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 1987), American politician and attorney *

John Candelaria John Robert Candelaria (born November 6, 1953) is a Puerto Rican-American former 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, ...

(born 1953), American baseball pitcher * Luis Candelaria (1892–1963), Argentine military aviator, who completed the first air crossing of the Andes in 1918 *

Nash Candelaria Nash Candelaria (May 7, 1928 – January 5, 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."Richard G. Candelaria (1922–2024), American WWII fighter ace

Places

Argentina

* Candelaria, Misiones, 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 (, ) 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 church combines a Portu ...

, a historical church in Rio de Janeiro * Candelária, Rio Grande do Sul

Chile

* Candelaria mine, 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 Colombia Colombia, officially the Republic of Colombia, is a country primarily located in South America with Insular region of Colombia, insular regions in North America. The Colombian mainland ...

* La Candelaria, Bogotá, 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 barrios ...

, Artemisa Province

El Salvador

* Candelaria, Cuscatlán * Candelaria de la Frontera

Guatemala

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

Honduras

* Candelaria, Lempira

Mexico

* Candelaria Municipality, Campeche ** Candelaria railway station, a Tren Maya station * Candelaria Loxicha * Candelaria metro station, a station on the Mexico City Metro

Philippines

Candelaria, Quezon Candelaria, officially the Municipality of Candelaria (), is a municipality of the Philippines, municipality in the Philippine Province, province of Quezon, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 137,881 people. It ...

** Candelaria station (PNR), a railway station that is part of the PNR South Long Haul project * Candelaria, Zambales

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, Cande ...

, a civil parish in the municipality of Madalena, island of Pico, Azores * Candelária (Ponta Delgada), a civil parish in the municipality of Ponta Delgada, island of São Miguel, Azores

Puerto Rico

Mayagüez, Puerto Rico Mayagüez (, ) is the ninth-largest Municipalities of Puerto Rico, municipality in Puerto Rico. It was founded as Pueblo de Nuestra Señora de la Candelaria de Mayagüez (Township of Virgin of Candelaria, Our Lady of Candelaria), and is also ...

, founded as Nuestra Señora de la Candelaria * Candelaria, Lajas, Puerto Rico, 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 Candelaria was in Spain's gazetteers until Puerto Rico was ceded by Spain in the aftermath of the Spanish–American War under the te ...

, a barrio * Candelaria, Vega Alta, Puerto Rico, 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, Presidio County * Candelaria, Nevada, a mining ghost town

Religion

Fiesta de la Candelaria Candlemas, 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, Christian feast day commemorating the presentation of ...

or Candlemas *

Virgin of Candelaria The Virgin of Candelaria or Our Lady of 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 center of worship is l ...

, an apparition of the Virgin Mary

Other

* ''Candelaria'' (lichen), a genus of yellow lichens * ''Candelaria'' (reptile), an extinct genus of owenettid parareptiles * Candelária massacre, a 1993 massacre in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil * Candelária Sport Clube, a roller hockey team from the civil parish of Candelária *

Club Atlético Candelaria Club Atlético Candelaria are a lower league football club from the city of Candelaria in the province of Misiones in Argentina. They currently play in Torneo Argentino C which is the regionalised 5th tier of Argentinian football. They won prom ...

, an Argentine football club from Misiones Province