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The town is named for Leona Vicario the wife of Mexican Independence figure Andrés Quintana Roo. Its population was 6,791 inhabitants at the 2020 census. [1] It is located in the western part of the municipality and lies at an elevation of 10 metres (33 ft) above sea level. Leona Vicario railway station is just outside the town.
Vicario has been given the title "Distinguished and Beloved Mother of the Homeland" by the Congress of the Union. Her name is inscribed in gold in the Mural of Honor in the lower house of the Mexican Congress. 2020 was declared the "Year of Leona Vicario, Benemérita (Praiseworthy) Madre (Mother) de la Patria (of the Motherland). [2]
Leona Vicario station (named for Leona Vicario, a figure in the Mexican War of Independence) is a train station in the municipality of Puerto Morelos, Quintana Roo, just outside the town of Leona Vicario. The station connects with and serves local transportation and tourism in the Holbox area.
Leona Riemann (born 1952), German writer, author, and publisher; Leona Roberts (1879–1954), American stage and film actress; Leona Vidal Roberts (born 1972), Falkland Islands politician; Leona Vaughan (born 1995), Welsh actress; Leona Vicario, Mexican, supporter of the Mexican War of Independence; Leona Winter (born 1995), French drag queen
The Leona Tate Foundation for Change and the Plessy & Ferguson Foundation are planned to create a memorial site to remember the brave actions of the four brave 6-year-old girls, that was scheduled to open on November 14, 2012. [10] November 14, 2020, marked the 60th anniversary of school desegregation.
Vicario is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Enzo Vicario (born 1942), Italian bobsledder; Guglielmo Vicario (born 1996), Italian footballer; Jaron Vicario (born 1999), Italian footballer; Leona Vicario (1789–1842), Mexican revolutionary; Marco Vicario (1925–2020), Italian film actor, screenwriter, producer and director
La Leona was an Argentine telenovela produced by El Árbol by Pablo Echarri and Martín Seefeld in association with Telefe Contenidos. Its first broadcast was on January 18, 2016 and its last broadcast on July 14, 2016 after 116 chapters. It was transmitted from Monday to Friday at 11:45 pm on the screen of Telefe
La Leona may refer to: Parque La Leona, a park in Honduras; La Leona River, a river in Argentina; La Leona, a 1964 Argentine film; La Leona (Argentine TV series), an Argentine telenovela that aired in 2016; La Leona (Mexican TV series), a telenovela that aired in 1961; La Leona, Texas, a small settlement in Texas, USA