Candela

Candela is a small town in eastern , near the border with Nuevo Leon. It's known for its Mexican Revolution history as a stronghold of Venustiano Carranza's army of constitutionalists, as well as its natural scenery and semi-desert climate with rivers, parks, mountains, and caves.
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  • Type: Residential area
  • Description: municipality in the State of Coahuila, Mexico
  • Also known as: “Candela Municipality”

Candela

Latitude
26.8379° or 26° 50′ 17″ north
Longitude
-100.664° or 100° 39′ 51″ west
Population
1,640
Elevation
531 metres (1,742 feet)
Open location code
75RXR8QP+59
Open­Street­Map ID
way 613886895
Open­Street­Map feature
landuse=­residential
Geo­Names ID
8583600
Wiki­data ID
Q3849687
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In Other Languages

From Asturian to Welsh—“Candela” goes by many names.
  • Asturian: “Candela (Coahuila de Zaragoza, Méxicu)”
  • Asturian: “Candela (conceyu de Méxicu)”
  • Asturian: “Candela”
  • Asturian: “conceyu de Candela”
  • Basque: “Candela (udalerria)”
  • Basque: “Candela”
  • Catalan: “Candela”
  • Dutch: “Candela”
  • Esperanto: “Candela”
  • French: “Candela”
  • German: “Municipio Candela”
  • Italian: “Candela”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Candela”
  • Russian: “Кандела”
  • Scots: “Candela Municipality”
  • Serbian: “Општина Кандела”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Opština Candela, Coahuila”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Opština Candela”
  • Spanish: “Candela”
  • Spanish: “Municipio de Candela”
  • Swedish: “Candela”
  • Turkish: “Candela (belediye)”
  • Turkish: “Candela”
  • Welsh: “Bwrdeistref Candela”
  • “Candela”

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