León, Nicaragua

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León, Nicaragua is a historic colonial city and former capital known as a cultural and intellectual center of the country, closely associated with the life and legacy of poet Rubén Darío.

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León, Nicaragua canonical 7

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Predicate Object
instanceOf city ⓘ
municipality ⓘ
associatedWith Rubén Darío ⓘ
averageClimateCharacteristic distinct dry season ⓘ
hot temperatures ⓘ
capitalOf León Department ⓘ
climate tropical savanna climate ⓘ
continent North America ⓘ
coordinateLatitude 12.435 ⓘ
coordinateLongitude -86.879 ⓘ
country Nicaragua ⓘ
culturalAttraction Holy Week celebrations ⓘ
poetry and literary events ⓘ
religious processions ⓘ
demonym leonesa ⓘ
leonés ⓘ
economyBasedOn agriculture in surrounding areas ⓘ
commerce ⓘ
services ⓘ
tourism ⓘ
formerCapitalOf Nicaragua ⓘ
foundedInCentury 16th century ⓘ
governedBy municipal government of León ⓘ
hasAirport no major commercial airport within city ⓘ
hasLandmark Basilica Catedral de la Asunción ⓘ
Central Park of León ⓘ
Iglesia de La Recolección ⓘ
Iglesia de San Juan Bautista de Subtiava ⓘ
León Cathedral ⓘ
Rubén Darío Museum ⓘ
hasUniversity National Autonomous University of Nicaragua at León ⓘ
heritage colonial city ⓘ
knownFor connection to Rubén Darío ⓘ
cultural center of Nicaragua ⓘ
historic colonial architecture ⓘ
intellectual center of Nicaragua ⓘ
political history ⓘ
role in Nicaraguan Revolution ⓘ
languageUsed Spanish ⓘ
locatedIn León Department ⓘ
mainAccessFrom Managua by road ⓘ
near Cerro Negro volcano ⓘ
linked to: Cerro Negro

Momotombo volcano ⓘ
linked to: Momotombo Volcano

Pacific coast of Nicaragua ⓘ
population approximately 200000 ⓘ
religionMajority Roman Catholicism ⓘ
role major university city of Nicaragua ⓘ
subregion Central America ⓘ
timeZone Central Standard Time ⓘ
linked to: Central Time Zone
utcOffset -6 ⓘ

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