Granada, Nicaragua

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Granada, Nicaragua is a historic colonial city on the shores of Lake Nicaragua, known for its well-preserved Spanish architecture, vibrant cultural life, and role as a major tourist destination in the country.

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Label Occurrences
Granada, Nicaragua canonical 5

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf city ⓘ
municipality ⓘ
administrativeCenterOf Granada Department ⓘ
climate tropical savanna climate ⓘ
continent North America ⓘ
country Nicaragua ⓘ
demonym Granadina ⓘ
Granadino ⓘ
economy tourism-based economy ⓘ
foundedAs Granada ⓘ
La Gran Sultana ⓘ
foundedBy Francisco Hernández de Córdoba ⓘ
foundingDate 1524 ⓘ
hasFeature central plaza ⓘ
cobblestone streets ⓘ
colorful facades ⓘ
hasPart Granada Cathedral ⓘ
Iglesia de La Merced ⓘ
Islets of Granada ⓘ
linked to: Isletas de Granada

Mombacho Volcano (nearby) ⓘ
linked to: Mombacho Volcano

Parque Central ⓘ
heritage Spanish colonial architecture ⓘ
historicalRole important commercial center on Lake Nicaragua ⓘ
major colonial city in Central America ⓘ
isOneOf most important tourist destinations in Nicaragua ⓘ
oldest cities in the Americas on the mainland ⓘ
knownFor colorful historic buildings ⓘ
tourism ⓘ
vibrant cultural life ⓘ
well-preserved colonial center ⓘ
languageUsed Spanish ⓘ
locatedIn Granada Department ⓘ
locatedNear Mombacho Volcano ⓘ
locatedOn Cocibolca (Lake Nicaragua) ⓘ
linked to: Lake Nicaragua

Lake Nicaragua ⓘ
nickname La Gran Sultana ⓘ
officialLanguage Spanish ⓘ
religion predominantly Roman Catholic ⓘ
sharesNameWith Granada, Spain ⓘ
linked to: Granada
streetLayout grid plan typical of Spanish colonial cities ⓘ
subcontinent Central America ⓘ
timeZone Central Standard Time ⓘ
linked to: Central Time Zone
tourismAttractionType cultural tourism ⓘ
historical tourism ⓘ
nature tourism (nearby volcano and islets) ⓘ
transport port on Lake Nicaragua ⓘ
urbanType colonial city ⓘ
utcOffset −06:00 ⓘ

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Referenced by (5)

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

Zapatera Island → hasNearbyCity → Granada, Nicaragua ⓘ
Mombacho Volcano → locatedNear → Granada, Nicaragua ⓘ
Dennis Martínez → placeOfBirth → Granada, Nicaragua ⓘ
Ernesto Cardenal → placeOfBirth → Granada, Nicaragua ⓘ