León

colonial city and capital of León Department, Nicaragua
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León

Summary

León is a municipality of Nicaragua[1]. León draws 416 Wikipedia views per month (municipality_of_nicaragua category, ranking #207 of 106).[2]

Key Facts

  • León is located in León Department[3].
  • León is in the country of Nicaragua[4].
  • León's instance of is recorded as municipality of Nicaragua[5].
  • León's capital is recorded as León (City)[6].
  • Ruínas de León Viejo is named after León[7].
  • León's twinned administrative body is recorded as Hamburg[8].
  • León's twinned administrative body is recorded as Salzburg[9].
  • León's twinned administrative body is recorded as Tampere[10].
  • León's twinned administrative body is recorded as León de Los Aldama[11].
  • León's twinned administrative body is recorded as New Haven[12].
  • León's twinned administrative body is recorded as Alicante[13].
  • León's twinned administrative body is recorded as Gettysburg[14].
  • León's twinned administrative body is recorded as Santa Ana[15].
  • León's postal code is recorded as 21000[16].
  • León's Commons category is recorded as León, Nicaragua[17].
  • June 15, 1524 marks the founding of León[18].
  • León's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 12.434825, 'lon': -86.87883333333333}[19].
  • León's topic's main category is recorded as Category:León, Nicaragua[20].
  • León has a population of {'amount': '+150000'}[21].
  • León has a population of {'amount': '+174051'}[22].
  • León has a population of {'amount': '+168361'}[23].
  • León has a population of {'amount': '+211278'}[24].
  • León has a population of {'amount': '+212504'}[25].
  • León's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[26].
  • León's described by source is recorded as The Nuttall Encyclopædia[27].

Body

Geography

León is in the country of Nicaragua[4]. León is located in León Department[3].

Physical Characteristics

León covers an area of {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+820.2'}[28]. León sits at an elevation of {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+104'}[29]. Population counts include {'amount': '+150000'}[21], {'amount': '+174051'}[22], {'amount': '+168361'}[23], {'amount': '+211278'}[24], and {'amount': '+212504'}[25].

Designation and Status

León's instance of is recorded as municipality of Nicaragua[5].

History and Context

June 15, 1524 marks the founding of León[18]. Ruínas de León Viejo is named after León[7].

Why It Matters

León draws 416 Wikipedia views per month (municipality_of_nicaragua category, ranking #207 of 106).[2] León has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[30] León is known by 190 alternative names across languages and contexts.[31]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . inide.gob.ni. Retrieved . inide.gob.ni. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . stadt-salzburg.at. stadt-salzburg.at. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . newhavenct.gov. newhavenct.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . Great dictionary of geographical names. wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . 2005 Nicaraguan census. wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [29] ↑ . it-ch.topographic-map.com. it-ch.topographic-map.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  27. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [30] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [31] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 19h ago · Miluethi · 2026-10-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Capital of → León Intendancy, Province of Nicaragua and Costa Rica, León Intendancy +2
    Different from → León (City), León Department
    Instance of → municipality of Nicaragua
    Claims rich → —
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  2. 20h ago · Miluethi · 2026-10-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Sitelink count → 66
    Located in time zone → —
    Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'arz', 'ast', 'be', 'be_x_old', 'bg', 'br', 'ca', 'ceb', 'cs', 'da', 'de'
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/57707|batch #57707]]: Nicaragua Capital Of update"
  3. 12w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14541 → 2bgAzj
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  4. 19w ago · MatSuBot bot · 2026-05-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Category for people who died here → Q32380440
    Twinned administrative body → Hamburg, Salzburg, Tampere +5
    Country → Nicaragua
    Capital → León (City)
    + 26 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update-languages-short:0||no, zh-min-nan, dz, ar, uz */ import labels from sitelinks; cleanup"
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