San Rafael

San Rafael is a town and municipality in , . Part of the subregion of Eastern Antioquia. The town was founded in 1864 by a group of miners who were attracted to the abundance of gold in the region.
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  • Type: Town with 12,600 residents
  • Description: Colombian municipality of the department of Antioquia
  • Also known as: San Rafael, Antioquia

San Rafael

Latitude
6.29549° or 6° 17′ 44″ north
Longitude
-75.02801° or 75° 1′ 41″ west
Population
12,600
Elevation
994 metres (3,261 feet)
Open location code
67R67XWC+5Q
Open­Street­Map ID
node 419122921
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
3669056
Wiki­data ID
Q1526004
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In Other Languages

From Asturian to Waray—“San Rafael” goes by many names.
  • Asturian: San Rafael (Colombia)
  • Asturian: San Rafael
  • Cebuano: San Rafael
  • Chinese: San Rafael
  • Chinese: 圣拉斐尔
  • Chinese: 聖拉斐爾
  • Dutch: San Rafael
  • French: San Rafael
  • Galician: San Rafael, Antioquia
  • Georgian: სან-რაფაელი
  • Iloko: San Rafael, Antioquia
  • Iloko: San Rafael
  • Interlingue: San Rafael
  • Irish: San Rafael
  • Italian: San Rafael
  • Kotava: San Rafael
  • Malay: San Rafael, Antioquia
  • Malay: San Rafael
  • Min Nan Chinese: San Rafael
  • Persian: سن رافائل (انتیوکیا)
  • Persian: سن رافائل
  • Polish: San Rafael (Kolumbia)
  • Polish: San Rafael
  • Portuguese: San Rafael
  • Romanian: San Rafael, Antioquia
  • Romanian: San Rafael
  • Russian: Сан-Рафаэль
  • Scots: San Rafael, Antioquia
  • Scots: San Rafael
  • Spanish: San Rafael
  • Swedish: San Rafael, Colombia
  • Swedish: San Rafael
  • Tagalog: San Rafael, Antioquia
  • Tagalog: San Rafael
  • Turkish: San Rafael (belediye)
  • Turkish: San Rafael belediyesi
  • Turkish: San Rafael
  • Ukrainian: Сан-Рафаель (Колумбія)
  • Ukrainian: Сан-Рафаель
  • Vietnamese: San Rafael
  • Waray (Philippines): San Rafael, Antioquia
  • Waray (Philippines): San Rafael
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