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    León (Spanish pronunciation: [leˈon]) is the second largest city in Nicaragua, after Managua. Founded by the Spanish as Santiago de los Caballeros de...
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    Virgen María), is a significantly important and historic landmark in León, Nicaragua. The cathedral was awarded World Heritage Site status with the United...
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    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...
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  • Erwin Krüger (category People from León, Nicaragua)
    (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...
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    Nicaragua, officially the Republic of Nicaragua, is the geographically largest country in Central America, comprising 130,370 km2 (50,340 sq mi). With...
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  • 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...
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  • Western coast of Nicaragua. It lies within the León, Nicaragua municipality and the department of León and is next to Poneloya, Nicaragua. It is becoming...
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  • Nicaragua at León (Spanish: Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Nicaragua-León, UNAN-León) is a state-funded public university of Nicaragua. UNAN-León is...
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  • The Leones de León are a professional baseball team competing in the Nicaragua Professional Baseball League (LPBN). Their home games are played at Estadio...
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  • 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...
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  • 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...
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    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...
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    to Holy Week in Mexico and Central America (especially in Sutiaba, León, Nicaragua and Antigua Guatemala) and Corpus Christi in the United States. In...
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    December 2023. De León-Escribano 2011, p. 12. De León-Escribano 2011, p. 11. Premo, Daniel L. (March 1996). "The 'New' Nicaraguan Military: Sandinista...
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    Luis Somoza Debayle (category People from León, Nicaragua)
    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...
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  • Nicolás García Jerez (category People from León, Nicaragua)
    of León en Nicaragua". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved June 15, 2018. (for Chronology of Bishops)self-published Chow, Gabriel. "Diocese of León". GCatholic...
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  • Rigoberto López Pérez (category People from León, Nicaragua)
    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...
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  • Examples of canceled partnerships are Hialeah-Managua and West Miami-León, Nicaragua, canceled because of political differences during the Sandinista regime;...
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    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...
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    The United States occupation of Nicaragua from August 4, 1912, to January 2, 1933, was part of the Banana Wars, when the U.S. military invaded various...
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  • Julio Gamboa (category Sportspeople from León, Nicaragua)
    Gamboa (born December 15, 1971, in Nicaragua) is a Nicaraguan lightweight boxer. He currently resides in León, Nicaragua. List of IBF world champions Boxing...
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    Omar Cabezas (category People from León, Nicaragua)
    Omar Cabezas Lacayo (born 1950 in León, Nicaragua) is a Nicaraguan author, revolutionary and politician. He was a commander in the guerrilla war against...
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    Juan Bautista Sacasa (category People from León, Nicaragua)
    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...
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  • Azarías Pallais (category People from León, Nicaragua)
    3, 1884 – September 6, 1954) is regarded as one of Nicaragua's greatest poets. He was born in León. Pallais's father was a medical doctor and his mother...
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    Anastasio Somoza Debayle (category People from León, Nicaragua)
    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...
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    Rubén Darío (category Ambassadors of Nicaragua to Spain)
    Manuel García and Rosa Sarmiento were married on 26 April 1866, in León, Nicaragua, after obtaining the necessary ecclesiastic permissions since they...
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    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...
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  • Sandor Guido (category Sportspeople from León, Nicaragua)
    December 15, 1978) is a Nicaraguan professional baseball player and coach who is the current manager of the Leones de León of the Nicaraguan Professional Baseball...
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  • Anastasio Somoza García. Leonardo Argüello was born in León, Nicaragua. Working as a doctor in Leon, he entered Liberal Party politics in 1912. He participated...
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  • Ernesto Cruz (category People from León, Nicaragua)
    is a Nicaraguan banker, lawyer, and academic. Cruz was the founding Rector of INCAE, a position he held until 1980. Ernesto Cruz was born in León, Nicaragua...
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