Magdalena may refer to: *

Magdalena (given name) Magdalena is the original version of the given name Magdalene (the surname of Mary Magdalene), and is used in West Slavic (Czech, Polish, & Slovak), Hungarian, German, Lithuanian, Dutch, Swedish, Norwegian, Spanish, Georgian, and among other l ...

, a given name derived from

Mary Magdalene Mary Magdalene (sometimes called Mary of Magdala, or simply the Magdalene or the Madeleine) was a woman who, according to the four canonical gospels, traveled with Jesus as one of his followers and was a witness to his crucifixion and resurr ...

(including a list of people with the name)

Entertainment

Magdalena (comics) The Magdalena is a fictional superheroine created by Joe Benitez, David Wohl and Malachy Coney for Top Cow Productions. Publication history The Magdalena first appeared in ''The Darkness'' #15 (June 1998) and only appeared in two brief series. ...

, an American comic book superheroine * ''Magdalena'' (film), a 1920 Czechoslovak film * ''Magdalena'' (Philippine TV series), a 2012 Philippine drama series * ''Magdalena'' (Mexican TV series), Mexican telenovela * ''Magdalena'' (novel), a Czech novel by Josef Svatopluk Machar

Music

* '' Magdalena: a Musical Adventure'', a 1948 folk operetta by Heitor Villa-Lobos * ''Magdalena'', a 1983 album by

Freddie Aguilar Ferdinand Pascual Aguilar (born February 5, 1953), better known as Freddie Aguilar or Ka Freddie Aguilar, is a Filipino folk musician. He is best known for his rendition of "Bayan Ko", which became the anthem of the opposition against the regi ...

, or the title song * "Magdalena", a song by Brandon Flowers from ''

Flamingo Flamingos or flamingoes are a type of wading bird in the family Phoenicopteridae, which is the only extant family in the order Phoenicopteriformes. There are four flamingo species distributed throughout the Americas (including the Caribbean) ...

'', 2010 * "Magdalena", a song by David Gray from ''

Sell, Sell, Sell ''Sell, Sell, Sell'' is the third studio album by British musician David Gray, released in April 1996 by EMI. Two promotional-only singles were released: "Faster Sooner Now" and "Late Night Radio". Track listing Credits Musicians * Davi ...

'', 1996 * "Magdalena", a song by dEUS from ''

The Ideal Crash ''The Ideal Crash'' is the third studio album by Belgian rock band dEUS, released in March 1999. The album was recorded in Spain, U.K. and Belgium and was mixed at Olympic Studios and includes the single "Instant Street", which became an underg ...

'', 1999 * "Magdalena", a song by Donny Hathaway from ''

Extension of a Man ''Extension of a Man'' is an album released by the R&B/Soul singer Donny Hathaway on Atco Records in 1973. The release was his last solo studio album. It is noted for including a young Stanley Clarke of (then) Return to Forever on a couple of t ...

'', 1973 * "Magdalena", a song by the Mothers of Invention from ''

Just Another Band from L.A. ''Just Another Band from L.A.'' is a live album by The Mothers, released in 1972. It was recorded live on August 7, 1971, in Pauley Pavilion on the campus of UCLA in Los Angeles. A notable inclusion on this album is " Billy the Mountain", Frank ...

'', 1972 * "Magdalena", a song by A Perfect Circle from ''

Mer de Noms ''Mer de Noms'' (French for ''"Sea of Names"'') is the debut studio album by American rock band A Perfect Circle. The album was released on May 23, 2000, and entered the ''Billboard'' 200 at No. 4, making it the highest ever ''Billboard'' 200 d ...

'', 2000 * "Magdalena", a song by Willie Nile from ''

House of a Thousand Guitars ''House of a Thousand Guitars'' (2009) is the sixth studio album by singer/songwriter Willie Nile, comprising a mixture of piano ballads and classic guitar rock. The album is dedicated to the memory of Nile’s brother John. Track listing # "H ...

'', 2009

Places

Argentina

Magdalena, Buenos Aires Magdalena () is a town in Buenos Aires Province, Argentina. It is the headquarters town for the Magdalena Partido. History Founded in 1611, the hamlet grew slowly until the late nineteenth century. The Parish of Santa María Magdalena (Mary Ma ...

, the district capital of Magdalena Partido in Buenos Aires Province *

Magdalena Partido Magdalena Partido () is a partido in the northeastern part of Buenos Aires Province in Argentina. The provincial subdivision has a population of about 16,000 inhabitants in an area of , and its capital city is Magdalena, which is from Buenos ...

, partido located in the north eastern part of Buenos Aires Province

Bolivia

Magdalena, Beni Magdalena is a town on the Itonomas River in the Beni Department in northern Bolivia, capital of the Iténez Province and the Magdalena Municipality. It is served by Magdalena Airport. History The Jesuit mission of Santa María Magdalena (o ...

, a municipal section

Chile

Magdalena Channel 350px, The channel is visible in the lower left corner. Magdalena Channel () is a Chilean channel joining the Strait of Magellan with the Cockburn Channel and is part of a major navigation route which ultimately connects with the Beagle Channel. ...

, channel joining the Strait of Magellan with Cockburn Channel *

Magdalena Island, Aysén Region Magdalena Island is an island in Aysén Region of southern Chile. The island is located between the Moraleda Channel and the Puyuhuapi Channel, and belongs partially to the Isla Magdalena National Park. The United States Hydrographic Office ...

, island in southern Chile *

Magdalena Island, Magallanes Region Magdalena Island ( es, Isla Magdalena) is a small island in the Strait of Magellan, Chile. It is occupied year round by a small force of Park Rangers: 6 in summer, 3 in winter. "Newbie" or first-year rangers are not permitted to volunteer for ha ...

, small island in the Strait of Magellan

Colombia

Central Magdalena Province Central Magdalena Province ( es, Provincia del Magdalena Centro) is one of the 15 provinces in the Cundinamarca Department, Colombia. Central Magdalena borders to the west the Tolima Department and the Magdalena River, to the north the Lower Mag ...

, a province in the Cundinamarca Department *

Lower Magdalena Province Lower Magdalena Province ( es, Provincia del Bajo Magdalena) is one of the 15 provinces in the Cundinamarca Department, Colombia. Lower Magdalena borders to the west with the Magdalena River, the Departments of Tolima and Caldas, to the north ...

, a province in the Cundinamarca Department * Magdalena Department, an administrative division (previously the State of Magdalena, during the United States of Colombia period) *

Magdalena Medio Antioquia Magdalena Medio Antioquia is a subregion in the Colombian Department of Antioquia. The region is made up by 6 municipalities. The region is determined by its location within the Middle Magdalena Region which covers the central area of the Magda ...

, a subregion of the Antioquia Department *

Magdalena River The Magdalena River ( es, Río Magdalena, ; less commonly ) is the main river of Colombia, flowing northward about through the western half of the country. It takes its name from the biblical figure Mary Magdalene. It is navigable through much o ...

, the principal river of Colombia *

Magdalena River Valley The Magdalena River Valley ( es, Valle del Río Magdalena) is a valley in Colombia located within the Colombian Andes. The valley is specifically situated between the Central and Eastern Ranges and crossed by the river of the same name, the Magda ...

Upper Magdalena Province Upper Magdalena Province ( es, Provincia del Alto Magdalena) is one of the 15 provinces in the Cundinamarca Department, Colombia. Upper Magdalena borders to the west with the Magdalena River and the Tolima Department, to the north with the Centr ...

, a province in the Cundinamarca Department

Ecuador

La Magdalena, Quito La Magdalena is an electoral parish (parroquia electorale urban) or district of Quito, the capital city of Ecuador Ecuador ( ; ; Quechuan languages, Quechua: ''Ikwayur''; Shuar language, Shuar: ''Ecuador'' or ''Ekuatur''), officially the ...

, an electoral parish *

La Magdalena metro station The Quito Metro ( es, Metro de Quito), abbreviated as MDQ, is an underground rail mass transit system consisting of a single line that is operational since January 2023 in Quito, the capital of Ecuador. History Construction on the main south a ...

Honduras

Magdalena, Intibucá Magdalena () is a municipality in the Honduran Departments of Honduras, department of Intibucá department, Intibucá. Magdalena is located 86 km south of the city of La Esperanza, Honduras, La Esperanza and 280 km west of Tegucig ...

, a municipality

Mexico

Magdalena Apasco Magdalena Apasco is a town and municipality in Oaxaca in south-western Mexico Mexico (Spanish: México), officially the United Mexican States, is a country in the southern portion of North America. It is bordered to the north by the Unite ...

Magdalena Bay Magdalena Bay ( es, Bahía Magdalena) is a long bay in Comondú Municipality along the western coast of the Mexican state of Baja California Sur. It is protected from the Pacific Ocean by the unpopulated sandy barrier islands of Isla Magdalen ...

, western coast of the Mexican state of Baja California Sur *

Magdalena Contreras La Magdalena Contreras () is a borough (''demarcación territorial'') in the Mexico City. As of the 2010 census, it has a population of 239,086 inhabitants and is the third-least populous of Mexico City's boroughs. It lies at an elevation of abov ...

, one of 16 boroughs into which Mexico's Federal District is divided *

Magdalena, Jalisco Magdalena is a town and municipality in the state of Jalisco in central-western Mexico. Magdalena lies 78 kilometers northwest of Guadalajara. The municipality covers an area of 445.36 km². It borders the state of Nayarit to the west, and t ...

, municipality in the state of Jalisco, near Tequla *

Magdalena Jaltepec Magdalena Jaltepec is a town and municipality in Oaxaca in southwestern Mexico. The municipality covers an area of 184.99 km². It is part of the Nochixtlán District in the southeast of the Mixteca Region. As of 2005, the municipality had a ...

Magdalena de Kino Magdalena de Kino () is a city, part of the surrounding municipality of the same name, located in the Mexican state of Sonora covering approximately 560 square miles (1,460 square kilometers). According to the 2005 census, the city's populatio ...

, city in the state of Sonora *

Magdalena (municipality) The Municipality of Magdalena de Kino is a municipality ('county') in the Mexican state of Sonora in Northwestern Mexico. The Municipal seat is the town of Magdalena de Kino. It is a selected Pueblo Mágico for its scenic historical qualities. ...

, whose seat is Magdalena de Kino *

Magdalena Municipality, Veracruz Magdalena is a municipality in the Mexican state of Veracruz. It is located in the central zone of Veracruz, about 125 km from the state capital Xalapa. It has an area of 28.79 km2. It is located at . Geography Magdalena is delimited to the no ...

, municipality in Veracruz *

Isla Magdalena (Baja California Sur) Isla or ISLA may refer to: Organizations * International Securities Lending Association, a trade association * International School of Los Angeles * International Bilingual School, later named International School of Los Angeles People * Isla (g ...

, island off the Pacific Ocean coast of the Mexican state of Baja California Sur

Peru

Magdalena del Mar Magdalena del Mar, commonly known simply as Magdalena, is a seaside district of the Lima Province in Peru and one of the districts that comprise the city of Lima. Its current mayor is Carlomagno Chacón Gómez. Magdalena was officially establishe ...

, district of the Lima Province in Peru * Magdalena Vieja, ancient name of Pueblo Libre district in Lima Province in Peru *

Magdalena District, Cajamarca Magdalena District is one of twelve districts of the province Cajamarca Cajamarca (), also known by the Quechua name, ''Kashamarka'', is the capital and largest city of the Cajamarca Region as well as an important cultural and commercial cent ...

, district of the province Cajamarca in Peru *

Magdalena District, Chachapoyas Magdalena is a district of the province of Chachapoyas in the Amazonas Region Amazonas () is a department and region in northern Peru bordered by Ecuador on the north and west, Cajamarca on the west, La Libertad on the south, and Loreto and ...

, in the province of Chachapoyas, Peru

Philippines

Magdalena, Laguna Magdalena, officially the Municipality of Magdalena ( tgl, Bayan ng Magdalena), is a 4th class municipality in the province of Laguna, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 27,816 people. History Magdalena was former ...

, a municipality

Slovenia

Magdalena District, Maribor The Magdalena District (; sl, Mestna četrt Magdalena) is a city district of the City Municipality of Maribor in northeastern Slovenia Slovenia ( ; sl, Slovenija ), officially the Republic of Slovenia (Slovene: , abbr.: ''RS''), is a count ...

, a suburb of Maribor

Spain

Magdalena Peninsula The Magdalena Peninsula is a 69-acre (28 hectare) peninsula located near the entrance to the Bay of Santander in the city of Santander, Cantabria, along the north coast of Spain. The peninsula is a popular recreational destination for both tou ...

, peninsula along the north coast of Spain

Tobago

*Magdalena, the original name of the island of

Tobago Tobago () is an island and ward within the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago. It is located northeast of the larger island of Trinidad and about off the northeastern coast of Venezuela. It also lies to the southeast of Grenada. The offici ...

United States

Magdalena, New Mexico Magdalena is a village in Socorro County, New Mexico, United States. The population was 938 at the 2010 census. "The Lady on the Mountain" is a rock formation on Magdalena Peak overlooking Magdalena. Spanish soldiers saw the profile of a woman on ...

Magdalena Mountains The Magdalena Mountains are a regionally high, mountain range in Socorro County, in west-central New Mexico in the southwestern United States. The highest point in the range is South Baldy, at 10,783 ft (3,287 m), which is also the tallest p ...

, west-central New Mexico * Magdalena National Forest, New Mexico

Ships

* Magdalena (1871), a Norwegian seal catcher 1871-1906 *, a number of ships with this name *, a number of ships with this name

Other uses

* La Magdalena, Jaén, a church in Andalucia, Spain *

Church of la Magdalena (Torrelaguna) The Church of la Magdalena ( Spanish: ''Iglesia de la Magdalena'') is a Gothic-style church located in Torrelaguna, central Spain. It was declared ''Bien de Interés Cultural'' in 1983. It has a nave and two aisles, with Gothic vaults supported ...

, a church in Spain *

Convento de la Magdalena Convento de la Magdalena was a convent, now a hotel, situated to the southwest of the town of Antequera, Province of Málaga, Spain. Its history was known through the translation of an 18th-century monk's manuscript. In 2009 it was converted into a ...

, a former convent, now a hotel, near Antequera, Province of Málaga, Spain *

Palacio de la Magdalena The Palacio de la Magdalena ( Spanish for Magdalena Palace) is a palace in Santander ( Cantabria), Spain. Its construction was financed by popular subscription and given to the Spanish Royal Family for use as a summer residence. It was built b ...

, a palace in Santander, Cantabria, Spain *Magdalena, a type of Spanish

muffin A muffin is an individually portioned baked product, however the term can refer to one of two distinct items: a part-raised flatbread (like a crumpet) that is baked and then cooked on a griddle (typically unsweetened), or an (often sweetened) ...

318 Magdalena Magdalena (minor planet designation: 318 Magdalena) is a Asteroid belt, main belt asteroid orbiting the Sun. It was discovered by Auguste Charlois on 24 September 1891 in Nice. It may be named for Mary Magdalene, who in legend travelled to South ...

, large Main belt asteroid *

Magdalena alpine The Magdalena alpine (''Erebia magdalena'') is a member of the subfamily Satyrinae of the family Nymphalidae. It is found in North America from Montana, Colorado, Utah, and New Mexico, and in Canada in a small part of the Willmore Wilderness Park ...

, a member of the subfamily Satyrinae of the family Nymphalidae.