San Juan Parangaricutiro
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San Juan Parangaricutiro was a Mexican village in Michoacán that became famous for being buried and largely destroyed by the sudden eruption of the Parícutin volcano in the 1940s.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Nuevo San Juan Parangaricutiro | 2 |
| San Juan Parangaricutiro canonical | 1 |
| San Juan Parangaricutiro, Michoacán, Mexico | 1 |
| San Juan Parangaricutiro@es | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3210794 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: San Juan Parangaricutiro Context triple: [Parícutin, destroyed, San Juan Parangaricutiro]
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A.
Cuatro Ciénegas
Cuatro Ciénegas is a Mexican town and protected natural area renowned for its unique desert wetlands, endemic species, and striking gypsum dunes and pools.
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B.
Lagos de Moreno
Lagos de Moreno is a historic colonial city in central-western Mexico known for its well-preserved architecture and cultural heritage.
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C.
Lake Xaltocan
Lake Xaltocan was one of the interconnected lakes in the Valley of Mexico that formed part of the broader lacustrine system surrounding pre-Hispanic cities such as those of the Aztec civilization.
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D.
Basin of Pátzcuaro
The Basin of Pátzcuaro is a highland lake region in present-day Michoacán, Mexico, that served as the political and cultural heartland of the pre-Hispanic Purépecha (Tarascan) civilization.
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E.
Valle de la Trinidad
Valle de la Trinidad is a region in northern Baja California, Mexico, known as part of the ancestral homeland of the Indigenous Kiliwa people.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: San Juan Parangaricutiro Target entity description: San Juan Parangaricutiro was a Mexican village in Michoacán that became famous for being buried and largely destroyed by the sudden eruption of the Parícutin volcano in the 1940s.
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A.
Cuatro Ciénegas
Cuatro Ciénegas is a Mexican town and protected natural area renowned for its unique desert wetlands, endemic species, and striking gypsum dunes and pools.
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B.
Lagos de Moreno
Lagos de Moreno is a historic colonial city in central-western Mexico known for its well-preserved architecture and cultural heritage.
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C.
Lake Xaltocan
Lake Xaltocan was one of the interconnected lakes in the Valley of Mexico that formed part of the broader lacustrine system surrounding pre-Hispanic cities such as those of the Aztec civilization.
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D.
Basin of Pátzcuaro
The Basin of Pátzcuaro is a highland lake region in present-day Michoacán, Mexico, that served as the political and cultural heartland of the pre-Hispanic Purépecha (Tarascan) civilization.
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E.
Valle de la Trinidad
Valle de la Trinidad is a region in northern Baja California, Mexico, known as part of the ancestral homeland of the Indigenous Kiliwa people.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
former human settlement
ⓘ
village ⓘ |
| buriedBy | Parícutin ⓘ |
| coordinateLocation | 19.5°N, 102.2°W ⓘ |
| country | Mexico ⓘ |
| countrySubdivision | municipality of Nuevo Parangaricutiro ⓘ |
| destroyedBy | Parícutin ⓘ |
| elevationAboveSeaLevel | approximately 2,000 metres ⓘ |
| eventEndOfDestruction | 1952 ⓘ |
| eventStartOfDestruction | 1943 ⓘ |
| hasCauseOfDestruction | volcanic eruption ⓘ |
| hasHeritageStatus | tourist attraction as a buried village ⓘ |
| hasHistoricalPeriod | 20th century ⓘ |
| hasNameInLanguage |
San Juan Parangaricutiro@es
ⓘ
linked to:
San Juan Parangaricutiro
|
| hasPart | church of San Juan Parangaricutiro ⓘ |
| hasRemainingStructure |
church altar
ⓘ
church bell tower ⓘ |
| hasTypeOfDestruction |
ash fall damage
ⓘ
lava flow burial ⓘ |
| historicalEvent | burial by lava and ash from Parícutin ⓘ |
| isSubjectOf |
Mexican historical accounts
ⓘ
photographic documentation of Parícutin eruption ⓘ volcanology case studies ⓘ |
| knownFor |
being buried by the Parícutin volcano
ⓘ
remains of its church emerging from lava fields ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Michoacán
ⓘ
Michoacán de Ocampo ⓘ
linked to:
Michoacán
Michoacán, Mexico ⓘ
linked to:
Michoacán
|
| locatedInRegion |
Purépecha Plateau
ⓘ
linked to:
Meseta Purépecha
|
| locatedInTimeZone |
Central Standard Time
ⓘ
linked to:
Central Time Zone
|
| locatedNear |
Parícutin volcano
ⓘ
linked to:
Parícutin
Uruapan ⓘ |
| locatedOnContinent | North America ⓘ |
| nativeLanguage |
Purépecha language
ⓘ
Spanish ⓘ |
| originalPopulationEthnicity |
Purépecha people
ⓘ
mestizo Mexicans ⓘ |
| partiallyDestroyedIn | 1940s ⓘ |
| populationAfterDestruction | 0 ⓘ |
| religion | Roman Catholicism ⓘ |
| replacedBy |
Nuevo San Juan Parangaricutiro
ⓘ
linked to:
San Juan Parangaricutiro
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| significantYear |
1943
ⓘ
1944 ⓘ 1949 ⓘ |
| successorSettlement |
Nuevo San Juan Parangaricutiro
ⓘ
linked to:
San Juan Parangaricutiro
|
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: San Juan Parangaricutiro Description of subject: San Juan Parangaricutiro was a Mexican village in Michoacán that became famous for being buried and largely destroyed by the sudden eruption of the Parícutin volcano in the 1940s.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: San Juan Parangaricutiro
linked to: San Juan Parangaricutiro
linked to: San Juan Parangaricutiro
linked to: San Juan Parangaricutiro