Chiquinquirá

E170739

Chiquinquirá is a Colombian town known as a major religious pilgrimage center and the site of the Basilica of Our Lady of the Rosary of Chiquinquirá.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Chiquinquirá canonical 2
Chiquinquirá plateau 1

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Statements (40)

Predicate Object
instanceOf municipality
town
country Colombia
demonym Chiquinquireña
Chiquinquireño
distanceTo approximately 130 km north of Bogotá
elevationAboveSeaLevel 2556
hasAreaCode +57 8
hasCatholicTitle National Marian Shrine of Colombia
hasClimate cool highland climate
hasCoordinateLatitude 5.6167
hasCoordinateLongitude -73.8167
hasCulturalPractice Marian devotions
religious processions
hasEconomicActivity agriculture
commerce
religious tourism
services
hasHeritage Marian devotion
hasLocalGovernmentType municipal government
hasPatronSaint Our Lady of the Rosary of Chiquinquirá
hasPlaceOfWorship Basilica of Our Lady of Chiquinquirá
surface form: Basilica of Our Lady of the Rosary of Chiquinquirá
hasPopulationCharacteristic medium-sized town within Boyacá Department
hasPostalCode 154640
hasReligiousBuilding Basilica of Our Lady of Chiquinquirá
surface form: Basilica of Our Lady of the Rosary of Chiquinquirá
hasReligiousEvent annual Marian feast of Our Lady of the Rosary of Chiquinquirá
hasReligiousSignificance major Catholic pilgrimage center
isCapitalOf Western Boyacá Province
isConnectedBy road network to Bogotá
isPilgrimageDestinationFor Catholic faithful in Colombia
international Marian pilgrims
locatedIn Boyacá Department
locatedInAdministrativeEntity Western Boyacá Province
locatedInMountainRange Eastern Ranges of the Colombian Andes
locatedInTimeZone Colombia Standard Time
namedAfter Our Lady of the Rosary of Chiquinquirá
officialLanguage Spanish
partOf Andean Region of Colombia
surface form: Andean region of Colombia
religion Roman Catholicism
UTCOffset −5

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Referenced by (3)

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

Boyacá Department hasTown Chiquinquirá
Altiplano Cundiboyacense containsPlain Chiquinquirá
this entity surface form: Chiquinquirá plateau
Departamento de Boyacá contains Chiquinquirá