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2 unusual facts about Candelaria, Valle del Cauca


Hugo Rodallega

Rodallega was born in El Carmelo, a village located just outside Cali, and lived in the village with his parents and two elder sisters.

Phanor Arizabaleta-Arzayus

Arizabaleta attempted an escape with the help of one of the guardians, but the Colombian National Police recaptured Arizabaleta on April 15, 1997 in the town of Villagorgona, Valle del Cauca Department a town in the municipality of Candelaria at a road checkpoint along with his aiding security guard.


1979 National League Championship Series

Despite a sore shoulder, Candelaria gutted out seven painful innings before giving way to Enrique Romo.

Adolfo Valencia

Adolfo José Valencia Mosquera (born 6 February 1968 in Buenaventura, Valle del Cauca) is a Colombian retired footballer who played as a striker.

Atacama Region

The region’s main copper deposit is Candelaria, which produces around 200,000 tonnes per year and is controlled by Phelps Dodge, an international corporation.

Candelaria Caves

The Candelaria caves is the name of a large natural cave system in the municipalities of Chisec and Raxruha in Guatemala.

Champús

Champús is a drink popular in Peru, Ecuador and southwest Colombia (Departments of Valle del Cauca, Cauca and Nariño), made with maize, fruits such as lulo (also known as naranjilla), pineapple, quince or guanábana, sweetened with panela and seasoned with cinnamon, cloves and orange tree leaves.

Cumbia music by country

Summer of Cumbia, Los Lobos, Locos Por Juana, Ozomatli, Los Gran Reyes De La Musica, Grupo Fantasma, Super Reyes, Nando y Solja Kingz, La Internacional Sonora Show, Chicha Libre, Kumbia Kings, Selena y Los Dinos, Los Reyes Del Sabor, Sabor Kolombia, Candelaria cumbia dub, Barrio Kings are famous musicians based in the United States that have performed and/or specialize in Mexican cumbia.

Delio Gamboa

Delio "Maravilla" Gamboa Rentería, is a former Colombian football player, born January 28, 1936 in Buenaventura (Valle del Cauca), Colombia.

Giovanni Buscaglione

He designed buildings across many departments of Colombia including Amazonas, Antioquia, Bolívar, Boyacá, Cundinamarca, Meta, Santander and Valle del Cauca.

Guaibasaurus

Guaibasaurus was originally named on the basis of the holotype, MCN PV2355, a well-preserved partial postcranial skeleton and the paratype, MCN PV2356, an articulated and nearly complete left hindlimb, which were discovered in the "Sesmaria do Pinhal 2" locality near Candelária, Rio Grande do Sul, in Brazil, in the geopark of Paleorrota.

The specific name is named after Candelária, a city near the fossil locality in which the holotype was found.

Héctor Ballesteros

Héctor Fabio Ballesteros Vélez (born October 18, 1981 in Cali, Valle del Cauca) is a retired male weightlifter from Colombia.

Hospital Universitario Nuestra Señora de Candelaria

Hospital Universitario Nuestra Señora de Candelaria or University Hospital of the Nuestra Señora de Candelaria is an advanced hospital in Tenerife (Canary Islands, Spain).

Humanitarian exchange

The FARC guerrillas originally demanded that in order to proceed with the humanitarian exchange, the government must demilitarize a zone, which are the municipalities of Pradera and Florida in the southern Department of Valle del Cauca.

Jonatan Romero

Romero who is known by his nickname 'Momo' hails from a boxing family from the "El Retiro" neighbourhood of Santiago de Cali in the Valle del Cauca region.

Madelaynne Montaño

Madelaynne Montaño Caicedo (born January 6, 1983 in Tuluá, Valle del Cauca) is a female volleyball player from Colombia, who win the silver medal at the 2012 FIVB Club World Championship playing with Rabita Baku.

Marbelle

Maureen Belky Ramírez Cardona, better known by her stage name Marbelle (born in Buenaventura, Valle del Cauca, Colombia on 19 January 1980) is a Colombian singer singing pop and romantic ballads.

Mario Llanos

Mario Llanos Méndez (born April 05, 1989 in Roldanillo (Valle del Cauca), Colombia) is an Colombian footballer currently playing for Békéscsaba 1912 Előre SE of the Nemzeti Bajnokság II.

Menceyato of Güímar

Occupied an area significantly greater than the actual municipality of Güímar, including part of Santa Cruz de Tenerife, El Rosario, Candelaria, Arafo and Fasnia, himself and perhaps a small part of the town of Arico.

Mercedes Lambre

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Metro Candelaria

It also displays the architecture of Félix Candela, who designed the Candelaria station and also designed many buildings in Mexico, such as the San Lázaro metro station and the famous Palacio de los Deportes which served as a venue during the 1968 Summer Olympics.

Mount Mayabobo

Mount Mayabobo is a cinder cone situated at the base of Mount Banahaw, in Barangay Mayabobo, Candelaria, Quezon.

Movimiento Armado Quintin Lame

Thanks to an organization created years earlier by the indigenous leader Manuel Quintín Lame (1880–1967), the group had the support of many indigenous communities in the region of the Valle del Cauca, Huila, Tolima, and parts of the departments of Meta and Caquetá Department.

Neville Ranch Raid

On March 25, 1918, while on garrison duty at Candelaria, Captain Leonard Matlock, 8th Cavalry, received information from someone regarding an imminent attack on Neville Ranch.

Roller Cambindo

Roller Cambindo (born October 29, 1978 in Buenaventura (Valle del Cauca), Colombia) is a Colombian footballer currently playing for Los Caimanes of the Peruvian Segunda División.

Sandro Rosa do Nascimento

At one point, Nascimento resided in the area of Candelaria, a historical church in Rio de Janeiro, where he witnessed the Candelaria church massacre on July 23, 1993.

Sedfrey Candelaria

Candelaria was part of the Negotiating Panel for the Peace Talks with the Communist Party of the Philippines, the New People’s Army and the National Democratic Front of the Philippines (CPP/NPA/NDF).

Sigifredo López

Sigifredo López Tobón (born 29 October 1963 in Pradera, Valle del Cauca, Colombia) is a lawyer and politician.

Tulia Medina

Tulia Angela Medina Alcalde (born March 18, 1983 in Cali, Valle del Cauca) is a female weightlifter from Colombia.

Ulrich Schmidl

He also accompanied Juan de Ayolas on his first trip in quest of provisions, and afterward went with Ayolas in his expedition up Paraguay River, and was one of the soldiers that were left with Domingo Irala in charge of the vessels in the port of Candelaria.

Una familia con suerte

Alicia Machado - Candelaria de los Angeles López Fernández vda.

United Provinces of New Granada

The Royal Audiencia of Quito, whose president had executive powers, had jurisdiction over the provinces of Quito, Cuenca, Loja, Ibarra, Riobamba, Pasto, Popayán, Buenaventura and parts of the Cauca River Valley.

Virgin of Candelaria

She is widely venerated in South America and the Caribbean, where she is the patroness of Oruro and La Paz (Bolivia), Medellín (Colombia) (which was founded as Villa de Nuestra Señora de La Candelaria de Medellín) and Mayagüez (Puerto Rico) (which was founded as Nuestra Señora de la Candelaria de Mayagüez).

In the Cathedral of San Fernando of Texas (the oldest Catholic cathedral in the United States) is a replica of the Virgin of Candelaria, which is accurate to the venerated in the Canary Islands.


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