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San Juan Capistrano

San Juan Capistrano is a city in southern , United States. The population was 35,253 at the 2020 Census. Named for Saint John of Capistrano, San Juan Capistrano was founded by the Spanish in 1776, when Father Junípero Serra established .
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  • Type: Town with 34,800 residents
  • Description: city in Orange County, California, United States
  • Also known as: “San Juan Capistrano, CA” and “San Juan Capistrano, California”
  • Postal codes: 92675 and 92693
  • Neighbors: , , , and

Places of Interest

Highlights include Mission San Juan Capistrano and San Juan Capistrano station.

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is a Spanish mission in San Juan Capistrano, , . Founded November 1, 1776 in colonial by Spanish Catholic missionaries of the Franciscan Order, it was named for Saint John of Capistrano.

Railway station
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is a train station in San Juan Capistrano, California, United States served by Amtrak, the national railroad passenger system, and Metrolink, a commuter railroad.

Restaurant
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, or El Adobe, is a located in at 31891 Camino Capistrano in San Juan Capistrano, California. It has been operated since 1948 and is in a building composed of two historic near .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Laguna Niguel and Dana Point.

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is a city in , United States. The name is derived from the words "Laguna" and "Niguili". It also appeared in Spanish records as Nigüili, Nigüel, or Neuil from Juaneño nawil.

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is a city located in southern , United States. The population was 33,107 at the 2020 census. It has one of the few harbors along the Orange County coast; with ready access via State Route 1, it is a popular local destination for surfing.

Town
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is a master-planned community and census-designated place in southern , just outside the city limits of . is situated 3½ miles north of San Juan Capistrano.

San Juan Capistrano

Latitude
33.5017° or 33° 30′ 6″ north
Longitude
-117.6626° or 117° 39′ 45″ west
Population
34,800
Elevation
121 feet (37 metres)
United Nations Location Code
US SAJ
Open location code
8554G82P+MX
Open­Street­Map ID
node 150945285
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
5392229
Wiki­data ID
Q923780
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Waray—“San Juan Capistrano” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “سان جوان كابيسترانو”
  • Basque: “San Juan Capistrano”
  • Belarusian: “Сан-Хуан-Капістрана”
  • Bulgarian: “Сан Хуан Капистрано”
  • Catalan: “San Juan Capistrano”
  • Cebuano: “San Juan Capistrano”
  • Chechen: “Сан-Хуан-Капистрано”
  • Chinese: “San Juan Capistrano”
  • Chinese: “圣胡安 - 卡皮斯特拉诺”
  • Chinese: “圣胡安-卡皮斯特拉诺”
  • Chinese: “圣胡安卡皮斯特拉诺”
  • Chinese: “聖胡安 - 卡皮斯特拉諾”
  • Croatian: “San Juan Capistrano”
  • Czech: “San Juan Capistrano”
  • Dagbani: “San Juan Capistrano”
  • Danish: “San Juan Capistrano”
  • Dutch: “San Juan Capistrano”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “سان جوان كابيسترانو”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “سان خوان كاپيسترانو”
  • Finnish: “San Juan Capistrano”
  • French: “San Juan Capistrano”
  • German: “San Juan Capistrano”
  • Gilaki: “سن خۊان کاپيسترانؤ”
  • Haitian: “San Juan Capistrano, Kalifòni”
  • Haitian: “San Juan Capistrano”
  • Hebrew: “סן חואן קפיסטרנו”
  • Hungarian: “San Juan Capistrano”
  • Irish: “San Juan Capistrano”
  • Italian: “San Juan Capistrano”
  • Japanese: “サン・ファン・カピストラーノ”
  • Japanese: “サンフアン・カピストラノ”
  • Japanese: “サンフアンキャピストラーノ”
  • Korean: “산후안카피스트라노”
  • Ladin: “San Juan Capistrano”
  • Malagasy: “San Juan Capistrano, Kalifornia”
  • Malagasy: “San Juan Capistrano”
  • Mazanderani: “سن خوان کپیسترانو (کالیفورنیا)”
  • Mazanderani: “سن خوان کپیسترانو”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “San Juan Capistrano”
  • Newari: “स्यान युआं क्यापिस्ट्र्यानो (क्यालिफोर्निया)”
  • Newari: “स्यान युआं क्यापिस्ट्र्यानो, क्यालिफोर्निया”
  • Newari: “स्यान युआं क्यापिस्ट्र्यानो”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “San Juan Capistrano”
  • Norwegian: “San Juan Capistrano”
  • Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Sanctiohannes of Capestranō, Californie”
  • Persian: “سان جوان کاپیسترانو، کالیفرنیا”
  • Persian: “سان جوان کاپیسترانو”
  • Persian: “سن خوان کپیسترانو”
  • Polish: “San Juan Capistrano”
  • Portuguese: “San Juan Capistrano”
  • Russian: “Сан-Хуан-Капистрано”
  • Serbian: “San Huan Kapistrano”
  • Serbian: “San Juan Capistrano”
  • Serbian: “Сан Хуан Капистрано”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “San Juan Capistrano, California”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “San Juan Capistrano”
  • Spanish: “San Juan Capistrano (California)”
  • Spanish: “San Juan Capistrano”
  • Swahili: “San Juan Capistrano, California”
  • Swahili: “San Juan Capistrano”
  • Swedish: “San Juan Capistrano”
  • Tagalog: “San Juan Capistrano, California”
  • Tagalog: “San Juan Capistrano”
  • Talysh: “San Xuan Kapistrano”
  • Tatar: “Сан-Хуан-Капистрано”
  • Turkish: “San Juan Capistrano, Kaliforniya”
  • Turkish: “San Juan Capistrano”
  • Ukrainian: “Сан Хуан Капістрано”
  • Ukrainian: “Сан-Хуан-Капістрано”
  • Urdu: “سان خوآن کاپیسترانو، کیلیفورنیا”
  • Uzbek: “San Juan Capistrano”
  • Uzbek: “Сан Жуан Cапистрано”
  • Vietnamese: “San Juan Capistrano, California”
  • Vietnamese: “San Juan Capistrano”
  • Volapük: “San Juan Capistrano”
  • Waray (Philippines): “San Juan Capistrano, California”
  • Waray (Philippines): “San Juan Capistrano”

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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 “San Juan Capistrano”. Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY 3.0.