Latacunga

E248777

Latacunga is a highland city in central Ecuador, known as the capital of Cotopaxi Province and a gateway to the Cotopaxi volcano.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Latacunga canonical 30
Latacunga city center 1
Latacunga valley 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf city ⓘ
human settlement ⓘ
airportIATA LTX ⓘ
architecturalStyle colonial architecture ⓘ
capitalOf Cotopaxi Province ⓘ
climate cool highland climate ⓘ
coordinateLocation -0.9333,-78.6167 ⓘ
country Ecuador ⓘ
countryCapital no ⓘ
currency United States dollar ⓘ
linked to: US dollar
demographics predominantly mestizo population ⓘ
distanceToQuito about 90 km ⓘ
drainageBasin Pastaza River basin ⓘ
economicActivity agriculture ⓘ
commerce ⓘ
services ⓘ
elevationAboveSeaLevel 2750 m ⓘ
festivity Fiesta de la Mama Negra ⓘ
linked to: Mama Negra festival
governingBody Municipality of Latacunga ⓘ
hasAirport Cotopaxi International Airport ⓘ
hasHeritageStatus part of Ecuadorian cultural heritage ⓘ
hasHistoricCenter yes ⓘ
hasMunicipalStatus yes ⓘ
hasUniversity local higher education institutions ⓘ
isGatewayTo Cotopaxi volcano ⓘ
linked to: Cotopaxi (volcano)
isNear Cotopaxi volcano ⓘ
linked to: Cotopaxi (volcano)
isSeatOf Latacunga Canton ⓘ
knownFor Mama Negra festival ⓘ
proximity to Cotopaxi National Park ⓘ
languageSpoken Kichwa (minority) ⓘ
locatedIn Cotopaxi Province ⓘ
locatedInAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Cotopaxi Province ⓘ
locatedInRegion central Ecuador ⓘ
locatedInValley Latacunga valley ⓘ
linked to: Latacunga
locatedOnContinent South America ⓘ
locatedSouthOf Quito ⓘ
nearbyProtectedArea Cotopaxi National Park ⓘ
officialLanguage Spanish ⓘ
partOf Sierra region of Ecuador ⓘ
populationEstimate over 90,000 inhabitants ⓘ
postalCountryCode EC ⓘ
religionMajority Roman Catholicism ⓘ
river Cutuchi River ⓘ
roadConnection Pan-American Highway ⓘ
subdivisionType canton seat ⓘ
timeZone UTC-5 ⓘ
transportInfrastructure interprovincial bus connections ⓘ
volcanicRisk exposed to Cotopaxi volcanic hazards ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (32)

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

Ecuador Time → usedIn → Latacunga ⓘ
Cotopaxi → nearbyCity → Latacunga ⓘ
subject linked to: Cotopaxi (volcano)
Latacunga → locatedInValley → Latacunga valley ⓘ
linked to: Latacunga
Cotopaxi Province → capital → Latacunga ⓘ
Cotopaxi Province → seat → Latacunga ⓘ
Quilotoa → accessFrom → Latacunga ⓘ
Ecuadorian Andes → contains → Latacunga ⓘ
LTX → appliesToCity → Latacunga ⓘ
Cotopaxi International Airport → serves → Latacunga ⓘ
subject linked to: LTX
Cotopaxi International Airport → locatedIn → Latacunga ⓘ
subject linked to: LTX
Mama Negra festival → locatedIn → Latacunga ⓘ
Municipality of Latacunga → hasAdministrativeCenter → Latacunga city center ⓘ
linked to: Latacunga
Latacunga Canton → capital → Latacunga ⓘ
Latacunga Canton → contains → Latacunga ⓘ
Cutuchi River → flowsThrough → Latacunga ⓘ
Diocese of Latacunga → locatedIn → Latacunga ⓘ