Diamantina, Minas Gerais, Brazil
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Diamantina, in the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil, is a historic colonial-era city known for its well-preserved architecture and role in the country’s diamond mining past.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Diamantina, Minas Gerais, Brazil canonical | 1 |
| Historic Centre of Diamantina | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6161047 — 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: Diamantina, Minas Gerais, Brazil Context triple: [Juscelino Kubitschek, birthPlace, Diamantina, Minas Gerais, Brazil]
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Itajubá, Brazil
Itajubá, Brazil is a city in the state of Minas Gerais known for its industrial base, particularly in aerospace and defense manufacturing, and for hosting a major Airbus Helicopters production facility.
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B.
Salvador, Bahia, Brazil
Salvador, the capital of Brazil’s Bahia state, is a major coastal city known for its Afro-Brazilian culture, colonial architecture, and historic role as the country’s first capital.
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Morada Nova
Morada Nova is a municipality in the state of Ceará in northeastern Brazil, known for its agricultural activities and semi-arid landscape.
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D.
Aparecida, São Paulo
Aparecida, São Paulo is a Brazilian city best known as a major Catholic pilgrimage destination and home to the National Shrine of Our Lady Aparecida, one of the largest Marian shrines in the world.
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E.
Cartaxo
Cartaxo is a Portuguese town in the Ribatejo region known historically for its wine production and agricultural surroundings.
- 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: Diamantina, Minas Gerais, Brazil Target entity description: Diamantina, in the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil, is a historic colonial-era city known for its well-preserved architecture and role in the country’s diamond mining past.
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A.
Itajubá, Brazil
Itajubá, Brazil is a city in the state of Minas Gerais known for its industrial base, particularly in aerospace and defense manufacturing, and for hosting a major Airbus Helicopters production facility.
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B.
Salvador, Bahia, Brazil
Salvador, the capital of Brazil’s Bahia state, is a major coastal city known for its Afro-Brazilian culture, colonial architecture, and historic role as the country’s first capital.
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C.
Morada Nova
Morada Nova is a municipality in the state of Ceará in northeastern Brazil, known for its agricultural activities and semi-arid landscape.
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D.
Aparecida, São Paulo
Aparecida, São Paulo is a Brazilian city best known as a major Catholic pilgrimage destination and home to the National Shrine of Our Lady Aparecida, one of the largest Marian shrines in the world.
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E.
Cartaxo
Cartaxo is a Portuguese town in the Ribatejo region known historically for its wine production and agricultural surroundings.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
city
ⓘ
municipality ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle | Portuguese colonial architecture ⓘ |
| continent | South America ⓘ |
| country | Brazil ⓘ |
| demographics | population in the tens of thousands ⓘ |
| distanceTo | approximately 300 km from Belo Horizonte ⓘ |
| economicHistory | diamond extraction and trade ⓘ |
| elevation | approximately 1,280 metres above sea level ⓘ |
| foundedAs | Arraial do Tijuco NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| governingBody | municipal government of Diamantina NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| governingCountry | Federative Republic of Brazil NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasClimate | tropical savanna climate ⓘ |
| hasCulturalProperty |
Casa de Juscelino Kubitschek
NERFINISHED
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Chafariz da Glória NERFINISHED ⓘ Igreja de Nossa Senhora do Rosário dos Pretos (Diamantina) NERFINISHED ⓘ Igreja de São Francisco de Assis (Diamantina) NERFINISHED ⓘ Igreja do Carmo (Diamantina) NERFINISHED ⓘ Mercado Velho de Diamantina NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasFestival | Vesperata (outdoor music performances) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasHeritageStatus | protected historic center ⓘ |
| heritageDesignation |
Historic Centre of Diamantina
NERFINISHED
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UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ |
| historicalEra | Portuguese colonial period ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance | major diamond mining center in colonial Brazil ⓘ |
| knownFor |
baroque churches
ⓘ
colonial-era architecture ⓘ diamond mining history ⓘ historic center ⓘ serestas (traditional night serenades) ⓘ |
| languageUsed | Brazilian Portuguese NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Minas Gerais
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Southeast Region, Brazil NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInAdministrativeTerritorialEntity | state of Minas Gerais NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInMountainRange | Espinhaço Mountains NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInTimeZone | Brasília time ⓘ |
| namedAfter | diamonds ⓘ |
| nearbyProtectedArea | Biribiri State Park NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| officialLanguage | Portuguese ⓘ |
| partOf |
Diamantina microregion
NERFINISHED
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historic mining region of Minas Gerais ⓘ |
| postalCodeFormat | 39100-000 ⓘ |
| primaryEconomicActivity |
services
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tourism ⓘ |
| touristAttractionType | colonial historic town ⓘ |
| transportInfrastructure | served by regional highways ⓘ |
| UNESCOInscriptionYear | 1999 ⓘ |
| UNESCOSiteType | cultural ⓘ |
| urbanPlanningCharacteristic | irregular colonial street layout ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Diamantina, Minas Gerais, Brazil Description of subject: Diamantina, in the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil, is a historic colonial-era city known for its well-preserved architecture and role in the country’s diamond mining past.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Historic Centre of Diamantina