South America
Colombia
Santander Department

Galán

Galán is a town and municipality in the in northeastern . Galán has an elevation of 1,860 metres.
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  • Type: Town with 2,990 residents
  • Description: Colombian municipality of the department of Santander
  • Also known as: “Galan” and “Galán, Santander”

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Cabrera.

Town
is a town and municipality in the in northeastern . is situated 7 km southeast of Galán.

Galán

Latitude
6.6379° or 6° 38′ 17″ north
Longitude
-73.2875° or 73° 17′ 15″ west
Population
2,990
Elevation
1,860 metres (6,102 feet)
Open location code
67R8JPQ7+52
Open­Street­Map ID
node 703169209
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
3682244
Wiki­data ID
Q1492832
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In Other Languages

From Asturian to Waray—“Galán” goes by many names.
  • Asturian: “Galán (Colombia)”
  • Asturian: “Galán”
  • Cebuano: “Galán”
  • Chinese: “Galán”
  • Chinese: “加蘭”
  • Dutch: “Galán”
  • French: “Galán”
  • Galician: “Galán, Santander”
  • Galician: “Galán”
  • Georgian: “გალანი”
  • German: “Galán”
  • Irish: “Galán”
  • Italian: “Galán”
  • Kotava: “Galán”
  • Malay: “Galan, Santander”
  • Malay: “Galan”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Galán”
  • Persian: “گالان (سانتاندر)”
  • Persian: “گالان”
  • Polish: “Galán”
  • Russian: “Галан (Колумбия)”
  • Russian: “Галан”
  • Spanish: “Galan”
  • Spanish: “Galán”
  • Swedish: “Galán”
  • Tagalog: “Galan, Santander”
  • Tagalog: “Galan”
  • Turkish: “Galan (belediye)”
  • Turkish: “Galán (belediye)”
  • Turkish: “Galan belediyesi”
  • Turkish: “Galán belediyesi”
  • Turkish: “Galán”
  • Ukrainian: “Галан”
  • Ukrainian: “Ґалан”
  • Uzbek: “Galán (Santander)”
  • Uzbek: “Galán”
  • Vietnamese: “Galán”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Galan, Santander”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Galan”
  • “Galán”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Galán”. Photo: Seranorfig5, CC BY-SA 3.0.