Antigua Guatemala
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Antigua Guatemala is a historic colonial city in southern Guatemala renowned for its well-preserved Spanish Baroque architecture and cobblestone streets, and is recognized as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Antigua Guatemala canonical | 27 |
| Santiago de Guatemala | 3 |
| Antigua Guatemala Municipality | 1 |
| Ciudad Antigua | 1 |
| Sacatepéquez (historical town) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T705459 — 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: Antigua Guatemala Context triple: [Guatemala, contains, Antigua Guatemala]
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A.
Copán
Copán is an ancient Maya city in present-day Honduras renowned for its elaborate stone sculptures, hieroglyphic inscriptions, and well-preserved archaeological remains.
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B.
Guatemala City
Guatemala City is the capital and largest city of Guatemala, serving as the country’s political, economic, and cultural center.
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C.
Palenque
Palenque is an ancient Maya city in modern-day Chiapas, Mexico, renowned for its well-preserved temples, palaces, and intricate inscriptions.
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D.
Tikal
Tikal is an ancient Maya city in present-day Guatemala, renowned for its towering pyramids, extensive ruins, and role as a powerful political and cultural center of the Classic Maya civilization.
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E.
Calakmul
Calakmul is a major ancient Maya city and archaeological site in the jungles of Mexico’s Yucatán Peninsula, known for its massive pyramids and extensive ruins.
- 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: Antigua Guatemala Target entity description: Antigua Guatemala is a historic colonial city in southern Guatemala renowned for its well-preserved Spanish Baroque architecture and cobblestone streets, and is recognized as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
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A.
Copán
Copán is an ancient Maya city in present-day Honduras renowned for its elaborate stone sculptures, hieroglyphic inscriptions, and well-preserved archaeological remains.
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B.
Guatemala City
Guatemala City is the capital and largest city of Guatemala, serving as the country’s political, economic, and cultural center.
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C.
Palenque
Palenque is an ancient Maya city in modern-day Chiapas, Mexico, renowned for its well-preserved temples, palaces, and intricate inscriptions.
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D.
Tikal
Tikal is an ancient Maya city in present-day Guatemala, renowned for its towering pyramids, extensive ruins, and role as a powerful political and cultural center of the Classic Maya civilization.
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E.
Calakmul
Calakmul is a major ancient Maya city and archaeological site in the jungles of Mexico’s Yucatán Peninsula, known for its massive pyramids and extensive ruins.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
city
ⓘ
municipality ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle |
Spanish Baroque
ⓘ
colonial architecture ⓘ |
| averageClimateDescription | mild temperatures year-round ⓘ |
| climate | subtropical highland climate ⓘ |
| continent | North America ⓘ |
| country | Guatemala ⓘ |
| currentCapitalOf | Sacatepéquez Department ⓘ |
| economicActivity |
coffee production in surrounding areas
ⓘ
tourism ⓘ |
| elevationAboveSeaLevel |
about 1530 metres
ⓘ
about 5020 feet ⓘ |
| established | 1543 ⓘ |
| formerName |
Guatemala City
ⓘ
surface form:
Santiago de los Caballeros de Guatemala
|
| foundedAsCapitalOf |
Guatemala Captaincy General
ⓘ
surface form:
Captaincy General of Guatemala
|
| foundedBy | Spanish colonists ⓘ |
| foundingCentury | 16th century ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
central plaza (Parque Central)
ⓘ
cobblestone streets ⓘ colonial-era ruins ⓘ colorful facades ⓘ |
| heritageDesignation | UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ |
| knownFor |
cobblestone streets
ⓘ
colonial churches and convents ⓘ ruins from earthquakes ⓘ well-preserved Spanish Baroque architecture ⓘ |
| languageUsed | Spanish ⓘ |
| localLanguage | Spanish ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Sacatepéquez Department
ⓘ
southern Guatemala ⓘ |
| nearbyVolcano |
Acatenango
ⓘ
surface form:
Acatenango Volcano
Agua Volcano ⓘ Fuego Volcano ⓘ |
| notableReligiousEvent |
Semana Santa processions
ⓘ
surface form:
Holy Week processions
|
| population | about 46,000 (approximate, varies by source and year) ⓘ |
| religionTraditionallyPracticed | Roman Catholicism ⓘ |
| resultOf1773Earthquakes | relocation of the capital to present-day Guatemala City ⓘ |
| significantEvent |
1717 earthquake
ⓘ
1773 Santa Marta earthquakes ⓘ |
| streetLayout | grid pattern ⓘ |
| timeZone |
Central Time Zone
ⓘ
surface form:
Central Standard Time
|
| tourismType |
cultural tourism
ⓘ
heritage tourism ⓘ |
| UNESCOCriteria |
(ii)
ⓘ
(iii) ⓘ (iv) ⓘ |
| UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteSince | 1979 ⓘ |
| utcOffset | −6 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Antigua Guatemala Description of subject: Antigua Guatemala is a historic colonial city in southern Guatemala renowned for its well-preserved Spanish Baroque architecture and cobblestone streets, and is recognized as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Referenced by (33)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Santiago de Guatemala
this entity surface form:
Santiago de Guatemala
this entity surface form:
Santiago de Guatemala
subject surface form:
Central Plaza (Parque Central)
subject surface form:
Central Plaza (Parque Central)
this entity surface form:
Ciudad Antigua
this entity surface form:
Antigua Guatemala Municipality
this entity surface form:
Sacatepéquez (historical town)