Empalme, Sonora
E776214
Empalme, Sonora is a coastal city in northwestern Mexico known for its railway heritage and proximity to the Gulf of California.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Empalme, Sonora canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9072731 — 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: Empalme, Sonora Context triple: [Port of Guaymas, nearbyCity, Empalme, Sonora]
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A.
Rosario, Sonora
Rosario is a municipality in the southern part of the Mexican state of Sonora, known for its rural communities and agricultural activities.
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B.
Esperanza, Sonora
Esperanza, Sonora is a town within the municipality of Cajeme in the Mexican state of Sonora, known primarily as a small agricultural and residential community near Ciudad Obregón.
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C.
Arizpe, Sonora
Arizpe, Sonora is a historic town in northern Mexico that served as an important colonial administrative center in New Spain and is notable as the burial place of explorer Juan Bautista de Anza.
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D.
Acaponeta
Acaponeta is a town and municipality in the Mexican state of Nayarit, known for its agricultural economy and location near the Acaponeta River.
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E.
Pueblo Yaqui, Sonora
Pueblo Yaqui, Sonora is a town in the Mexican state of Sonora that serves as one of the principal settlements of the Yaqui Indigenous people.
- 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: Empalme, Sonora Target entity description: Empalme, Sonora is a coastal city in northwestern Mexico known for its railway heritage and proximity to the Gulf of California.
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A.
Rosario, Sonora
Rosario is a municipality in the southern part of the Mexican state of Sonora, known for its rural communities and agricultural activities.
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B.
Esperanza, Sonora
Esperanza, Sonora is a town within the municipality of Cajeme in the Mexican state of Sonora, known primarily as a small agricultural and residential community near Ciudad Obregón.
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C.
Arizpe, Sonora
Arizpe, Sonora is a historic town in northern Mexico that served as an important colonial administrative center in New Spain and is notable as the burial place of explorer Juan Bautista de Anza.
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D.
Acaponeta
Acaponeta is a town and municipality in the Mexican state of Nayarit, known for its agricultural economy and location near the Acaponeta River.
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E.
Pueblo Yaqui, Sonora
Pueblo Yaqui, Sonora is a town in the Mexican state of Sonora that serves as one of the principal settlements of the Yaqui Indigenous people.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
city
ⓘ
municipality ⓘ |
| adjacentTo |
Guaymas, Sonora
ⓘ
linked to:
Guaymas
|
| belongsTo | federal entity of Sonora ⓘ |
| borderedBy | Sonoran Desert ⓘ |
| callingCodeType | Mexican telephone numbering plan ⓘ |
| climate |
arid
ⓘ
hot desert climate ⓘ |
| coastType | Gulf of California coastline ⓘ |
| country | Mexico ⓘ |
| elevation | approximately 10 meters above sea level ⓘ |
| governedBy | municipal president of Empalme ⓘ |
| hasCoastlineOn | Gulf of California ⓘ |
| hasEconomicSector |
fishing and aquaculture
ⓘ
industry ⓘ services ⓘ |
| hasMunicipalSeat | Empalme, Sonora ⓘ |
| hasRailwayHeritage |
historic railway workshops
ⓘ
railway yard ⓘ |
| hasUrbanClassification | small city ⓘ |
| isCoastalCity | true ⓘ |
| isRailwayCity | true ⓘ |
| knownFor |
proximity to the Gulf of California
ⓘ
railway heritage ⓘ |
| language | Spanish ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Sonora ⓘ |
| locatedInContinent | North America ⓘ |
| locatedInCountrySubdivision | northwest Sonora ⓘ |
| locatedInRegion |
northwestern Mexico
ⓘ
linked to:
Northwestern Mexico
|
| locatedInTimeZoneRegion | UTC−7 ⓘ |
| locatedNear |
Guaymas Bay
ⓘ
linked to:
Bahía de Guaymas
|
| locatedOn |
Pacific coast of Mexico
ⓘ
linked to:
Pacific Coast of Mexico
coast of the Gulf of California ⓘ |
| locatedOnTransportCorridor | north–south railway line in Sonora ⓘ |
| officialLanguage | Spanish ⓘ |
| partOf |
State of Sonora
ⓘ
linked to:
Estado de Sonora
|
| postalCodeType | Código Postal (Mexico) ⓘ |
| primaryEconomicActivity |
commerce
ⓘ
fishing ⓘ railway services ⓘ |
| timeZone |
Mountain Standard Time
ⓘ
linked to:
Mountain Time Zone
|
| transportInfrastructure |
highway connections
ⓘ
railway junction ⓘ |
| usesDaylightSavingTime | no ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Empalme, Sonora Description of subject: Empalme, Sonora is a coastal city in northwestern Mexico known for its railway heritage and proximity to the Gulf of California.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.