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León, Guanajuato

Central America

Leon, officially Leon de los Aldama, is the most populous city and municipal seat of the municipality of Leon in the Mexican state of Guanajuato, with about 1.58 million people reported living in the city in the 2020 census. Long known as Mexico's shoemaking capital for its concentration of leather and footwear manufacturers, Leon remains a major industrial and commercial center in the Bajio region of central Mexico.

Facts
Population
1,579,803 1
Area (sq km)
218.4 1
Founding Year
1576 1
Population Estimate Year
2020 1
Elevation (m)
1815 1
Latitude
21.117 degrees north 1
Longitude
101.683 degrees west 1
Elevation Band
Mountain 2
Climate Zone
Temperate 3
Time Zone
UTC-06:00 4
Sources
1. Wikipedia: Leon, Guanajuato
Wikimedia Foundation
  • Lead section
    In the 2020 census, INEGI reported 1,579,803 people living in the city of León and 1,721,215 in the municipality, making it the fourth-most populous city and third-most populous municipality in Mexico.
  • Infobox, Area (city)
    218.4 km2 (84.3 sq mi)
  • Infobox, Elevation
    1,815 m (5,955 ft)
  • Infobox, Founded
    20 January 1576
  • Infobox, Coordinates (latitude)
    21.117 degrees N 101.683 degrees W
  • Infobox, Coordinates (longitude)
    21.117 degrees N 101.683 degrees W
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2. GeoNames: León de los Aldama - GeoNames
GeoNamesPlace record, elevation
Quote, Place record, elevation
Elevation ca. 1803 m
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3. Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna): World Map of the Koeppen-Geiger Climate Classification, present climate data
Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna)Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 21.25, -101.75
Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 21.25, -101.75
21.25 -101.75 Cwb
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4. GeoNames: León de los Aldama - GeoNames
GeoNamescities500 record 3998655
Quote, cities500 record 3998655
21.12183 -101.68253 P PPLA2 MX 11 020 1579803 1803 America/Mexico_City
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Wikidata: Leon, Guanajuato
Wikidata Q189128, class allow-list match verified against P17/real-world identity (w-geo-qidcite2-0926).View the Source
Leon, Guanajuato (Wikipedia)
In Group: Cities of Central America (World), Wikipedia; part-of country and UN M49 subregionView the Source
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