Candelaria or Candelária may refer to:

People

Jacob Candelaria Jacob Rodney Candelaria (born 1987) is an American politician and attorney who served as a member of the New Mexico Senate for the 26th district from 2013 to 2022. First elected in 2012 as a Democrat, he later left the party in 2021 to become an ...

(born 1986 or 1987), U.S. politician and attorney *

John Candelaria John Robert Candelaria (born November 6, 1953) is a retired Major League Baseball pitcher. Nicknamed "The Candy Man", he played in MLB during the years 1975–1993 for eight teams, the Pittsburgh Pirates, California Angels, New York Mets, New Y ...

(born 1953), American baseball pitcher *

Luis Candelaria Luis Candelaria (29 October 1892 - 23 December 1963), was an Argentine Army officer and military aviator who was the first to cross the Andes by aeroplane, in April 1918. First crossing of the Andes by aeroplane Though the Andes have been cro ...

(1892-1963), Argentinian military aviator, who completed the first air crossing of the Andes in 1918 *

Nash Candelaria Nash Candelaria (7 May 1928 - 2016) was an American novelist. He was known for a tetralogy of novels about the Rafa family. He has been called the "historical novelist of the Hispanic people of New Mexico."Candelaria Pérez Candelaria Pérez (1810 – 28 March 1870) was a Chilean soldier who served in the War of the Confederation (1836–39) against the Peru–Bolivian Confederation. She took up a rifle and fought alongside the troops she served with. She was consid ...

(1810–1870), sergeant in the Chilean Army, hero of the Battle of Yungay

Places

Argentina

Candelaria, Misiones Candelaria (Misiones) is a village and municipality in Misiones Province in north-eastern Argentina.Ministerio del Interior

, Misiones Province * Candelaria, San Luis, a village and municipality in San Luis Province * La Candelaria, Catamarca, a village and municipality in Catamarca Province * La Candelaria, Salta, a village and rural municipality in Salta Province

Brazil

Candelária Church The Candelária Church ( pt, Igreja da Candelária, ) is an important historical Roman Catholic church in the city of Rio de Janeiro, in southeastern Brazil. It was built and decorated during a long period, from 1775 to the late 19th century. The ...

, a historical church in Rio de Janeiro *

Candelária, Rio Grande do Sul Candelária is a municipality in the state of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. Paleontology The Museum Aristides Carlos Rodrigues, in this city, has fossils. See also *List of municipalities in Rio Grande do Sul This is a list of the municipali ...

Chile

Candelaria mine The Candelaria mine is a large open pit and underground copper-gold mine located in northern Chile in the Atacama Region. Candelaria has Mineral resource classification#Mineral reserves and ore reserves, Proven and Probable Reserves of 676 million ...

, a copper deposit in Atacama Region

Colombia

Candelaria, Valle del Cauca Candelaria is a town and municipality located in the Department of Valle del Cauca, Colombia. Candelaria in Colombia, is part of the metropolitan area of the city of Cali Santiago de Cali (), or Cali, is the capital of the Valle del Cauca ...

Candelaria, Atlántico Candelaria is a municipality and town in the Colombian department Department may refer to: * Departmentalization, division of a larger organization into parts with specific responsibility Government and military *Department (administrative div ...

La Candelaria La Candelaria is the 17th locality of Bogotá, Colombia. A historic neighborhood in the city's downtown, it is the equivalent to the ''Old City'' in other cities. The architecture of the old houses, churches and buildings has Spanish Colonial styl ...

, a historic neighborhood in Bogotá

Cuba

Candelaria, Cuba Candelaria is a municipality and town in the Artemisa Province of Cuba. Before 2011 it was part of Pinar del Río Province. It was founded in 1809, and established as a municipality in 1880. Geography The municipality is divided into the barrio ...

, Artemisa Province

El Salvador

* Candelaria, Cuscatlán *

Candelaria de la Frontera Candelaria de la Frontera is a municipality in the Santa Ana department Santa Ana () is a department of El Salvador in the northwest of the country. The capital is Santa Ana, one of the largest cities in El Salvador. It has 2,023 km² and ...

Guatemala

* Candelaria Caves, a natural cave system in the municipalities of Chisec and Raxruha

Honduras

Candelaria, Lempira Candelaria is a municipality in the Honduran department of Lempira. Candelaria is one of the municipalities of the Lempira department. It is located 96 km away from Gracias city, and passing by San Juan del Caite (Intibuca). In terms of ...

Mexico

Candelaria Municipality Candelaria is one of the 11 municipalities that make up the Mexican state of Campeche. It is situated at the south of the state, and the municipal seat, and largest settlement, is the city of Candelaria. As of 2010, the population was 41,194. Th ...

, Campeche *

Candelaria Loxicha Candelaria Loxicha is a town and municipality in Oaxaca in south-western Mexico. The municipality covers an area of 86.8 km². It is part of the Pochutla District in the east of the Costa Region The Costa Region or Costa Chica lies on the Pacif ...

Candelaria metro station Candelaria (Candelaria / Palacio Legislativo in some of the Line 4 signage) is a Mexico City Metro rail station. It is located in Venustiano Carranza municipality east of downtown Mexico City. It lies along Lines 1 and 4. Starting 11 July 2022, ...

, a station on the Mexico City Metro

Philippines

Candelaria, Quezon Candelaria, officially the Municipality of Candelaria ( tgl, Bayan ng Candelaria), is a 1st class municipality in the province of Quezon, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 137,881 people. It is the third most po ...

Candelaria, Zambales Candelaria, officially the Municipality of Candelaria, is a 3rd class municipality in the province of Zambales, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 30,263 people. History During the pre-Spanish era, the area of Ca ...

Portugal

Candelária (Madalena) Candelária is a civil parish located on the western coast of the island of Pico, in the municipality of Madalena in the Azores. The population in 2011 was 822, in an area of 29.70 km². It contains the localities Biscoitos, Campo Raso, Candel ...

, a civil parish in the municipality of Madalena, island of Pico, Azores *

Candelária (Ponta Delgada) Candelária is a civil parish in the municipality of Ponta Delgada on the island of São Miguel in the Portuguese archipelago of the Azores. The population in 2011 was 1,079, in an area of 8.63 km².Mayagüez, Puerto Rico Mayagüez (, ) is a city and the eighth-largest municipality in Puerto Rico. It was founded as Nuestra Señora de la Candelaria de Mayagüez, and is also known as ''La Sultana del Oeste'' (The Sultaness of the West), ''Ciudad de las Aguas Pura ...

, founded as Nuestra Señora de la Candelaria *

Candelaria, Lajas, Puerto Rico Candelaria is a barrio in the municipality of Lajas, Puerto Rico. Its population in 2010 was 3,599. History Puerto Rico was ceded by Spain in the aftermath of the Spanish–American War under the terms of the Treaty of Paris of 1898 and became a ...

, a barrio *

Candelaria, Toa Baja, Puerto Rico Candelaria is a barrio in the municipality of Toa Baja, Puerto Rico. Its population in 2010 was 23,343. History Puerto Rico was ceded by Spain in the aftermath of the Spanish–American War under the terms of the Treaty of Paris of 1898 and bec ...

, a barrio *

Candelaria, Vega Alta, Puerto Rico Candelaria is a barrio in the municipality of Vega Alta, Puerto Rico. Its population in 2010 was 1,915. History Puerto Rico was ceded by Spain in the aftermath of the Spanish–American War under the terms of the Treaty of Paris of 1898 and bec ...

, a barrio

Spain

Candelaria, Tenerife Candelaria, also Villa Mariana de Candelaria, is a municipality and city in the eastern part of the island of Tenerife in the Province of Santa Cruz de Tenerife, in the Canary Islands, Spain. The city is located on the coast, 17 km southwest ...

, a municipality in the island of Tenerife, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Canary Islands

United States

Candelaria, Texas Candelaria ( ) is an unincorporated community in Presidio County, Texas, United States, with approximately 75 inhabitants. The town stands in the Chihuahuan Desert on the north bank of the Rio Grande, just across from the small Mexican town of S ...

, Presidio County *

Candelaria, Nevada Candelaria is a ghost town in Mineral County, Nevada. Today the site of Candelaria is dominated by the Kinross Gold Candelaria Mine on Mt. Diablo. History Candelaria was founded in 1864 when Mexican prospectors working the area discovered silv ...

, a mining ghost town

Religion

Fiesta de la Candelaria Candlemas (also spelled Candlemass), also known as the Feast of the Presentation of Jesus Christ, the Feast of the Purification of the Blessed Virgin Mary, or the Feast of the Holy Encounter, is a Christian holiday commemorating the presentati ...

or Candlemas *

Virgin of Candelaria The Virgin of Candelaria or Our Lady of Candle ( es, Virgen de Candelaria or ''Nuestra Señora de la Candelaria''), popularly called ''La Morenita'', celebrates the Virgin Mary on the island of Tenerife, one of the Canary Islands (Spain). The cent ...

, an apparition of the Virgin Mary

Other

* ''Candelaria'' (lichen), a genus of yellow lichens * ''Candelaria'' (reptile), an extinct genus of owenettid parareptiles *

Candelária massacre The Candelária massacre ( pt, chacina da Candelária ) was a mass killing in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on July 23, 1993. During the night, eight homeless people, including six minors, were killed by a group of men beside the Candelária Church. S ...

, a 1993 massacre in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil *

Candelária Sport Clube Candelária Sport Clube is a Rink Hockey team from Candelária, Azores, Portugal Portugal, officially the Portuguese Republic ( pt, República Portuguesa, links=yes ), is a country whose mainland is located on the Iberian Peninsula of ...

, a roller hockey team from the civil parish of Candelária