Colón

Colón is a town in Colón Municipality of the State of Querétaro, Mexico. It is the only one in the country named after Christopher Columbus. It's the state's third largest municipality, with 815 square kilometers.
  • Town with 7,010 residents
  • …lies at an elevation of 1,931 metres (6,335 feet)
  • …is also known as “Colón, Querétaro”
  • Description: municipal seat of Colón, State of Querétaro, Mexico

Colón

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Latitude
20.78253° or 20° 46′ 57″ north
Longitude
-100.04837° or 100° 2′ 54″ west
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Open location code
75GXQXM2+2M
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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Tatar—“Colón” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Colón”
  • Chechen: “Колон (Колон, Керетаро)”
  • Chechen: “Колон”
  • French: “Colón”
  • Georgian: “კოლონი (კერეტარო)”
  • Georgian: “კოლონი”
  • Russian: “Колон”
  • Serbian: “Колон (Колон, Керетаро)”
  • Serbian: “Колон”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Colón, Querétaro”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Colón”
  • Spanish: “Colon”
  • Spanish: “Colón”
  • Swedish: “Colón, Mexiko”
  • Swedish: “Colón”
  • Tatar: “Колон (Колон, Керетаро)”
  • Tatar: “Колон”

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