Candelaria or Candelária may refer to: People Jacob Candelaria (born 1986 or 1987), U.S. politician and attorney John Candelaria (born 1953), American baseball pitcher Luis Candelaria (1892-1963), Argentinian military aviator, who completed the first air crossing of the Andes in 1918 Nash Candelaria (born 1928), American author Candelaria Pérez (1810–1870), sergeant in the Chilean Army, hero of the Battle of Yungay Places Argentina Candelaria, Misiones, Misiones Province Candelaria, San Luis, a village and municipality in San Luis Province La Candelaria, Catamarca, a village and municipality in Catamarca Province La Candelaria, Salta, a village and rural municipality in Salta Province Brazil Candelária Church, a historical church in Rio de Janeiro Candelária, Rio Grande do Sul Chile Candelaria mine, a copper deposit in Atacama Region Colombia Candelaria, Valle del Cauca Candelaria, Atlántico La Candelaria, Bogotá, a historic neighborhood in Bogotá Cuba Candelaria, Cuba, Artemisa Province El Salvador Candelaria, Cuscatlán Candelaria de la Frontera Guatemala Candelaria Caves, a natural cave system in the municipalities of Chisec and Raxruha Honduras Candelaria, Lempira Mexico Candelaria Municipality, Campeche Candelaria Loxicha Candelaria metro station, a station on the Mexico City Metro Philippines Candelaria, Quezon Candelaria, Zambales Portugal Candelária (Madalena), a civil parish in the municipality of Madalena, island of Pico, Azores Candelária (Ponta Delgada), a civil parish in the municipality of Ponta Delgada, island of São Miguel, Azores Puerto Rico Mayagüez, Puerto Rico, founded as Nuestra Señora de la Candelaria Candelaria, Lajas, Puerto Rico, a barrio Candelaria, Toa Baja, Puerto Rico, a barrio Candelaria, Vega Alta, Puerto Rico, a barrio Spain Candelaria, Tenerife, a municipality in the island of Tenerife, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Canary Islands United States Candelaria, Texas, Presidio County Candelaria, Nevada, a mining ghost town Religion Fiesta de la Candelaria or Candlemas Virgin of Candelaria, an apparition of the Virgin Mary Other Candelaria (lichen), a genus of yellow lichens Candelaria (reptile), an extinct genus of owenettid parareptiles Candelária massacre, a 1993 massacre in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Candelária Sport Clube, a roller hockey team from the civil parish of Candelária See also Candelario (disambiguation) La Candelaria (disambiguation)