Santiago de Nueva Extremadura
E131828
Santiago de Nueva Extremadura was the original colonial name of Santiago, the capital city of Chile, established by the Spanish in the 16th century.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Santiago de Nueva Extremadura canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T899583 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Santiago de Nueva Extremadura Context triple: [Pedro de Valdivia, founded, Santiago de Nueva Extremadura]
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A.
San Borja
San Borja is a primarily residential and commercial district in Lima, Peru, known for its middle- to upper-class neighborhoods, green areas, and cultural institutions.
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B.
Santiago de Veraguas
Santiago de Veraguas is a principal urban and commercial center in western Panama and the capital of Veraguas Province.
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C.
Ciudad Serdán
Ciudad Serdán is a town in the Mexican state of Puebla, known as a gateway community to the nearby Pico de Orizaba volcano and surrounding highland region.
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D.
Santa Cruz del Norte
Santa Cruz del Norte is a coastal Cuban municipality known for its rum distilleries and location between Havana and Matanzas along the island’s northern shore.
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E.
San José de los Cedros
San José de los Cedros is a residential neighborhood located within the borough of Cuajimalpa de Morelos in Mexico City.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Santiago de Nueva Extremadura Target entity description: Santiago de Nueva Extremadura was the original colonial name of Santiago, the capital city of Chile, established by the Spanish in the 16th century.
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A.
San Borja
San Borja is a primarily residential and commercial district in Lima, Peru, known for its middle- to upper-class neighborhoods, green areas, and cultural institutions.
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B.
Santiago de Veraguas
Santiago de Veraguas is a principal urban and commercial center in western Panama and the capital of Veraguas Province.
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C.
Ciudad Serdán
Ciudad Serdán is a town in the Mexican state of Puebla, known as a gateway community to the nearby Pico de Orizaba volcano and surrounding highland region.
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D.
Santa Cruz del Norte
Santa Cruz del Norte is a coastal Cuban municipality known for its rum distilleries and location between Havana and Matanzas along the island’s northern shore.
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E.
San José de los Cedros
San José de los Cedros is a residential neighborhood located within the borough of Cuajimalpa de Morelos in Mexico City.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Spanish colonial foundation
ⓘ
former name ⓘ historical city ⓘ |
| associatedWithOrder | Spanish conquistadors ⓘ |
| capitalOf |
Captaincy General of Chile
ⓘ
Chile ⓘ
surface form:
Kingdom of Chile
|
| climate | Mediterranean climate ⓘ |
| colonialLanguage | Spanish ⓘ |
| colonialPower | Crown of Castile ⓘ |
| coordinateApprox | 33.45°S 70.66°W ⓘ |
| country | Spanish Empire ⓘ |
| currentStatus | integrated into modern city of Santiago ⓘ |
| demographyOriginal | Spanish settlers and indigenous population ⓘ |
| elevation | approximately 520 metres ⓘ |
| establishedUnderMonarch |
Charles I of Spain
ⓘ
Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor ⓘ |
| foundedBy | Pedro de Valdivia ⓘ |
| founder | Pedro de Valdivia ⓘ |
| function |
administrative center of Chile
ⓘ
ecclesiastical center of Chile ⓘ |
| gridPlan | yes ⓘ |
| hasCentralSquare |
Plaza Mayor
ⓘ
surface form:
Plaza Mayor (Plaza de Armas)
|
| hasFortifications | early defensive works against indigenous attacks ⓘ |
| hasPart | Plaza de Armas de Santiago ⓘ |
| historicalRegion |
Extremadura
ⓘ
surface form:
Nueva Extremadura
|
| inception | 1541 ⓘ |
| inceptionDay | 1541-02-12 ⓘ |
| languageOfOfficialName | Spanish ⓘ |
| legalStatus | municipio under Spanish colonial law ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Captaincy General of Chile
ⓘ
Central Valley of Chile ⓘ Chile ⓘ Chile ⓘ
surface form:
Kingdom of Chile
Santiago basin ⓘ
surface form:
Santiago Basin
South America ⓘ |
| locatedOn | Mapocho River ⓘ |
| namedAfter |
Saint James
ⓘ
surface form:
Santiago (Saint James the Greater)
|
| originalColonialNameOf |
Santiago
ⓘ
Santiago ⓘ
surface form:
Santiago de Chile
|
| partOf | Viceroyalty of Peru ⓘ |
| presentDayName |
Santiago
ⓘ
Santiago ⓘ
surface form:
Santiago de Chile
|
| religionOfficial | Roman Catholicism ⓘ |
| significantEvent | Mapuche attacks in 1541 ⓘ |
| terrain | valley surrounded by the Andes and Chilean Coastal Range ⓘ |
| timePeriod |
16th century
ⓘ
Spanish colonial era ⓘ |
| urbanCenterOf | Nueva Extremadura province ⓘ |
| urbanType | planned colonial city ⓘ |
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Input
Subject: Santiago de Nueva Extremadura Description of subject: Santiago de Nueva Extremadura was the original colonial name of Santiago, the capital city of Chile, established by the Spanish in the 16th century.
Referenced by (1)
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