city of Matanzas

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The city of Matanzas is a historic Cuban port city known for its strategic coastal location, neoclassical architecture, and rich Afro-Cuban cultural heritage.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
city of Matanzas canonical 5
Bellamar, Matanzas 1
municipio de Matanzas 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf city ⓘ
municipality ⓘ
administrativeDivision municipio de Matanzas ⓘ
linked to: city of Matanzas
capitalOf Matanzas Province ⓘ
climate tropical savanna climate ⓘ
coordinateLocation 23.041°N 81.577°W ⓘ
country Cuba ⓘ
demonym matancero ⓘ
economyType port and industrial city ⓘ
foundedBy Spanish colonists ⓘ
foundingDate 1693 ⓘ
hasArchitecturalStyle neoclassical architecture ⓘ
hasBay Bahía de Matanzas ⓘ
linked to: Bay of Matanzas
hasBridge Puente Sánchez Figueras ⓘ
Puente de la Concordia ⓘ
hasCoastalFeature natural harbor ⓘ
hasCulturalGroup Afro-Cuban religious cabildos ⓘ
hasCulturalInstitution Pharmaceutical Museum of Matanzas ⓘ
Provincial Museum Palacio de Junco ⓘ
Sauto Theater ⓘ
hasCulturalReputation cradle of Cuban rumba ⓘ
hasHeritage Afro-Cuban cultural heritage ⓘ
hasHistoricDistrict Matanzas historic center ⓘ
hasLiteraryHeritage center of 19th-century Cuban poetry ⓘ
hasMusicTradition Afro-Cuban religious music ⓘ
rumba ⓘ
hasNearbyNaturalFeature Canímar River canyon ⓘ
Yumurí Valley ⓘ
hasNickname City of Bridges ⓘ
Venice of Cuba ⓘ
linked to: Cienfuegos, Cuba
hasPerformingArts Afro-Cuban dance and rumba ensembles ⓘ
hasPort Port of Matanzas ⓘ
hasReligiousBuilding Cathedral of San Carlos Borromeo (Matanzas Cathedral) ⓘ
hasUniversity University of Matanzas ⓘ
historicalRole important colonial sugar-exporting port ⓘ
isPartOf Matanzas Province ⓘ
languageUsed Spanish ⓘ
locatedInTimeZone Cuba Standard Time ⓘ
locatedOn Bay of Matanzas ⓘ
Straits of Florida ⓘ
north coast of Cuba ⓘ
locatedOnRiver Canímar River ⓘ
San Juan River ⓘ
Yumurí River ⓘ
nearbyTouristArea Varadero ⓘ
railConnection Havana–Matanzas railway line ⓘ
roadConnection Carretera Central ⓘ
Via Blanca highway ⓘ

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Referenced by (7)

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

Bay of Matanzas → servesAsHarborFor → city of Matanzas ⓘ
Bay of Matanzas → maritimeGatewayFor → city of Matanzas ⓘ
Bellamar Caves → nearbyAttraction → city of Matanzas ⓘ
Matanzas → administrativeDivision → municipio de Matanzas ⓘ
subject linked to: city of Matanzas
linked to: city of Matanzas
Gallery of the Two Lakes → locatedIn → Bellamar, Matanzas ⓘ
linked to: city of Matanzas
Temple of Saint Peter → locatedNear → city of Matanzas ⓘ
Yumurí River → near → city of Matanzas ⓘ