Candelaria

Candelaria is a small town in the jungles of , on the banks of the Rio Candelaria. This is Mayan territory with the El Tigre archaeological site being the best known local ruins.
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  • Type: municipality of Mexico with 49,900 residents
  • Description: municipality of Campeche State, Mexico
  • Also known as: Candelaria Municipality

Candelaria

Latitude
18° north
Longitude
-90.75° or 90° 45′ west
Population
49,900
Elevation
49 metres (161 feet)
Open location code
76CF2722+22
Geo­Names ID
6942867
Wiki­data ID
Q2312662
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In Other Languages

From Asturian to Welsh—“Candelaria” goes by many names.
  • Asturian: Candelaria (Campeche, Méxicu)
  • Asturian: Candelaria (conceyu de Méxicu)
  • Asturian: Candelaria
  • Asturian: conceyu de Candelaria
  • Basque: Candelaria (udalerria)
  • Basque: Candelaria
  • Bengali: কান্দেলারিয়া পৌরসভা
  • Catalan: Candelaria
  • Cebuano: Candelaria (munisipyo sa Mehiko, Estado de Campeche, lat 18,00, long -90,75)
  • Cebuano: Candelaria
  • Chinese: 坎德拉里亚市镇
  • Dutch: Candelaria
  • Esperanto: Candelaria
  • French: Candelaria
  • German: Municipio Candelaria
  • Indonesian: Munisipalitas Candelaria
  • Italian: Candelaria
  • Japanese: カンデラリア自治体
  • Ladino: Candelaria
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Candelaria
  • Polish: Candelaria
  • Portuguese: Candelaria
  • Russian: Канделария
  • Serbian: Општина Канделарија
  • Serbo-Croatian: Opština Candelaria, Campeche
  • Serbo-Croatian: Opština Candelaria
  • Spanish: Municipio de Candelaria
  • Swedish: Candelaria (kommun i Mexiko, Campeche, lat 18,00, long -90,75)
  • Swedish: Candelaria
  • Turkish: Candelaria (belediye)
  • Turkish: Candelaria
  • Vietnamese: Candelaria, México
  • Vietnamese: Candelaria
  • Welsh: Bwrdeistref Candelaria
  • Candelaria
  • Municipio de Candelaria

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About Mapcarta. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page “Candelaria”. Photo: Comisión Mexicana de Filmaciones, CC BY-SA 2.0.