Candelaria
Candelaria (or Candelária) may refer to:
People
- John Candelaria (born 1953), American baseball pitcher
- Candelaria Pérez (1810–1870), sergeant in the Chilean Army, hero of the Battle of Yungay
- Nash Candelaria (born 1928), U.S. author
- Luis Candelaria (1892-1963), Argentinian military aviator, who completed the first air crossing of the Andes in 1918
Places
Argentina
- Candelaria (Misiones), Misiones Province
- Candelaria, San Luis, a village and municipality in San Luis Province
- La Candelaria, Catamarca, a village and municipality in Catamarca Province
- La Candelaria, Salta, a village and rural municipality in Salta Province
Brazil
- Candelária Church, a historical church in Rio de Janeiro
- Candelária massacre, 1993 massacre near the church
- Candelária, Rio Grande do Sul
Chile
- Candelaria mine, a copper deposit in Atacama Region.
Colombia
- Candelaria, Valle del Cauca
- Candelaria, Atlántico
- La Candelaria, a historic neighborhood in Bogotá
Cuba
- Candelaria, Cuba, Artemisa Province
Dominican Republic
- Candelária, Dominican Republic, a small country village in El Seibo Province
El Salvador
Guatemala
- Candelaria Caves, a natural cave system in the municipalities of Chisec and Raxruha
Guinea-Bissau
- Candelaria, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea-Bissau
Honduras
Mexico
- Candelaria, Campeche
- Candelaria Loxicha
- Metro Candelaria, a station on the Mexico City Metro
- Fiesta de la Candelaria
Philippines
Portugal
- Candelária (Madalena), a civil parish in the municipality of Madalena, island of Pico, Azores
- Candelária Sport Clube, a roller hockey team from the civil parish of Candelária
- Candelária (Ponta Delgada), a civil parish in the municipality of Ponta Delgada, island of São Miguel, Azores
Puerto Rico
- Mayagüez, Puerto Rico, founded as Nuestra Señora de la Candelaria
- Arecibo, Puerto Rico, Barrio Candelaria under Sabana Hoyos municipality.
Spain
- Candelaria, Tenerife, a municipality in the island of Tenerife in the province of Santa Cruz de Tenerife, in the Canary Islands
United States
- Candelaria, Texas, Presidio County
- Candelaria, Nevada, mining ghost town
Religion
- The Spanish name for Presentation of Jesus at the Temple, a Christian festival, also known as Candlemas
- The Virgin of Candelaria, an apparition of the Virgin Mary
Other
- Candelaria (lichen), a genus of yellow lichens
- Candelaria (reptile), an extinct genus of owenettid parareptiles
See also
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