La Candelaria
La Candelaria is a suburb in Medellín, Antioquia and has an elevation of 1,487 metres. La Candelaria is situated nearby to the neighborhood Guayaquil, as well as near Villa Nueva.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Suburb with 84,300 residents
- Description: commune of Medellín, Antioquia, Colombia
- Also known as: “Comuna 10”, “Comuna 10, Medellín”, and “La Candelaria, Medellin”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Metropolitan Cathedral of Medellín and Museum of Antioquia.
Metropolitan Cathedral of Medellín
Church
The Metropolitan Cathedral of Medellín, officially the Metropolitan Cathedral Basilica of the Immaculate Conception is a Catholic cathedral dedicated to the Virgin Mary under the title of the Immaculate Conception.
Museum of Antioquia
Museum
Photo: Carschten, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Museum of Antioquia is an art museum in Medellín, Colombia. It houses a large collection of works by Medellín native Fernando Botero and Pedro Nel Gómez.
Planetarium of Medellín
Museum
Photo: SajoR, Public domain.
The Jesús Emilio Ramírez González Planetarium of Medellín is a planetarium located in Medellín, Colombia and established on October 10, 1984. It was originally conceived by the Astronomical Society of the College of San José, led at that time by Brother Daniel, a renowned scientist, astronomer, and botanist.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include El Poblado and Aranjuez.
El Poblado
Suburb
Photo: Pedro Felipe, CC BY-SA 4.0.
El Poblado is the 14th commune in the metropolitan area of the city of Medellín, Colombia. According to a 2005 census the population was 94,704, distributed among its land area of 23 km2, and by the year 2015, it had a population of 128,839. El Poblado is situated 6 km south of La Candelaria.
Robledo
Suburb
Photo: SajoR, CC BY-SA 2.5.
Robledo is a suburb, which is situated 4 km northwest of La Candelaria.
La Candelaria
- Categories: commune of Medellín and locality
- Location: Medellín, Antioquia, Andino, Colombia, South America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
6.2501° or 6° 15′ 0″ northLongitude
-75.568° or 75° 34′ 5″ westPopulation
84,300Elevation
1,487 metres (4,879 feet)Open location code
67R67C2J+2QOpenStreetMap ID
node 4949981277OpenStreetMap feature
place=suburbGeoNames ID
11887297Wikidata ID
Q5962653
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In Other Languages
From Norwegian to Vietnamese—“La Candelaria” goes by many names.
- Norwegian Bokmål: “La Candelaria”
- Norwegian: “La Candelaria”
- Portuguese: “Candelária”
- Portuguese: “La Candelaria”
- Scottish Gaelic: “La Candelaria, Medellín”
- Spanish: “Comuna 10 (Medellín)”
- Spanish: “La Candelaria (Medellín)”
- Spanish: “La Candelaria”
- Vietnamese: “La Candelaria, Medellín”
- Vietnamese: “La Candelaria”
- Vietnamese: “Quận 10, Medellín”
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