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Names. San Cristóbal is Spanish for Saint Christopher, reckoned in Catholicism as the patron saint of sailors.. The English pirate William Ambrosia Cowley named it Dassigney's Island in 1684, later shortened to Dassigney or Dassigny Island, in honor of Philip Dassigny, the member of Bartholomew Sharp's crew who translated the Spanish atlas that saved the captain from being hanged for piracy.
San Cristóbal, Dominican Republic. / 18.41667°N 70.10556°W / 18.41667; -70.10556. San Cristóbal [4] is a city in the southern region of Dominican Republic. It is the municipal ( municipio) capital of the San Cristóbal province. The municipality is located in a valley at the foothills of the mountains belonging to the Cordillera ...
San Cristóbal ( Spanish pronunciation: [saŋ kɾisˈtoβal]) is the capital city of the Venezuelan state of Táchira. It is located in a mountainous region of Western Venezuela. The city is situated 818 metres (2,684 ft) above sea level in the northern Andes overlooking the Torbes River, 56 kilometres (35 mi) from the Colombian border.
Website. www .sancristobal .gob .mx (in Spanish) San Cristóbal de las Casas ( Spanish: [saŋkɾisˈtoβal de las ˈkasas] ⓘ ), also known by its native Tzotzil name, Jovel ( pronounced [xɤ̞ˈve̞l] ), is a town and municipality located in the Central Highlands region of the Mexican state of Chiapas. It was the capital of the state until ...
San Cristóbal Hill ( Spanish: Cerro San Cristóbal, Mapuche: Tupahue) is a hill in northern Santiago, Chile. It rises 850 m AMSL and about 300 m above the rest of Santiago; the peak is the third highest point in the city, after Cerro Manquehue and Cerro Renca. Cerro San Cristóbal was named by the Spanish conquistadors for St Christopher, in ...
San Cristóbal (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈsaŋ kɾisˈtoβal]) is a province in the southern region of Dominican Republic, located west of the capital Santo Domingo. With approximately 642,000 inhabitants, it is the fourth most populated province in the country, only behind Santo Domingo , Santiago and the National District .
Saint Christopher ( Greek: Ἅγιος Χριστόφορος, Hágios Christóphoros, lit. 'Christ-bearer'; [3] Latin: Sanctus Christophorus) is venerated by several Christian denominations as a martyr killed in the reign of the 3rd-century Roman emperor Decius ( r. 249–251 ), or alternatively under the emperor Maximinus Daia ( r. 308–313 ).
San Cristóbal Airport ( IATA: SCY, ICAO: SEST) is an airport on the island of San Cristóbal, in the Galápagos Islands of Ecuador. The airport is on the southwestern end of the island, with rising terrain to the northeast. Approaches to both runways are over the ocean. In June 2019, the Ecuadorian government gave permission for the US ...