León
Founded in 1524, León is one of the oldest cities in the Americas. With colonial splendor, it is the intellectual center of Nicaragua, renowned for its university, old churches, fine museums, revolutionary history and student life.Photo: Byralaal, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Notable Places in the Area
León Cathedral
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, Nicaragua.
León Airport
Aerodrome
León Airport is an airport serving León, the capital of the León Department of Nicaragua.
León
- Type: City with 172,000 residents
- Description: city in Nicaragua
- Categories: big city, municipality of Nicaragua and locality
- Location: León Department, Northern Pacific Coast, Nicaragua, Central America, North America
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Latitude
12.4349° or 12° 26' 6" northLongitude
-86.8788° or 86° 52' 44" westPopulation
172,000Elevation
107 metres (351 feet)United Nations Location Code
NI LEOOpen Location Code
764MC4MC+WFOpenStreetMap ID
node 293298496OpenStreetMap Feature
place=cityGeoNames ID
3618030Wikidata ID
Q208151León Satellite Map
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Also Known As
- Arabic: León, Nicaragua
- Arabic: ليون
- Arabic: ليون، نيكاراغوا
- Armenian: Լեոն
- Asturian: León
- Asturian: León de Nicaragua
- Basque: Leon
- Basque: León
- Belarusian: Леон
- Bengali: লিও
- Breton: León
- Bulgarian: Леон
- Catalan: León
- Cebuano: León (kapital sa departamento)
- Cebuano: León
- Chinese: León
- Chinese: 莱昂
- Chinese: 萊昂
- Croatian: León
- Czech: León
- Danish: León (Leon)
- Danish: León
- Dutch: Leon
- Dutch: León
- Dutch: Léon
- Egyptian Arabic: ليون
- Egyptian Arabic: مدينه ليون, نيكاراغوا
- English: León, Nicaragua
- English: Lyon
- Esperanto: León
- Finnish: León
- French: Leon
- French: León
- French: Léon
- Georgian: ლეონი
- German: Leon
- German: León
- German: Santiago de los Caballeros de León
- Greek: Λεόν
- Gujarati: લેઓન
- Hebrew: לאון
- Hindi: लियोन
- Hindi: लेओन
- Hungarian: León
- Ido: León, Nikaragua
- Indonesian: León
- Irish: León
- Italian: Leon Viejo
- Italian: León
- Japanese: レオン
- Kannada: ಲಿಯೊನ್
- Kirghiz: Леон, Сантьяго-де-лос-Кабальерос-де-Леон шаары
- Kirghiz: Леон
- Korean: 레온
- Ladino: Leon
- Latvian: Leona
- Lithuanian: Leonas
- Luxembourgish: León
- Macedonian: Леон
- Malay: Leon
- Marathi: लिऑन
- Marathi: लेओन
- Min Nan Chinese: León (Nicaragua)
- Moksha: Лэон
- Norwegian: León
- Norwegian Bokmål: León
- Ossetian: Леон
- Persian: لئون
- Persian: لئون، نیکاراگوئه
- 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
- Sinhala: ලියොන්
- Slovak: León
- Slovenian: León, Nikaragva
- Slovenian: León
- Spanish: 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: Leon
- Turkish: León, Nikaragua
- Ukrainian: Леон-Сантьяго-де-лос-Кабальєрос
- Ukrainian: Леон
- Urdu: لیون، نکاراگوا
- Uzbek: Leon
- Venetian: León
- Vietnamese: León
- Waray (Philippines): León
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In the Area
León is situated close to the hamlet Los Negritos and the neighbourhood Villa Castellón.
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