San Cristóbal

San Cristóbal is a city in the southern region of . It is the municipal capital of the . The municipality is located in a valley at the foothills of the mountains belonging to the , between the Nigua and Nizao rivers.
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  • Type: City with 735,000 residents
  • Description: municipality of Dominican Republic
  • Also known as: Benemérita de San Cristóbal” and “San Cristóbal, Dominican Republic

San Cristóbal

Latitude
18.4175° or 18° 25′ 3″ north
Longitude
-70.1103° or 70° 6′ 37″ west
Population
735,000
Elevation
45 metres (148 feet)
United Nations Location Code
DO SCR
Open location code
77CFCV8Q+XV
Open­Street­Map ID
node 250651467
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
3511540
Wiki­data ID
Q373759
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Waray—“San Cristóbal” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: سان كريستوبال
  • Asturian: San Cristóbal
  • Bengali: সান ক্রিস্তোবাল
  • Catalan: San Cristóbal
  • Cebuano: San Cristóbal (munisipyo sa Republikang Dominikano, Provincia de San Cristóbal, lat 18,42, long -70,13)
  • Cebuano: San Cristóbal
  • Chinese: San Felipe de Puerto Plata
  • Chinese: 聖克里斯托瓦爾
  • Czech: San Cristóbal
  • Danish: San Cristóbal
  • Dutch: San Cristóbal
  • Esperanto: San Cristóbal
  • Finnish: San Cristóbal, Dominikaaninen Tasavala
  • Finnish: San Cristóbal
  • French: San Cristóbal
  • Galician: San Cristóbal
  • German: San Cristóbal
  • Greek: Σαν Κριστόμπαλ
  • Gujarati: સાન ક્રિસ્ટોબલ, , ડોમિનિકન રિપબ્લિક
  • Hebrew: סן קריסטובל
  • Hindi: सैन क्रिस्टोबल
  • Hungarian: San Cristóbal
  • Indonesian: San Cristóbal, Republik Dominika
  • Irish: San Cristóbal
  • Italian: San Cristóbal
  • Japanese: サン・クリストバル
  • Japanese: サンクリストバル
  • Kannada: ಸ್ಯಾನ್ ಕ್ರಿಸ್ಟಾಬಾಲ್, ಡೊಮಿನಿಕನ್ ರಿಪಬ್ಲಿಕ್
  • Korean: 산크리스토발
  • Latvian: Sankristobala
  • Lithuanian: San Kristobalis
  • Malay: San Cristobal, Dominican Republic
  • Marathi: सॅन क्रिस्टोबल, डॉमिनिकन रिपब्लिक
  • Min Nan Chinese: San Felipe de Puerto Plata
  • Norwegian Bokmål: San Cristóbal
  • Norwegian: San Cristóbal
  • Ossetian: Сан-Кристобаль (сахар, Доминиканæйы Республикæ)
  • Ossetian: Сан-Кристобаль
  • Persian: سن کریستوبال، جمهوری دومینیکن
  • Polish: San Cristóbal
  • Portuguese: San Cristóbal
  • Russian: Сан-Кристобаль
  • Serbian: Сан Кристобал
  • Sinhala: සැන් ක්‍රිස්ටෝබල්
  • Slovak: San Cristóbal
  • Spanish: San Cristobal
  • Spanish: San Cristóbal
  • Swedish: San Cristóbal, Dominikanska republiken
  • Swedish: San Cristóbal
  • Tamil: சான் கிர்ஸ்டுபால், டுமினிகேன் ரேபப்லீக்
  • Telugu: శాన్ క్రీటోబాల్
  • Thai: ซานกริสโตบัล
  • Turkish: San Cristobal, Dominican Republic
  • Ukrainian: Сан-Кристобаль
  • Ukrainian: Сан-Крістобаль
  • Urdu: سان کریستوبال، جمہوریہ ڈومینیکن
  • Uzbek: San Cristóbal (Dominika Respublikasi)
  • Uzbek: San Cristóbal
  • Vietnamese: San Cristobal, Cộng hòa Dominican
  • Waray (Philippines): San Cristóbal, Republika Dominicana

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