Vela

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Vela or Velas may refer to:

Astronomy

Vela (constellation), a constellation in the southern sky (the Sails)
- Vela (Chinese astronomy)
- Vela Pulsar
- Vela X-1, a pulsing, eclipsing high-mass X-ray binary system

Places

Vela Bluff, Antarctica
Vela, Dolj, Romania
Vela (Ilidža – Sarajevo), Bosnia and Herzegovina
Velas, Maharashtra, India

Ships

CMA CGM Vela, a container ship in service since 2008
USNS Vela (T-AK-89), US Army port repair ship
Vela-class submarine, of the Indian Navy
- INS Vela (S40), in service 1973–2010

Technology

Project Vela, a system developed by the United States to monitor compliance with the Partial Test Ban Treaty
- Vela (satellite), a series of satellites launched by the United States to monitor nuclear testing
  - Vela incident, an international incident, in which a Vela satellite is thought to possibly have observed a nuclear test
Versatile Laboratory Aid (VELA), a data logging tool used in education

People

Given name

Vela Jiménez (fl. 882–883), Count of Álava
Vela Ladrón (fl. 1136–1174), Spanish nobleman
Vela Manusaute, Niuean writer and director
Vela Ovéquiz (fl. 1065–1085), count in the Kingdom of Galicia
Vela Peeva (1922–1944), Bulgarian partisan
Vela Velupillai (born 1947), Sri Lankan-American economist

Surname

Alejandro Vela (born 1984), Mexican footballer
Alexandra Vela, Ecuadorian lawyer and politician
Arqueles Vela (1899–1977), Guatemalan-Mexican writer, journalist, and teacher
Blanca Vela (1936–2014), American politician
Blasco Núñez Vela (1490–1546), viceroy of Peru
Carlos Vela (born 1989), Mexican footballer
Carmen Vela (born 1955), Spanish entrepreneur, researcher, and cabinet minister
Cindy Vela (born 1979), American actress, model, and saxophonist
Cristóbal Vela (1588–1654), Spanish Baroque painter and gilder
Ernesto Vela (born 1968), Mexican Olympic swimmer
Filemon Vela, Jr. (born 1963), American lawyer and politician
Filemon Vela, Sr. (1935–2004), United States federal judge
Giuseppe Vela Júnior (born 1977), Brazilian footballer
Gonzalo Vázquez Vela (1893–1963), Mexican politician
José Manuel Vela Bargues (1962–2022), Spanish economist and politician
Josh Vela (born 1993), English footballer
Lucé Vela, First Lady of Puerto Rico from 2009 to 2013
Marco Alonso Vela (born 1961), Mexican politician
Moises Vela, American lawyer and government advisor
Nallely Vela (born 1986), Mexican sprinter
Norma Safford Vela, American television writer, director, and producer
Orlando Vela (born 1994), Mexican footballer
Rafael Cárdenas Vela, Mexican drug cartel leader
Ricky Vela, American songwriter and keyboardist
Rodolfo Neri Vela (born 1952), Mexican scientist and astronaut
Rosie Vela (born 1954), American model and singer-songwriter
Sergio Vela (born 1964), Mexican-American opera director
Spartaco Vela (1853–1895), Italian painter, son of Vincenzo Vela
Vincenzo Vela (1820–1891), Swiss-Italian sculptor

Other uses

Nemmara Vallangi Vela, an annual festival of a village called Nemmara in South India
Vela International Marine, a subsidiary of Saudi Aramco
Vela, a playable character in the video game Jet Force Gemini
Vela, a religious, cultural celebration from the city of Tehuantepec, Mexico
Vela, an alternative appellation for Mokosh, the consort of the Slavic god of thunder
Vela (crab), a genus of land crabs in the family Gecarcinucidae
Vela (film), a 2023 Indian crime drama