León Department

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León Department is an administrative region in western Nicaragua known for its historic colonial city of León, volcanic landscapes, and proximity to major lakes such as Lake Managua.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
León Department canonical 31
Granada Department 2
Rivas Department 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf department of Nicaragua ⓘ
borders Chinandega Department ⓘ
Managua Department ⓘ
Matagalpa Department ⓘ
linked to: Boaco Department

Pacific Ocean ⓘ
capital León ⓘ
climate tropical savanna climate ⓘ
contains Cerro Negro volcano ⓘ
linked to: Cerro Negro

Momotombo volcano (on departmental border area) ⓘ
linked to: Momotombo Volcano

San Cristóbal volcanic complex regionally nearby ⓘ
Telica volcano ⓘ
city of León ⓘ
linked to: León

municipality of Achuapa ⓘ
municipality of El Jicaral ⓘ
municipality of El Sauce ⓘ
municipality of La Paz Centro ⓘ
linked to: La Paz Centro

municipality of La Paz de Carazo (if applicable, often grouped regionally) ⓘ
municipality of León ⓘ
municipality of Nagarote ⓘ
municipality of Quezalguaque ⓘ
municipality of Santa Rosa del Peñón ⓘ
municipality of Telica ⓘ
country Nicaragua ⓘ
economicActivity cattle ranching ⓘ
crop farming ⓘ
governmentType departmental administration of Nicaragua ⓘ
hasCoastlineOn Pacific Ocean ⓘ
hasEducationalCenter National Autonomous University of Nicaragua at León (in capital city) ⓘ
hasFeature agricultural plains ⓘ
colonial architecture in León city ⓘ
volcanic landscapes ⓘ
heritage Spanish colonial heritage ⓘ
knownFor agricultural production ⓘ
historic colonial city of León ⓘ
volcano tourism ⓘ
language Spanish ⓘ
locatedIn western Nicaragua ⓘ
locatedOn Pacific coastal plain of Nicaragua ⓘ
majorUrbanCenter León ⓘ
near Lake Managua ⓘ
Lake Xolotlán ⓘ
linked to: Lago Xolotlán
partOf Republic of Nicaragua ⓘ
linked to: Nicaragua
religionMajority Roman Catholicism ⓘ
timeZone Central Standard Time ⓘ
linked to: Central Time Zone
tourismAttraction volcano boarding at Cerro Negro ⓘ
transportLink Pan-American Highway corridor nearby ⓘ
UTCOffset −6 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (34)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Lake Managua → locatedInDepartment → León Department ⓘ
Maderas Volcano → locatedIn → Rivas Department ⓘ
linked to: León Department
Momotombo → locatedIn → León Department ⓘ
Gran Lago → borderedByDepartment → Granada Department ⓘ
linked to: León Department
Chinandega Department → borderWith → León Department ⓘ
Momotombo Volcano → locatedIn → León Department ⓘ
Granada → locatedIn → Granada Department ⓘ
linked to: León Department
León → locatedInAdministrativeEntity → León Department ⓘ
León → capitalOf → León Department ⓘ
Western Nicaragua → contains → León Department ⓘ
subject linked to: western Nicaragua
Telica → locatedIn → León Department ⓘ
Cerro Negro → locatedIn → León Department ⓘ
Estelí Department → borders → León Department ⓘ
León Viejo archaeological site → locatedIn → León Department ⓘ
Momotombo geothermal field → locatedIn → León Department ⓘ
Nagarote → locatedIn → León Department ⓘ
subject linked to: municipality of Nagarote
Nagarote → partOf → León Department ⓘ
subject linked to: municipality of Nagarote
Nagarote → administrativeDivisionOf → León Department ⓘ
subject linked to: municipality of Nagarote
municipality of Telica → locatedIn → León Department ⓘ
municipality of Telica → subdivisionOf → León Department ⓘ
Quezalguaque → locatedIn → León Department ⓘ
subject linked to: municipality of Quezalguaque
Quezalguaque → partOf → León Department ⓘ
subject linked to: municipality of Quezalguaque
El Jicaral → locatedIn → León Department ⓘ
subject linked to: municipality of El Jicaral
El Jicaral → partOf → León Department ⓘ
subject linked to: municipality of El Jicaral
Santa Rosa del Peñón → locatedIn → León Department ⓘ
Santa Rosa del Peñón → partOf → León Department ⓘ
Santa Rosa del Peñón → locatedInCountrySubdivision → León Department ⓘ
León, Nicaragua → locatedIn → León Department ⓘ
León, Nicaragua → capitalOf → León Department ⓘ
Isla Momotombito → locatedIn → León Department ⓘ