Vélez

Summary

Vélez is a municipality of Colombia^[1]. Vélez ranks in the top 7% of municipality_of_colombia entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (12 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Vélez is located in Santander Department^[3].
• Vélez is in the country of Colombia^[4].
• Vélez's image is recorded as Vélez.jpg^[5].
• Vélez's instance of is recorded as municipality of Colombia^[6].
• Vélez's flag image is recorded as Flag of Vélez (Santander).svg^[7].
• Vélez's coat of arms image is recorded as Escudo de Vélez (Santander).svg^[8].
• Vélez's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 133820063^[9].
• Vélez's locator map image is recorded as Colombia - Santander - Vélez.svg^[10].
• Vélez's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n90608670^[11].
• Vélez's Commons category is recorded as Vélez, Santander^[12].
• Vélez's OpenStreetMap relation ID is recorded as 1315460^[13].
• +1539-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Vélez^[14].
• Vélez's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 6.0130555555556, 'lon': -73.673611111111}^[15].
• Vélez's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/026f_87^[16].
• Vélez's official website is recorded as http://www.velez-santander.gov.co/index.shtml^[17].
• Vélez's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Vélez, Santander^[18].
• Vélez's population is recorded as {'amount': '+18808'}^[19].
• Vélez's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)^[20].
• Vélez's category for people born here is recorded as Q60910221^[21].
• Vélez's GeoNames ID is recorded as 3666233^[22].
• Vélez's elevation above sea level is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+2050'}^[23].
• Vélez's area is recorded as {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+250'}^[24].
• Vélez's GNS Unique Feature ID is recorded as -601136^[25].
• Vélez's Who's on First ID is recorded as 421168245^[26].
• Vélez's DANE code is recorded as 68861^[27].

Body

Geography

Vélez is in the country of Colombia^[4]. Vélez is located in Santander Department^[3].

Physical Characteristics

Vélez's area is recorded as {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+250'}^[24]. Vélez's elevation above sea level is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+2050'}^[23]. Vélez's population is recorded as {'amount': '+18808'}^[19].

Designation and Status

Vélez's instance of is recorded as municipality of Colombia^[6].

History and Context

+1539-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Vélez^[14].

Why It Matters

Vélez ranks in the top 7% of municipality_of_colombia entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (12 views/month).^[2] Vélez has Wikipedia articles in 13 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] Vélez is known by 10 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]