Colonia San Rafael
Colonia San Rafael is a locality in San Salvador Department, El Salvador. Colonia San Rafael is situated nearby to the locality El Guaje, as well as near Colonia Vásquez.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Ilopango International Airport and Cerro San Jacinto.
Ilopango International Airport
Aerodrome
Photo: Olivia Isabel Flores, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Ilopango International Airport is an airport located on the eastern part of the city of San Salvador, El Salvador, once serving the city as its international airport until 1980 when it was replaced by the larger and more modern El Salvador International Airport, located about 50 km south of the city. Ilopango International Airport is situated 3½ km northeast of Colonia San Rafael.
Cerro San Jacinto
Peak
Photo: JMRAFFi, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Cerro San Jacinto is a peak, which is situated 3½ km southwest of Colonia San Rafael.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Soyapango and Ilopango.
Soyapango
Town
Photo: Pasayes07, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Soyapango is a district in the San Salvador department of El Salvador. Soyapango is the country's largest municipality with 284,700 residents. Soyapango is a satellite city of San Salvador and it is the main thoroughfare between San Salvador and the eastern part of the country, and nearly 70,000 vehicles travel through it every day. Soyapango is situated 2½ km north of Colonia San Rafael.
Ilopango
Town
Ilopango is a town and district in the San Salvador department of El Salvador. It is a few miles east of the nation's capital, San Salvador and part of the San Salvador metropolitan area. Ilopango is situated 3½ km east of Colonia San Rafael.
Santo Tomás
Town
Santo Tomás is a district in the San Salvador department of El Salvador. Santo Tomás is situated 4½ km south of Colonia San Rafael.
Colonia San Rafael
- Type: Locality
- Location: San Salvador Department, El Salvador, Central America, North America
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Latitude
13.6819° or 13° 40′ 55″ northLongitude
-89.1423° or 89° 8′ 32″ westElevation
673 metres (2,208 feet)Open location code
765GMVJ5+Q3GeoNames ID
12101455
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In Other Languages
“Colonia San Rafael” goes by many names.
- Spanish: “Colonia San Rafael”
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