San Sebastián de Mariquita

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San Sebastián de Mariquita is a historic colonial-era town in the Tolima Department of Colombia, known for its role in the Spanish conquest and its preserved architecture.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf municipality ⓘ
town ⓘ
climate tropical ⓘ
continent South America ⓘ
country Colombia ⓘ
departmentCapitalOf none ⓘ
distanceTo approximately 150 km from Bogotá ⓘ
elevation approximately 495 m above sea level ⓘ
founder Francisco Núñez Pedroso ⓘ
foundingDate 1551 ⓘ
governedAs municipality ⓘ
hasCulturalSignificance example of preserved colonial town in Tolima ⓘ
hasEconomicActivity agriculture ⓘ
commerce ⓘ
tourism ⓘ
hasHeritage colonial urban layout ⓘ
historic religious buildings ⓘ
historicalPeriod Spanish colonial era ⓘ
knownFor historic churches and plazas ⓘ
well-preserved colonial architecture ⓘ
languageSpoken Spanish ⓘ
locatedIn Andean Region of Colombia ⓘ
Tolima Department ⓘ
municipalityOf Tolima Department ⓘ
nearbyRiver Gualí River ⓘ
Magdalena River ⓘ
partOf Republic of Colombia ⓘ
linked to: Colombia
roleInHistory important center during the Spanish conquest of the New Kingdom of Granada ⓘ
timeZone Colombia Standard Time ⓘ
linked to: America/Bogota
utcOffset -5 ⓘ

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

Mariquita → formerName → San Sebastián de Mariquita ⓘ
Miguel Rodríguez Orejuela → placeOfBirth → Mariquita, Tolima, Colombia ⓘ
linked to: San Sebastián de Mariquita