Cúcuta

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Cúcuta is a major Colombian city on the border with Venezuela, known as an important commercial and transportation hub in the northeast of the country.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Cúcuta canonical 32
Cúcuta, Colombia 1
Cúcuta, Norte de Santander, Colombia 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf city
municipality
airportServes Camilo Daza International Airport
areaCode 607
borderCrossing Francisco de Paula Santander Bridge
Simón Bolívar International Bridge
climate tropical savanna climate
climateKöppen Aw
continent South America
coordinateLatitude 7.8939 N
coordinateLongitude 72.5078 W
country Colombia
countryCallingCode +57
demonym cucuteña
cucuteño
departmentalGovernmentSeat Government of Norte de Santander
economicActivity commerce
informal cross-border trade
services
transportation
elevation approximately 320 meters above sea level
founder Juana Rangel de Cuéllar
foundingDate 1733
hasAirport Camilo Daza International Airport
hasFootballClub Cúcuta Deportivo
hasUniversity Universidad Francisco de Paula Santander
Universidad de Pamplona (Cúcuta campus)
historicalEvent Congress of Cúcuta 1821 held nearby
isCapitalOf Norte de Santander Department
isPartOf Metropolitan Area of Cúcuta
knownFor border trade with Venezuela
commercial hub
transportation hub
locatedIn Norte de Santander Department
locatedInRegion northeastern Colombia
locatedNear San Antonio del Táchira
Ureña
locatedOnBorderWith Venezuela
mainSportVenue Estadio General Santander
nearbyHistoricalSite Villa del Rosario
nickname Ciudad Fronteriza
La Perla del Norte
officialLanguage Spanish
population over 700000 inhabitants
postalCodePrefix 5400
river Pamplonita River
roadConnection Highway to Bucaramanga
Highway to Ocaña
timeZone Colombia Standard Time
linked to: America/Bogota
utcOffset UTC−05:00

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Referenced by (35)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Battle of Cúcuta location Cúcuta
Congress of Cúcuta location Cúcuta
Colombian Andes containsCity Cúcuta
Virgilio Barco Vargas birthPlace Cúcuta, Norte de Santander, Colombia
linked to: Cúcuta
James Rodríguez birthPlace Cúcuta, Colombia
linked to: Cúcuta
Villa del Rosario nearbyCity San José de Cúcuta
linked to: Cúcuta
Los Patios near Cúcuta
Puerto Santander locatedNear Cúcuta
Chinácota departmentCapital Cúcuta
Sardinata departmentCapital Cúcuta
Northeastern Colombia hasCity Cúcuta
subject linked to: northeastern Colombia
Cúcuta Deportivo basedIn Cúcuta
Cúcuta Deportivo homeCity Cúcuta
Cúcuta Deportivo shortName Cúcuta
EasyFly operatesInCity Cúcuta