San Cristobal

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.
  • Type: City with 229,000 residents
  • Description: municipality of Dominican Republic
  • Also known as: “Benemérita de San Cristóbal”, “San Cristóbal”, “San Cristóbal, Dominican Republic”, and “サンクリストバル”

San Cristobal

Latitude
18.4159° or 18° 24′ 57″ north
Longitude
-70.1101° or 70° 6′ 36″ west
Population
229,000
Elevation
45 metres (148 feet)
UN/LOCODE
DO SCR
Open location code
77CFCV8Q+9X
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Open­Street­Map feature
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In Other Languages

From Amharic to Waray—“San Cristobal” goes by many names.
  • Amharic: “ሳን ክሪስቶባል”
  • Arabic: “سان كريستوبال”
  • Asturian: “San Cristóbal”
  • Azerbaijani: “San Cristobal”
  • Bengali: “সান ক্রিস্টোবাল”
  • 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: “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 Cristobal”
  • French: “San Cristóbal”
  • Galician: “San Cristóbal”
  • German: “San Cristobal”
  • German: “San Cristóbal”
  • Greek: “Σαν Κριστόμπαλ”
  • Gujarati: “સાન ક્રિસ્ટોબલ, , ડોમિનિકન રિપબ્લિક”
  • Hausa: “San Cristobal”
  • Hebrew: “סן קריסטובל”
  • Hindi: “सान क्रिस्तोबाल”
  • Hindi: “सैन क्रिस्टोबल”
  • Hungarian: “San Cristóbal”
  • Indonesian: “San Cristóbal, Republik Dominika”
  • Indonesian: “San Cristobal”
  • Irish: “San Cristóbal”
  • Italian: “San Cristóbal”
  • Japanese: “サン・クリストバル”
  • Javanese: “San Cristobal”
  • Kannada: “ಸ್ಯಾನ್ ಕ್ರಿಸ್ಟಾಬಾಲ್, ಡೊಮಿನಿಕನ್ ರಿಪಬ್ಲಿಕ್”
  • Kazakh: “Сан-Кристобаль”
  • Kirghiz: “Сан-Кристобаль”
  • Korean: “산크리스토발”
  • Latvian: “Sankristobala”
  • Lithuanian: “San Kristobalis”
  • Malay: “San Cristobal, Dominican Republic”
  • Malay: “San Cristobal”
  • Marathi: “सॅन क्रिस्टोबल, डॉमिनिकन रिपब्लिक”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “San Felipe de Puerto Plata”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “San Cristóbal”
  • Norwegian: “San Cristóbal”
  • Oromo: “San Cristobal”
  • Ossetian: “Сан-Кристобаль (сахар, Доминиканæйы Республикæ)”
  • Ossetian: “Сан-Кристобаль”
  • Panjabi: “ਸੈਨ ਕਰਿਸਤੋਬਾਲ”
  • Persian: “سان کریستوبال”
  • Persian: “سن کریستوبال، جمهوری دومینیکن”
  • Persian: “سن کریستوبال”
  • Polish: “San Cristóbal”
  • Portuguese: “San Cristóbal”
  • Pushto: “سان کریستوبال”
  • Russian: “Сан-Кристобаль”
  • Serbian: “Сан Кристобал”
  • Sinhala: “සැන් ක්‍රිස්ටෝබල්”
  • Slovak: “San Cristóbal”
  • Somali: “San Cristobal”
  • Spanish: “San Cristóbal”
  • Swahili: “San Cristobal”
  • Swedish: “San Cristóbal, Dominikanska republiken”
  • Swedish: “San Cristóbal”
  • Tajik: “Сан-Кристобаль”
  • Tamil: “சான் கிர்ஸ்டுபால், டுமினிகேன் ரேபப்லீக்”
  • Tatar: “San Cristobal”
  • Telugu: “శాన్ క్రీటోబాల్”
  • Thai: “ซานกริสโตบัล”
  • Turkish: “San Cristobal, Dominican Republic”
  • Turkish: “San Cristobal”
  • Ukrainian: “Сан-Кристобаль”
  • Ukrainian: “Сан-Крістобаль”
  • Urdu: “سان کرسٹوبال”
  • Urdu: “سان کریستوبال، جمہوریہ ڈومینیکن”
  • Uzbek: “San Cristóbal (Dominika Respublikasi)”
  • Uzbek: “San Cristobal”
  • Uzbek: “San Cristóbal”
  • Vietnamese: “San Cristobal, Cộng hòa Dominican”
  • Waray (Philippines): “San Cristóbal, Republika Dominicana”

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Places to explore: Jeringa and Loyola.

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Highlights: Parque Central de San Cristóbal and Policia Nacional.

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