American Capital of Culture

Template:Short description The non-governmental organization American Capital of Culture selects one city or state in the Americas annually to serve as the American Capital of Culture for a period of one year. The organization's leaders claim the initiative is based closely on the European Capital of Culture program; it enjoys the backing of the Organization of American States, but the OAS is not involved in the selection process.<ref name=Barranquilla>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

The organization was founded in 1998 with the objectives to raise awareness of culture in the Americas and to promote the city selected as the Capital of Culture for the year. The chosen city is publicized on the television networks Antena 3 and the Discovery network.<ref name=Barranquilla /><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

While the NGO claims that the designation "is aimed at all the countries of the Americas",<ref name=list/> Template:As of the 26 locations (includes two in 2003) designated as the American Capital of Culture have only been chosen from Latin America and the Caribbean. Furthermore, the designation has increasingly become Mexico-centric; Mexico has dominated the program since 2014, being given the designation six times in the 11 years from 2014 to 2024.<ref name=list/>

List of dates of American Capital of Culture

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2000	Mérida	Template:MEX
2001	Iquique	Template:CHI
2002	Maceió	Template:BRA
2003	Panama City	Template:PAN
	Curitiba	Template:BRA
2004	Santiago	Template:CHI
2005	Guadalajara	Template:MEX
2006	Cordoba	Template:ARG
2007	Cuzco	Template:PER
2008	Brasília	Template:BRA
2009	Asunción	Template:PAR
2010	Santo Domingo	Template:DOM
2011	Quito	Template:ECU
2012	São Luís	Template:BRA
2013	Barranquilla	Template:COL
2014	Colima	Template:MEX
2015	Mayagüez	Template:PUR
2016	Valdivia	Template:CHI
2017	Mérida	Template:MEX
2018	Anzoátegui	Template:VEN
2019	San Miguel de Allende	Template:MEX
2020	Punta Arenas	Template:CHI
2021	Estado de Zacatecas	Template:MEX
2022	Ibagué	Template:COL
2023	Aguascalientes	Template:MEX
2024	Nayarit	Template:MEX
2025	San Luis Potosí	Template:MEX

See also

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External links

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