San Carlos

San Carlos is a town and municipality in the department of , part of the subregion of Eastern Antioquia. It is called the hydro-electrical capital of Colombia, because it has many dams and it produces much energy.
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  • Type: municipality of Colombia with 14,500 residents
  • Description: Colombian municipality of the department of Antioquia
  • Also known as: San Carlos, Antioquia

San Carlos

Latitude
6.2078° or 6° 12′ 28″ north
Longitude
-74.9049° or 74° 54′ 18″ west
Population
14,500
Elevation
945 metres (3,100 feet)
Open location code
67R7635W+42
Geo­Names ID
3670010
Wiki­data ID
Q2433839
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In Other Languages

From Asturian to Waray—“San Carlos” goes by many names.
  • Asturian: San Carlos (Colombia)
  • Asturian: San Carlos
  • Cebuano: San Carlos
  • Chinese: San Carlos
  • Chinese: 聖卡洛斯
  • Dutch: San Carlos
  • French: San Carlos
  • Galician: San Carlos, Antioquia
  • Georgian: სან-კარლოსი
  • German: San Carlos
  • Iloko: San Carlos, Antioquia
  • Iloko: San Carlos
  • Interlingue: San Carlos, Antioquia
  • Interlingue: San Carlos
  • Irish: San Carlos
  • Italian: San Carlos
  • Kotava: San Carlos
  • Malay: San Carlos, Antioquia
  • Malay: San Carlos
  • Min Nan Chinese: San Carlos
  • Persian: سان کارلوس
  • Polish: San Carlos (Kolumbia)
  • Polish: San Carlos
  • Portuguese: San Carlos
  • Romanian: San Carlos, Antioquia
  • Romanian: San Carlos
  • Russian: Сан-Карлос
  • Spanish: Municipio de San Carlos
  • Spanish: San Carlos
  • Swedish: San Carlos
  • Tagalog: San Carlos, Antioquia
  • Tagalog: San Carlos
  • Turkish: San Carlos (Antioquia)
  • Turkish: San Carlos (belediye)
  • Turkish: San Carlos belediyesi
  • Turkish: San Carlos, Antioquia
  • Turkish: San Carlos
  • Vietnamese: San Carlos, Antioquia
  • Vietnamese: San Carlos
  • Waray (Philippines): San Carlos, Antioquia
  • Waray (Philippines): San Carlos
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