Independence Day of Guatemala

E878175

national holiday public holiday

Independence Day of Guatemala is the annual national holiday on September 15 commemorating the country’s 1821 independence from Spain, celebrated with civic parades, cultural events, and patriotic music.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Día de la Independencia de Guatemala	1
Fiestas Patrias de Guatemala	1
Independence Day of Guatemala canonical	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10646640 — 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: Independence Day of Guatemala
Context triple: [Himno Nacional de Guatemala, associatedWith, Independence Day of Guatemala]

A. Colombia’s Independence Day
Colombia’s Independence Day is the national holiday celebrated on July 20 to mark the country’s declaration of independence from Spanish colonial rule in 1810.
B. Paraguay Independence Day
Paraguay Independence Day is the national holiday that celebrates Paraguay’s emergence as an independent nation, marked annually with patriotic ceremonies and cultural festivities.
C. Día de la Independencia de Quito
Día de la Independencia de Quito is a national holiday in Ecuador that celebrates Quito’s early 19th-century uprising against Spanish colonial rule, regarded as a key milestone in the country’s independence movement.
D. Benito Juárez Day
Benito Juárez Day is a Mexican public holiday that honors the legacy and birthday of former president Benito Juárez, celebrated for his leadership in liberal reforms and defense of national sovereignty.
E. Mexican Independence Day
Mexican Independence Day is a national holiday in Mexico celebrated on September 16 to commemorate the start of the country’s war of independence from Spain, marked by patriotic festivities and the reenactment of the “Grito de Independencia.”
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: Independence Day of Guatemala
Target entity description: Independence Day of Guatemala is the annual national holiday on September 15 commemorating the country’s 1821 independence from Spain, celebrated with civic parades, cultural events, and patriotic music.

A. Colombia’s Independence Day
Colombia’s Independence Day is the national holiday celebrated on July 20 to mark the country’s declaration of independence from Spanish colonial rule in 1810.
B. Paraguay Independence Day
Paraguay Independence Day is the national holiday that celebrates Paraguay’s emergence as an independent nation, marked annually with patriotic ceremonies and cultural festivities.
C. Día de la Independencia de Quito
Día de la Independencia de Quito is a national holiday in Ecuador that celebrates Quito’s early 19th-century uprising against Spanish colonial rule, regarded as a key milestone in the country’s independence movement.
D. Benito Juárez Day
Benito Juárez Day is a Mexican public holiday that honors the legacy and birthday of former president Benito Juárez, celebrated for his leadership in liberal reforms and defense of national sovereignty.
E. Mexican Independence Day
Mexican Independence Day is a national holiday in Mexico celebrated on September 16 to commemorate the start of the country’s war of independence from Spain, marked by patriotic festivities and the reenactment of the “Grito de Independencia.”
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	national holiday ⓘ public holiday ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Día de la Independencia de Guatemala ⓘ linked to: Independence Day of Guatemala Fiestas Patrias de Guatemala ⓘ linked to: Independence Day of Guatemala
associatedColor	blue ⓘ white ⓘ
basedOnDocument	Act of Independence of Central America ⓘ
celebratedWith	civic parades ⓘ cultural events ⓘ fireworks ⓘ flag-raising ceremonies ⓘ folk dances ⓘ military parades ⓘ official speeches ⓘ patriotic music ⓘ school marching bands ⓘ school parades ⓘ
commemorates	Central American independence from Spain ⓘ independence of Guatemala from Spain ⓘ
country	Guatemala ⓘ
culturalSignificance	major national celebration in Guatemala ⓘ
date	September 15 ⓘ
dayOfYear	15 ⓘ
frequency	annual ⓘ
hasTheme	historical remembrance ⓘ national identity ⓘ patriotism ⓘ
historicalEventDate	1821-09-15 ⓘ
legalStatus	paid public holiday ⓘ
month	September ⓘ
observedBy	Guatemalan diaspora ⓘ linked to: Guatemalan Americans citizens of Guatemala ⓘ
partOf	Central American Independence Day ⓘ linked to: Act of Independence of Central America
publicInstitutionInvolved	Government of Guatemala ⓘ Ministry of Education of Guatemala ⓘ municipal governments of Guatemala ⓘ
region	Central America ⓘ
relatedTo	Independence Day of Costa Rica ⓘ Independence Day of El Salvador ⓘ Independence Day of Honduras ⓘ Independence Day of Nicaragua ⓘ
symbol	coat of arms of Guatemala ⓘ linked to: Coat of arms of Guatemala flag of Guatemala ⓘ
timeOfDayTypicalEvents	evening ⓘ morning ⓘ
type	civic holiday ⓘ patriotic holiday ⓘ
yearFirstCelebrated	1821 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

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

Himno Nacional de Guatemala → associatedWith → Independence Day of Guatemala ⓘ

Independence Day of Guatemala → alsoKnownAs → Día de la Independencia de Guatemala ⓘ

linked to: Independence Day of Guatemala

Independence Day of Guatemala → alsoKnownAs → Fiestas Patrias de Guatemala ⓘ