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: colonial city and capital of León Department, Nicaragua
  • Also known as: “City León”, “City of León”, “Leon”, “Léon”, “León de Nicaragua”, “León Municipality”, “León, Nicaragua”, “Lyon”, “municipal seat of León”, “Municipality León”, “Municipality of León”, “Municipio de Leon”, and “Santiago de los Caballeros de León”

Places of Interest

Highlights include León Cathedral and Museum of Traditions and Legends.

Church
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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
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is a museum.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Sutiava.

Neighborhood
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is a neighborhood.

León

Latitude
12.4349° or 12° 26′ 6″ north
Longitude
-86.8788° or 86° 52′ 44″ west
Population
172,000
Elevation
111 metres (364 feet)
Open location code
764MC4MC+WF
Open­Street­Map ID
node 293298496
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
3618028
Wiki­data ID
Q208151
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Western Panjabi—“León” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “بلدية ليون”
  • Arabic: “سانتياغو دي لوس كاباليروس دي ليون”
  • Arabic: “ليون (بلدية)”
  • Arabic: “ليون في نيكاراغوا”
  • Arabic: “ليون”
  • Arabic: “مدينة ليون”
  • Arabic: “مقر بلدية ليون”
  • Armenian: “Լեոն համայնքի վարչական կենտրոն”
  • Armenian: “Լեոն քաղաք”
  • Armenian: “Լեոն”
  • Armenian: “Լեոնի համայնք”
  • Armenian: “Լեոնի քաղաք”
  • Asturian: “cabecera municipal del León”
  • Asturian: “Ciudá de León”
  • Asturian: “Conceyu de León”
  • Asturian: “León de Nicaragua”
  • Asturian: “Leon”
  • Asturian: “León”
  • Asturian: “Santiago de los Caballeros de León”
  • Aymara: “Leon”
  • Aymara: “León”
  • Aymara: “munisipyu p’iqinchiri utaña León”
  • Azerbaijani: “bələdiyyə mərkəzi León”
  • Azerbaijani: “Leon”
  • Balinese: “Leon”
  • Balinese: “León”
  • Balinese: “pusat munisipalitas ring León”
  • Basque: “León (udalerria)”
  • Basque: “Leon”
  • Basque: “León”
  • Basque: “Leóngo hiria”
  • Basque: “Leóngo udalerria”
  • Basque: “Leónko udalerria”
  • Basque: “udalerriaren egoitza León”
  • Bavarian: “Gmoandhauptort vom León”
  • Bavarian: “Leon”
  • Bavarian: “León”
  • Belarusian: “административный центр Леон”
  • Belarusian: “горад Леон”
  • Belarusian: “город Леон”
  • Belarusian: “Леон”
  • Belarusian: “мунiцыпалiтэт Леон”
  • Belarusian: “муніцыпалітэт Леон”
  • Bengali: “লিওন পৌরসভা”
  • Bengali: “লিওন শহর”
  • Bengali: “লেয়োন পৌরসভার প্রশাসনিক কেন্দ্র”
  • Bengali: “লেয়োন শহর”
  • Bengali: “লেয়োন”
  • Bosnian: “Leon”
  • Bosnian: “sjedište općine León”
  • Breton: “Kêr León”
  • Breton: “Kumun León”
  • Breton: “León (Nicaragua)”
  • Breton: “Leon”
  • Breton: “León”
  • Breton: “penn-kêr ar gumun eus León”
  • Bulgarian: “город Леон”
  • Bulgarian: “град Леон”
  • Bulgarian: “Град Леон”
  • Bulgarian: “Леон”
  • Bulgarian: “община Леон”
  • Bulgarian: “Община Леон”
  • Catalan: “cap municipal del León”
  • Catalan: “Ciutat de León”
  • Catalan: “Leon”
  • Catalan: “León”
  • Catalan: “Municipi de León”
  • Cebuano: “kabisera sa munisipyo sa León”
  • Cebuano: “León nga Munisipyo”
  • Cebuano: “Leon”
  • Cebuano: “León”
  • Cebuano: “Lungsod sa León”
  • Cebuano: “Municipio de León”
  • Cebuano: “Munisipyo sa León”
  • Chinese: “Chhiūⁿ León”
  • Chinese: “León chhiūⁿ”
  • Chinese: “León（市镇）”
  • Chinese: “León”
  • Chinese: “León市镇”
  • Chinese: “莱昂（市镇）”
  • Chinese: “莱昂”
  • Chinese: “莱昂城镇”
  • Chinese: “莱昂市”
  • Chinese: “莱昂市镇”
  • Chinese: “莱昂的行政中心”
  • Chinese: “萊昂（市鎮）”
  • Chinese: “萊昂（市镇）”
  • Chinese: “萊昂”
  • Chinese: “萊昂城镇”
  • Chinese: “萊昂市”
  • Chinese: “萊昂市镇”
  • Chinese: “萊昂的行政中心”
  • Croatian: “Grad León”
  • Croatian: “Leon”
  • Croatian: “León”
  • Croatian: “Općina León”
  • Croatian: “sjedište općine León”
  • Czech: “Leon”
  • Czech: “León”
  • Czech: “Město León”
  • Czech: “Obec León”
  • Czech: “sídlo obce León”
  • Danish: “Byen León”
  • Danish: “Kommunesæde for León”
  • Danish: “León kommune”
  • Danish: “Leon”
  • Danish: “León”
  • Dutch: “Gemeente León”
  • Dutch: “Gemeentezetel van León”
  • Dutch: “León (gemeente)”
  • Dutch: “Leon”
  • Dutch: “León”
  • Dutch: “Léon”
  • Dutch: “Santiago de los Caballeros de León”
  • Dutch: “Stad León”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “بلدية ليون”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “ليون”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “مدينة ليون”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “مدينه ليون, نيكاراغوا”
  • Esperanto: “komunuma sidejo de León”
  • Esperanto: “Komunumo León”
  • Esperanto: “Leon”
  • Esperanto: “León”
  • Esperanto: “Urbo León”
  • Estonian: “Leon”
  • Estonian: “León”
  • Estonian: “valla halduskeskus León”
  • Finnish: “kunnan hallintokeskus León”
  • Finnish: “Leon”
  • Finnish: “León”
  • Finnish: “Leónin kaupunki”
  • Finnish: “Leónin kunta”
  • French: “Bourg de León”
  • French: “Chef-lieu de León”
  • French: “León (municipalité)”
  • French: “León de Nicaragua”
  • French: “Leon”
  • French: “León”
  • French: “Léon”
  • French: “Municipalité de León”
  • French: “Santiago de los Caballeros de León”
  • French: “Ville de León”
  • Galician: “cabeceira municipal do León”
  • Galician: “Cidade de León”
  • Galician: “Concello de León”
  • Galician: “Leon”
  • Galician: “León”
  • Georgian: “ლეონი მუნიციპალიტეტის ადმინისტრაციული ცენტრი”
  • Georgian: “ლეონი ქალაქი”
  • Georgian: “ლეონი”
  • Georgian: “ლეონის მუნიციპალიტეტი”
  • Georgian: “ქალაქი ლეონი”
  • German: “Gemeinde León”
  • German: “Gemeinde von León”
  • German: “León (Gemeinde)”
  • German: “Leon”
  • German: “León”
  • German: “Ort León”
  • German: “Santiago de los Caballeros de León”
  • German: “Stadt León”
  • German: “Verwaltungssitz von León”
  • Greek: “León (δήμος)”
  • Greek: “Δήμος León”
  • Greek: “Δήμος Λεόν”
  • Greek: “Διοικητική έδρα του δήμου Λεόν”
  • Greek: “Λεόν (δήμος)”
  • Greek: “Λεόν”
  • Greek: “Πόλη Λεόν”
  • Gujarati: “લેઓન (નગરપાલિકા)”
  • Gujarati: “લેઓન નગરપાલિકા”
  • Gujarati: “લેઓન શહેર”
  • Gujarati: “લેઓન”
  • Haitian: “chèf-lieu minisipal nan León”
  • Haitian: “Leon”
  • Haitian: “León”
  • Hebrew: “לאון”
  • Hebrew: “מושב מנהלי של לאון”
  • Hebrew: “עיר לאון”
  • Hebrew: “רשות מקומית לאון”
  • Hindi: “लियोन (नगरपालिका)”
  • Hindi: “लियोन नगर”
  • Hindi: “लियोन नगरपालिका का प्रशासनिक केंद्र”
  • Hindi: “लियोन नगरपालिका”
  • Hindi: “लियोन शहर”
  • Hindi: “लियोन”
  • Hindi: “लेओन”
  • Hungarian: “községi székhely León”
  • Hungarian: “León önkormányzata”
  • Hungarian: “León városa”
  • Hungarian: “Leon”
  • Hungarian: “León”
  • Ido: “León, Nikaragua”
  • Ido: “Leon”
  • Ido: “León”
  • Ido: “municipala sideyo di León”
  • Indonesian: “ibu kota munisipalitas León”
  • Indonesian: “Kota León”
  • Indonesian: “Leon”
  • Indonesian: “León”
  • Indonesian: “Munisipalitas León”
  • Irish: “Bardas León”
  • Irish: “Cathair León”
  • Irish: “Leon”
  • Irish: “León”
  • Irish: “príomhbhaile an bhardais de León”
  • Italian: “Capoluogo comunale di León”
  • Italian: “Centro di León”
  • Italian: “Città di León”
  • Italian: “Comune di León”
  • Italian: “León (comune)”
  • Italian: “León de Nicaragua”
  • Italian: “León Viejo”
  • Italian: “Leon”
  • Italian: “León”
  • Italian: “Santiago de los Caballeros de León”
  • Jamaican Creole English: “Leon”
  • Jamaican Creole English: “León”
  • Jamaican Creole English: “municipal seat a León”
  • Japanese: “León（自治体）”
  • Japanese: “León自治体”
  • Japanese: “レオン（自治体）”
  • Japanese: “レオン”
  • Japanese: “レオンの町”
  • Japanese: “レオン市”
  • Japanese: “レオン自治体”
  • Kannada: “ಲಿಯೋನ್ (ಪುರಸಭೆ)”
  • Kannada: “ಲಿಯೋನ್ ನಗರ”
  • Kannada: “ಲಿಯೋನ್ ನಗರಪಾಲಿಕೆ”
  • Kannada: “ಲಿಯೋನ್ ಪುರಸಭೆ”
  • Kannada: “ಲಿಯೋನ್ ಪುರಸಭೆಯ ಆಡಳಿತ ಕೇಂದ್ರ”
  • Kannada: “ಲಿಯೋನ್”
  • Kirghiz: “административный центр Леон”
  • Kirghiz: “Леон муниципалитети”
  • Kirghiz: “Леон шаары”
  • Kirghiz: “Леон, Сантьяго-де-лос-Кабальерос-де-Леон шаары”
  • Kirghiz: “Леон”
  • Korean: “레온 시”
  • Korean: “레온 자치단체”
  • Korean: “레온(자치단체)”
  • Korean: “레온”
  • Ladino: “kavesa munisipal del León”
  • Ladino: “Leon”
  • Ladino: “León”
  • Ladino: “Munisipyo de León”
  • Ladino: “Sivdad de León”
  • Latvian: “Leon”
  • Latvian: “León”
  • Latvian: “Leona”
  • Latvian: “Leonas pašvaldība”
  • Latvian: “Leonas pilsēta”
  • Latvian: “pašvaldības centrs León”
  • Lithuanian: “Leon”
  • Lithuanian: “León”
  • Lithuanian: “Leonas”
  • Lithuanian: “Leono miestas”
  • Lithuanian: “Leono savivaldybė”
  • Lithuanian: “savivaldybės centras León”
  • Luxembourgish: “Gemeng León”
  • Luxembourgish: “Gemengesëtz vum León”
  • Luxembourgish: “Leon”
  • Luxembourgish: “León”
  • Luxembourgish: “Stad León”
  • Macedonian: “град Леон”
  • Macedonian: “Град Леон”
  • Macedonian: “Леон”
  • Macedonian: “општина Леон”
  • Macedonian: “Општина Леон”
  • Malay: “Leon”
  • Malay: “León”
  • Malay: “pusat perbandaran León”
  • Maltese: “Belt León”
  • Maltese: “Leon”
  • Maltese: “León”
  • Maltese: “Muniċipalità León”
  • Maltese: “sede muniċipali tal- León”
  • Marathi: “लिओन (नगरपालिका)”
  • Marathi: “लिओन नगरपालिका”
  • Marathi: “लिओन शहर”
  • Marathi: “लिओन”
  • Marathi: “लेओन”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Chhiūⁿ León”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “León (Nicaragua)”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “León chhiūⁿ”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “León”
  • Moksha: “город Леон”
  • Moksha: “Леон”
  • Moksha: “Лэон”
  • Moksha: “муниципалитет Лэон”
  • Moksha: “ош Лэон”
  • Moroccan Arabic: “بلدية ليون”
  • Moroccan Arabic: “ليون”
  • Moroccan Arabic: “مدينة ليون”
  • Moroccan Arabic: “مقر بلدي لبلدية ليون”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Kommunesenter for León”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Leon”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “León”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “byen León”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Kommunesenter for León”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “León i Nicaragua”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “León kommune”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Leon”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “León”
  • Norwegian: “Byen León”
  • Norwegian: “León kommune”
  • Norwegian: “León”
  • Ossetian: “горæт Леон”
  • Ossetian: “Леон”
  • Ossetian: “муниципалитет Леон”
  • Papiamento: “Leon”
  • Papiamento: “León”
  • Papiamento: “sede municipal di León”
  • Persian: “شهر لئون”
  • Persian: “شهرداری لئون”
  • Persian: “لئون (شهرداری)”
  • Persian: “لئون، نیکاراگوئه”
  • Persian: “لئون”
  • Persian: “مرکز اداری لئون”
  • Piemontese: “Leon”
  • Piemontese: “León”
  • Piemontese: “séde comunal dël León”
  • Pitcairn-Norfolk: “León, Nicaragua”
  • Pitcairn-Norfolk: “Leon”
  • Pitcairn-Norfolk: “León”
  • Pitcairn-Norfolk: “munisipal siit a León”
  • Polish: “Gmina León”
  • Polish: “León (gmina)”
  • Polish: “León (miasto w Nikaragui)”
  • Polish: “Leon”
  • Polish: “León”
  • Polish: “Miasto León”
  • Polish: “siedziba gminy León”
  • Portuguese: “Cidade de León”
  • Portuguese: “León (município)”
  • Portuguese: “León de Nicarágua”
  • Portuguese: “Leon”
  • Portuguese: “León”
  • Portuguese: “Município de León”
  • Portuguese: “Santiago de los Caballeros de León”
  • Portuguese: “Sede municipal de León”
  • Portuguese: “Vila de León”
  • Romanian: “León, Nicaragua”
  • Romanian: “Leon”
  • Romanian: “León”
  • Romanian: “Municipalitatea León”
  • Romanian: “Orașul León”
  • Romanian: “reședință municipală al León”
  • Russian: “León (муниципалитет)”
  • Russian: “León”
  • Russian: “город Леон”
  • Russian: “Леон (Никарагуа)”
  • Russian: “Леон”
  • Russian: “муниципалитет León”
  • Russian: “Муниципалитет León”
  • Russian: “муниципалитет Леон”
  • Scots: “Ceety o León”
  • Scots: “Leon”
  • Scots: “León”
  • Scots: “municipal seat o León”
  • Scots: “Municipality o León”
  • Serbian: “Grad Leon”
  • Serbian: “Leon”
  • Serbian: “León”
  • Serbian: “Opština Leon”
  • Serbian: “sedište opštine León”
  • Serbian: “град Леон”
  • Serbian: “Град Леон”
  • Serbian: “Леон”
  • Serbian: “општина Леон”
  • Serbian: “Општина Леон”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “grad León”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “León (Nikaragva)”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “León, Nikaragva”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Leon”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “León”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “općina León”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “sjedište općine León”
  • Sinhala: “ලියොන් (මහ නගර සභාව)”
  • Sinhala: “ලියොන් නගර සභාවේ පරිපාලන මධ්‍යස්ථානය”
  • Sinhala: “ලියොන් නගරය”
  • Sinhala: “ලියොන් නාගරික මණ්ඩලය”
  • Sinhala: “ලියොන් මහ නගර සභාව”
  • Sinhala: “ලියොන්”
  • Slovak: “Leon”
  • Slovak: “León”
  • Slovak: “Mesto León”
  • Slovak: “Obec León”
  • Slovak: “sídlo obce León”
  • Slovenian: “León, Nikaragva”
  • Slovenian: “Leon”
  • Slovenian: “León”
  • Slovenian: “Mesto León”
  • Slovenian: “Občina León”
  • Slovenian: “sedež občine León”
  • Spanish: “Cabecera municipal de León”
  • Spanish: “Ciudad de León”
  • Spanish: “León (municipio)”
  • Spanish: “León (Municipio)”
  • Spanish: “León de Nicaragua”
  • Spanish: “León Viejo”
  • Spanish: “Leon”
  • Spanish: “León”
  • Spanish: “Municipio de León”
  • Spanish: “Pueblo de León”
  • Spanish: “Ruinas de León Viejo”
  • Spanish: “Ruínas de León Viejo”
  • Spanish: “Santiago de los Caballeros de León”
  • Swedish: “Kommun León”
  • Swedish: “Kommunhuvudort för León”
  • Swedish: “León (kommun)”
  • Swedish: “León kommun”
  • Swedish: “León, Nicaragua”
  • Swedish: “Leon”
  • Swedish: “León”
  • Swedish: “Santiago de los Caballeros de León”
  • Swedish: “Staden León”
  • Tamil: “லியோன் நகரம்”
  • Tamil: “லியோன் நகராட்சி”
  • Tamil: “லியோன் நகராட்சியின் நிர்வாக மையம்”
  • Tamil: “லியோன்”
  • Tatar: “Леон (Никарагуа)”
  • Tatar: “Леон муниципалитеты”
  • Tatar: “Леон шәһәре”
  • Tatar: “Леон”
  • Telugu: “లియోన్ నగరం”
  • Telugu: “లియోన్ మున్సిపాలిటీ”
  • Telugu: “లియోన్”
  • Thai: “เทศบาลเลออน”
  • Thai: “เมืองเลออน”
  • Thai: “เลออน”
  • Tibetan: “ལེ་ཨོན མུ་ནི་སི་པལ་ལི་ཏིའི་དོ་དམ་ལྟེ་གནས”
  • Turkish: “belediye merkezi León”
  • Turkish: “Leon belediyesi”
  • Turkish: “Leon şehri”
  • Turkish: “León, Nikaragua”
  • Turkish: “Leon”
  • Turkish: “León”
  • Ukrainian: “León (муніципалітет)”
  • Ukrainian: “León”
  • Ukrainian: “Леон (Нікарагуа)”
  • Ukrainian: “Леон-Сантьяго-де-лос-Кабальєрос”
  • Ukrainian: “Леон”
  • Ukrainian: “місто Леон”
  • Ukrainian: “муніципалітет León”
  • Ukrainian: “муніципалітет Леон”
  • Urdu: “لیون بلدیہ”
  • Urdu: “لیون دا بلدیاتی صدر مقام”
  • Urdu: “لیون شہر”
  • Urdu: “لیون، نکاراگوا”
  • Urdu: “لیون”
  • Uzbek: “Leon munitsipaliteti”
  • Uzbek: “Leon shahri”
  • Uzbek: “Leon”
  • Uzbek: “León”
  • Uzbek: “munitsipal markaz León”
  • Venetian: “Leon”
  • Venetian: “León”
  • Venetian: “sede comunal del León”
  • Vietnamese: “Đô thị León”
  • Vietnamese: “León (đô thị)”
  • Vietnamese: “León, Nicaragua”
  • Vietnamese: “Leon”
  • Vietnamese: “León”
  • Vietnamese: “Thành phố León”
  • Vietnamese: “trụ sở đô thị tự quản của León”
  • Waray (Philippines): “León, Nicaragua”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Leon”
  • Waray (Philippines): “León”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Munisipyo han León”
  • Waray (Philippines): “punoan han munisipyo han León”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Syudad han León”
  • Welsh: “Bwrdeistref León”
  • Welsh: “Dinas León”
  • Welsh: “Leon”
  • Welsh: “León”
  • Welsh: “sedd y fwrdeistref o León”
  • Western Panjabi: “بلدیہ لیون”
  • Western Panjabi: “لیون بلدیہ”
  • Western Panjabi: “لیون دا بلدیاتی صدر مقام”
  • Western Panjabi: “لیون شہر”
  • Western Panjabi: “لیون”
  • “Leon”
  • “León”
  • “tlahtocan munisipal León”
  • “Xolotlan altepetl”
  • “Xolotlan munisipio”

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