-де-Леон шаары”
  • Kirghiz: “Леон”
  • Korean: “레온”
  • Ladino: “Leon”
  • Ladino: “León”
  • Latvian: “Leona”
  • Lithuanian: “Leonas”
  • Luxembourgish: “León”
  • Macedonian: “Леон”
  • Malay: “Leon”
  • Maltese: “León”
  • Marathi: “लिऑन”
  • Marathi: “लेओन”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “León (Nicaragua)”
  • Moksha: “Лэон”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “León”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “León i Nicaragua”
  • Norwegian: “León”
  • Ossetian: “Леон”
  • Persian: “لئون، نیکاراگوئه”
  • Persian: “لئون”
  • Pitcairn-Norfolk: “León, Nicaragua”
  • Polish: “Leon”
  • Polish: “León”
  • Portuguese: “León”
  • Portuguese: “Santiago de los Caballeros de León”
  • Romanian: “León, Nicaragua”
  • Romanian: “León”
  • Russian: “Леон”
  • Scots: “León”
  • Serbian: “Leon”
  • Serbian: “León”
  • Serbian: “Леон”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “León (Nikaragva)”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “León, Nikaragva”
  • Sinhala: “ලියොන්”
  • Slovak: “León”
  • Slovenian: “León, Nikaragva”
  • Slovenian: “León”
  • Spanish: “León (Municipio)”
  • Spanish: “León”
  • Spanish: “Municipio de León”
  • Spanish: “Santiago de los Caballeros de León”
  • Swedish: “León, Nicaragua”
  • Swedish: “León”
  • Tamil: “லியோன்”
  • Tatar: “Леон (Никарагуа)”
  • Tatar: “Леон”
  • Telugu: “లియోన్”
  • Thai: “เลออน”
  • Turkish: “León, Nikaragua”
  • Turkish: “Leon”
  • Ukrainian: “Леон-Сантьяго-де-лос-Кабальєрос”
  • Ukrainian: “Леон”
  • Urdu: “لیون، نکاراگوا”
  • Uzbek: “Leon”
  • Uzbek: “León”
  • Venetian: “León”
  • Vietnamese: “León, Nicaragua”
  • Vietnamese: “León”
  • Waray (Philippines): “León, Nicaragua”
  • Waray (Philippines): “León”
  • “León”

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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: Inkey, CC BY 2.0.