Veracruz City

E265217

Veracruz City is a historic port city on the Gulf of Mexico known as one of Mexico’s oldest and most important maritime and commercial hubs.

All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Veracruz City canonical 12
Veracruz Municipality 2
Veracruz (city) 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (54)

Predicate Object
instanceOf city ⓘ
port city ⓘ
connectedBy Veracruz–Mexico City highway ⓘ
railway to Mexico City ⓘ
country Mexico ⓘ
demonym jarocho ⓘ
veracruzano ⓘ
economy commerce ⓘ
petrochemicals ⓘ
shipping ⓘ
tourism ⓘ
elevationAboveSeaLevel 10 metres ⓘ
founder Hernán Cortés ⓘ
foundingDate 1519 ⓘ
hasAirport General Heriberto Jara International Airport ⓘ
hasClimate tropical savanna climate ⓘ
hasCulturalAttraction City Museum of Veracruz ⓘ
Naval Historical Museum ⓘ
Veracruz Aquarium ⓘ
hasFestival Carnival of Veracruz ⓘ
hasHeritage colonial architecture ⓘ
fortifications ⓘ
hasLandmark Baluarte de Santiago ⓘ
Cathedral of Veracruz ⓘ
Gran Café de la Parroquia ⓘ
Malecón of Veracruz ⓘ
Municipal Palace of Veracruz ⓘ
San Juan de Ulúa fortress ⓘ
Zócalo of Veracruz ⓘ
hasPort Port of Veracruz ⓘ
historicalSignificance one of the oldest European-founded cities in Mexico ⓘ
principal colonial port of New Spain on the Gulf of Mexico ⓘ
isCapitalOf Veracruz Municipality ⓘ
linked to: Veracruz City
knownFor lively music and dance traditions ⓘ
seafood cuisine ⓘ
son jarocho music ⓘ
languageUsed Spanish ⓘ
locatedIn Veracruz (state) ⓘ
linked to: Veracruz
locatedInAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Sotavento Region ⓘ
linked to: Sotavento
locatedInTimeZone Central Daylight Time ⓘ
linked to: Central Time Zone

Central Standard Time ⓘ
linked to: Central Time Zone
locatedOn Gulf of Mexico ⓘ
locatedOnWaterbody Bay of Campeche ⓘ
linked to: Gulf of Mexico
officialLanguage Spanish ⓘ
originalName Villa Rica de la Vera Cruz ⓘ
partOf Gulf Coast of Mexico ⓘ
population over 400000 inhabitants ⓘ
role commercial hub ⓘ
industrial center ⓘ
major maritime hub ⓘ
transportHubFor central Mexico ⓘ
eastern Mexico ⓘ
wasSceneOf French intervention in Mexico landings ⓘ
U.S. occupation of Veracruz (1914) ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (17)

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

Eastern Mexico → hasMajorCity → Veracruz City ⓘ
subject linked to: eastern Mexico
Villa Rica de la Vera Cruz → followedBy → city of Veracruz ⓘ
linked to: Veracruz City
Gulf Coast regions → majorCity → Veracruz (city) ⓘ
linked to: Veracruz City
Veracruz City → isCapitalOf → Veracruz Municipality ⓘ
linked to: Veracruz City
General Heriberto Jara International Airport → serves → Veracruz metropolitan area ⓘ
linked to: Veracruz City
Connected by highway to Veracruz City → connectsCity → Veracruz City ⓘ
Papantla de Olarte → roadConnection → Veracruz City ⓘ
Universidad Veracruzana → hasCampusIn → Veracruz City ⓘ
subject linked to: UV
Zócalo of Veracruz → locatedIn → Veracruz City ⓘ
Gran Café de la Parroquia → locatedIn → Veracruz City ⓘ
Naval Historical Museum → location → Veracruz City ⓘ
City Museum of Veracruz → locatedIn → Veracruz City ⓘ
Baluarte de Santiago → locatedIn → Veracruz City ⓘ
Baluarte de Santiago → municipality → Veracruz Municipality ⓘ
linked to: Veracruz City
Malecón of Veracruz → locatedIn → Veracruz City ⓘ
Cathedral of Veracruz → locatedIn → Veracruz City ⓘ