Popayán

E214477
city municipality

Popayán is a historic colonial city in southwestern Colombia, renowned for its whitewashed architecture, rich religious traditions, and prominent Holy Week celebrations.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Popayán canonical 16
Popayán historic center 1
Popayán, Viceroyalty of New Granada 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf city ⓘ
municipality ⓘ
architecturalStyle Spanish colonial architecture ⓘ
capitalOf Cauca Department ⓘ
climate tropical savanna climate ⓘ
continent South America ⓘ
country Colombia ⓘ
departmentalCapitalOf Cauca Department ⓘ
drainageBasin Magdalena–Cauca basin ⓘ
elevation about 1760 meters above sea level ⓘ
foundedBy Sebastián de Benalcázar ⓘ
surface form: Sebastián de Belalcázar
foundingDate 1537 ⓘ
governedBy Mayor of Popayán ⓘ
hasBridge Puente del Humilladero ⓘ
hasCuisineRecognition UNESCO City of Gastronomy ⓘ
hasCulturalInstitution Casa Museo Mosquera ⓘ
hasFestival Festival de Música Religiosa de Popayán ⓘ
hasHistoricDistrict Popayán self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Popayán historic center
hasMuseum Museo de Arte Religioso de Popayán ⓘ
hasProcessions Holy Week processions ⓘ
hasReligiousBuilding Iglesia de San Francisco ⓘ
Iglesia de Santo Domingo ⓘ
Popayán Cathedral ⓘ
hasReligiousEvent Semana Santa in Popayán ⓘ
hasUniversity University of Cauca ⓘ
heritageDesignation National Monument of Colombia ⓘ
knownFor Holy Week ⓘ
surface form: Holy Week celebrations

colonial architecture ⓘ
historic center ⓘ
religious traditions ⓘ
whitewashed architecture ⓘ
locatedIn Cauca Department ⓘ
southwestern Colombia ⓘ
locatedOnRiver Cauca River ⓘ
nearMountainRange Cordillera Central (Colombian Andes) ⓘ
surface form: Central Ranges of the Colombian Andes
nickname La Ciudad Blanca ⓘ
The White City ⓘ
officialLanguage Spanish ⓘ
primaryReligion Roman Catholicism ⓘ
region Andean region of Colombia ⓘ
religiousEventRecognizedBy UNESCO ⓘ
religiousTradition Catholic processional culture ⓘ
roadConnection Pan-American Highway ⓘ
subdivisionType municipality and city ⓘ
timeZone America/Bogota ⓘ
surface form: Colombia Standard Time
transportInfrastructure Guillermo León Valencia Airport ⓘ
unescoCreativeCityNetwork gastronomy ⓘ
unescoIntangibleHeritage Semana Santa in Popayán ⓘ
surface form: Holy Week processions in Popayán
utcOffset UTC−05:00 ⓘ

Referenced by (18)

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

Andean Region of Colombia → contains → Popayán ⓘ
Andean Region of Colombia → majorCity → Popayán ⓘ
Colombian real → mintedIn → Popayán ⓘ
Sebastián de Benalcázar → founded → Popayán ⓘ
Camilo Torres Tenorio → birthPlace → Popayán ⓘ
Cordillera Central of the Andes → hasCityOnSlopes → Popayán ⓘ
Francisco José de Caldas → birthPlace → Popayán ⓘ
this entity surface form: Popayán, Viceroyalty of New Granada
Tomás Cipriano de Mosquera → placeOfBirth → Popayán ⓘ
Popayán → hasHistoricDistrict → Popayán self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Popayán historic center
southern Colombia → hasCity → Popayán ⓘ
subject surface form: Southern Colombia
Cauca Department → capital → Popayán ⓘ
Cauca Department → hasMajorCity → Popayán ⓘ
Cauca Department → hasHistoricCity → Popayán ⓘ
Governor of Popayán → capital → Popayán ⓘ
Sebastián Moyano y Cabrera → founded → Popayán ⓘ
Puracé → nearCity → Popayán ⓘ
Cauca → capital → Popayán ⓘ
Cauca → hasCity → Popayán ⓘ