Candelaria

Candelaria or Candelária may refer to:

People

• Jacob Candelaria (born 1987), American politician and attorney
• John Candelaria (born 1953), American baseball pitcher
• Luis Candelaria (1892–1963), Argentine military aviator, who completed the first air crossing of the Andes in 1918
• Nash Candelaria (1928–2016), American author
• Richard G. Candelaria (born 1922), American WWII fighter ace

Places

Argentina

• Candelaria, Misiones, Misiones Province
• Candelaria, San Luis, a village and municipality in San Luis Province
• La Candelaria, Catamarca, a village and municipality in Catamarca Province
• La Candelaria, Salta, a village and rural municipality in Salta Province

Brazil

• Candelária Church, a historical church in Rio de Janeiro
• Candelária, Rio Grande do Sul

Chile

• Candelaria mine, a copper deposit in Atacama Region

Colombia

• Candelaria, Valle del Cauca
• Candelaria, Atlántico
• La Candelaria, Bogotá, a historic neighborhood in Bogotá

Cuba

• Candelaria, Cuba, Artemisa Province

El Salvador

• Candelaria, Cuscatlán
• Candelaria de la Frontera

Guatemala

• Candelaria Caves, a natural cave system in the municipalities of Chisec and Raxruha

Honduras

• Candelaria, Lempira

Mexico

• Candelaria Municipality, Campeche
  • Candelaria railway station, a Tren Maya station
• Candelaria Loxicha
• Candelaria metro station, a station on the Mexico City Metro

Philippines

• Candelaria, Quezon
  • Candelaria station (PNR), a railway station that is part of the PNR South Long Haul project
• Candelaria, Zambales

Portugal

• Candelária (Madalena), a civil parish in the municipality of Madalena, island of Pico, Azores
• Candelária (Ponta Delgada), a civil parish in the municipality of Ponta Delgada, island of São Miguel, Azores

Puerto Rico

• Mayagüez, Puerto Rico, founded as Nuestra Señora de la Candelaria
• Candelaria, Lajas, Puerto Rico, a barrio
• Candelaria, Toa Baja, Puerto Rico, a barrio
• Candelaria, Vega Alta, Puerto Rico, a barrio

Spain

• Candelaria, Tenerife, a municipality in the island of Tenerife, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Canary Islands

United States

• Candelaria, Texas, Presidio County
• Candelaria, Nevada, a mining ghost town

Religion

• Fiesta de la Candelaria or Candlemas
• Virgin of Candelaria, an apparition of the Virgin Mary

Other

• Candelaria (lichen), a genus of yellow lichens
• Candelaria (reptile), an extinct genus of owenettid parareptiles
• Candelária massacre, a 1993 massacre in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
• Candelária Sport Clube, a roller hockey team from the civil parish of Candelária
• Club Atlético Candelaria, an Argentine football club from Misiones Province

See also

• Candelario (disambiguation)
• La Candelaria (disambiguation)