Cumaná

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Cumaná is a historic coastal city in northeastern Venezuela, recognized as one of the oldest continuously inhabited European-founded settlements in the Americas.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Cumaná canonical 5
Cumaná Municipality 1

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Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf city
municipal seat
administrativeDivisionLevel city
capitalOf Sucre State
climate tropical savanna climate
continent South America
coordinateLatitude 10.45 N
coordinateLongitude 64.18 W
country Venezuela
demonym cumanesa
cumanés
economy commerce
fishing
tourism
foundationDate 1515
foundedBy Fray Antonio de Montesinos
Fray Pedro de Córdoba
Gonzalo de Ocampo
Spanish Empire
hasAirport Antonio José de Sucre Airport
hasPort Cumaná port
hasUniversity Universidad de Oriente
heritageStatus one of the oldest continuously inhabited European-founded settlements in the Americas
historicalEvent subject to repeated earthquakes in colonial period
historicalRegion New Andalusia
historicalSignificance first permanent European settlement on the South American mainland
inception 16th century
language Spanish
locatedIn Sucre State
northeastern Venezuela
locatedNear Gulf of Cariaco
locatedOn Caribbean Sea
locatedOnRiver Manzanares River
namedAfter indigenous Cumanagoto people
nearbyIsland Araya Peninsula
nearbyProtectedArea Mochima National Park
notableFor coastal landscapes
colonial history
seismic activity
officialLanguage Spanish
partOf Cumaná self-linksurface differs
surface form: Cumaná Municipality
religion predominantly Roman Catholic
timezone Venezuelan Standard Time
transport regional bus connections
urbanType coastal city
utcOffset UTC−4

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Sucre State hasCapital Cumaná
Cumaná partOf Cumaná self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Cumaná Municipality
Cumaná Province capital Cumaná
Cumaná Province namedAfter Cumaná
Cumaná Province centralCity Cumaná