León (Spanish pronunciation: [leˈon]) is the second largest city in Nicaragua, after Managua. Founded by the Spanish as Santiago de los Caballeros de...

Virgen María), is a significantly important and historic landmark in León, Nicaragua. The cathedral was awarded World Heritage Site status with the United...

Nicaragua, officially the Republic of Nicaragua, is the geographically largest country in Central America, comprising 130,370 km2 (50,340 sq mi). With...

León (Spanish pronunciation: [leˈon]) is a department in Nicaragua. It covers an area of 5,138 km2 and has a population of 423,012 (2021 estimate). The...

(November 2, 1915 in León, Nicaragua – July 28, 1973 in Managua) was a Nicaraguan folklore poet and singer. He was born in León, Nicaragua to a German father...

Look up Leon, leon, Léon, león, or León in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Leon, Léon (French) or León (Spanish) may refer to: León, Spain, capital city...

Nicaragua at León (Spanish: Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Nicaragua-León, UNAN-León) is a state-funded public university of Nicaragua. UNAN-León is...

December 2023. De León-Escribano 2011, p. 12. De León-Escribano 2011, p. 11. Premo, Daniel L. (March 1996). "The 'New' Nicaraguan Military: Sandinista...

Granada disputed with León its hegemony as the major city of Nicaragua. The city of Granada was favored by the Conservatives, while Léon was favored by the...

government of Nicaragua declared Rigoberto López Pérez a National Hero by means of Decree no. 825. López was born and raised in León, Nicaragua; son of Soledad...

and beheaded him.: 71, 80  His remains were found in 2000 in León Viejo, Nicaragua. León, P., 1998, The Discovery and Conquest of Peru, Chronicles of...

Debayle (18 November 1922 – 13 April 1967) was the 50th President of Nicaragua from 1957 until his resignation in 1963. He succeeded to the presidency...

Bautista Sacasa (21 December 1874 in León, Nicaragua – 17 April 1946 in Los Angeles, California) was the President of Nicaragua from 1 January 1933 to 9 June...

León Airport (Spanish: Pista Aérea Fanor Urroz) (ICAO: MNLN) is an airport serving León, the capital of the León Department of Nicaragua. The airport is...

The Leones de León are a professional baseball team competing in the Nicaragua Professional Baseball League (LPBN). Their home games are played at Estadio...

Liberal, PL), was a Nicaraguan political party in the 19th century. The power base of the liberal Democratic Party was in the city of León; while their conservative...

León (Spanish pronunciation: [leˈon]), officially León de Los Aldama, is the most populous city and municipal seat of the municipality of León in the Mexican...

Ferrera, then put blame for their internal unrest on the Nicaraguan liberals in León. The Nicaraguan liberals saw this as a threat of invasion, so they attacked...

possessions of the Spanish crown. The first dioceses were established in León, Nicaragua and Guatemala in 1534. Another diocese was created in Chiapas in 1539...

UNAN-Leon, is located in León and is now mainly used for medicine majors. UNAN was the site of violent clashes during the 2018–2020 Nicaraguan protests...

Omar Cabezas Lacayo (born 1950 in León, Nicaragua) is a Nicaraguan author, revolutionary and politician. He was a commander in the guerrilla war against...

ðeˈβajle]; 5 December 1925 – 17 September 1980) was the 53rd President of Nicaragua from 1967 to 1972 and again from 1974 to 1979. As head of the National...

was distantly related, he served as governor of the department of León, Nicaraguan Consul to Costa Rica, and Foreign Minister. Despite his limited military...

Enmanuel Debayle Montgofier, who arrived in Nicaragua in the mid-nineteenth century and settled in León. Lillian's maternal grandmother was Casimira...

of León en Nicaragua". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved June 15, 2018. (for Chronology of Bishops)self-published Chow, Gabriel. "Diocese of León". GCatholic...

assassinated in Managua. Bermúdez was born on December 11, 1932, in León, Nicaragua, the son of a mechanical engineer and a domestic servant. After graduating...

settlements in the region, including two of Nicaragua's principal towns: Granada on Lake Nicaragua and León west of Lake Managua. But he soon found it...

1967) was the eldest son of Anastasio Somoza García. He was born in León, Nicaragua and received an American education at Saint Leo College Prep School...

wounded, Salvadora was the one who ordered from León, Nicaragua, that the National Congress of Nicaragua meet, and that Luis be sworn in as President of...

The 15 departments and 2 autonomous regions of Nicaragua are divided into 153 municipalities. The formation and dissolution of municipalities is governed...