Dolores

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historic place municipal seat town

Dolores is a historic town in Guanajuato, Mexico, best known as the place where Miguel Hidalgo launched the Mexican War of Independence with the Grito de Dolores in 1810.

Aliases (1)

Dolores Hidalgo ×48

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	historic place → municipal seat → town →
alsoKnownAs	Dolores Hidalgo Cuna de la Independencia Nacional →
belongsTo	municipality of Dolores Hidalgo Cuna de la Independencia Nacional →
climate	temperate semi-arid climate →
continent	North America →
country	Mexico →
dateOfSignificantEvent	1810-09-16 →
demonym	dolorense →
economy	agriculture → ceramics production → tourism →
elevationAboveSeaLevel	about 1980 metres →
foundingDate	1710 →
hasCentralSquare	Plaza Principal →
hasCoordinateLatitude	21.156 →
hasCoordinateLongitude	-100.932 →
hasFestival	Independence Day celebrations on 16 September →
hasHeritageDesignation	Pueblo Mágico →
hasMonument	Parroquia de Nuestra Señora de los Dolores → independence monument in main square → statue of Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla →
historicRole	cradle of Mexican Independence →
isFamousFor	Grito de Dolores → start of the Mexican War of Independence →
knownFor	independence-themed tourism → talavera-style ceramics →
language	Spanish →
locatedIn	Guanajuato NERFINISHED →
locatedInAdministrativeEntity	State of Guanajuato NERFINISHED →
locatedInTimePeriod	Viceroyalty of New Spain (at time of independence) →
locatedNear	Guanajuato City NERFINISHED → San Miguel de Allende NERFINISHED →
mainReligion	Roman Catholicism →
namedAfter	Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla NERFINISHED →
originalName	Dolores →
partOf	Bajío region NERFINISHED →
population	about 150000 (municipality) → about 60000 (town) →
postalCode	37800 →
religiousBuilding	Parroquia de Nuestra Señora de los Dolores →
roadConnection	Mexican Federal Highway 110 → Mexican Federal Highway 51 →
significantEvent	Grito de Dolores → beginning of the Mexican War of Independence in 1810 →
timeZone	Central Daylight Time → Central Standard Time →

Referenced by (2)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Dolores Hidalgo →	originalName
Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla →	placeOfWork