Albán
San José de Albán is a town and municipality in the Nariño Department, Colombia. The town was established on 15 June 1573. As of 2018 it had a population of 8,197.Photo: Jaime01191994, Public domain.
- Type: Town with 19,300 residents
- Description: Colombian municipality of the department of Nariño
- Also known as: “San José”, “San Jose de Alban”, “San José de Albán”, and “stunt”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include El Tablón and San Bernardo.
El Tablón
Town
El Tablón is a town and municipality in the Nariño Department, Colombia. It contains "mystical stone statues" from the pre-Columbian era and other archaeological sites. The Aponte Indigenous Reserve is located within the municipality. El Tablón is situated 6 km south of Albán.
San Bernardo
Town
San Bernardo is a town and municipality in the Nariño Department, Colombia. San Bernardo is situated 6 km northeast of Albán.
Albán
- Categories: municipality of Colombia and locality
- Location: Nariño, Pacifica, Colombia, South America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
1.4744° or 1° 28′ 28″ northLongitude
-77.0813° or 77° 4′ 53″ westPopulation
19,300Elevation
2,268 metres (7,441 feet)Open location code
67H4FWF9+QFOpenStreetMap ID
node 703168045OpenStreetMap feature
place=townGeoNames ID
3690268Wikidata ID
Q1524751
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Welsh—“Albán” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “San José de Albán (Colombia)”
- Asturian: “San José de Albán”
- Cebuano: “Albán”
- Chinese: “Albán”
- Chinese: “阿尔班”
- Chinese: “阿爾班”
- Czech: “Albán”
- Dutch: “Albán”
- Dutch: “San José de Albán”
- French: “Albán”
- Galician: “Albán, Nariño”
- Galician: “Albán”
- Galician: “San José de Albán”
- Georgian: “ალბანი”
- German: “Albán”
- Irish: “Albán”
- Italian: “Albán”
- Kotava: “San José de Albán”
- Malay: “Albán”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Albán”
- Persian: “آلبان (کلمبیا)”
- Persian: “آلبان”
- Portuguese: “Albán”
- Russian: “Сан-Хосе-де-Альбан”
- Scots: “Albán, Nariño”
- Scots: “Albán”
- Spanish: “Alban Narino”
- Spanish: “Alban”
- Spanish: “Albán”
- Spanish: “San Jose de Alban”
- Spanish: “San Jose de Albán”
- Spanish: “San José de Alban”
- Spanish: “San José de Albán”
- Swedish: “Albán”
- Tagalog: “Albán”
- Turkish: “Albán (belediye)”
- Turkish: “Albán (Nariño)”
- Turkish: “Albán belediyesi”
- Turkish: “Albán, Nariño”
- Turkish: “Albán”
- Turkish: “San José de Albán”
- Vietnamese: “Albán, Nariño”
- Vietnamese: “Albán”
- Vietnamese: “San José de Albán”
- Waray (Philippines): “Albán”
- Welsh: “Albán”
- “San José de Albán”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Parque Princinpal and Alcaldía Municipio de San Jose de Albán.
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