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6 unusual facts about San Cristobal


Amado García Guerrero

A member of the Military Aides-de-Camp of Rafael Leonidas Trujillo, he was the person who informed the other conspirators that Trujillo would later leave that night for San Cristóbal.

Escuela Parroquial Santa Rita

Escuela Parroquial Santa Rita (Santa Rita Parochial School) is the name of a private, catholic elementary and high school located in the city of San Cristóbal, Dominican Republic, within the province of the same name.

Francisco Lorenzo

Francisco Lorenzo (born October 27, 1971 in San Cristóbal, Dominican Republic) is a professional Dominican boxer in the Light Welterweight division.

Joel Casique

Joel Gerardo Casique (born 1958 in San Cristóbal, Venezuela; died 17 December 2010 in Caracas) was an artist who formed the Escuela Cristóbal Rojas de Caracas.

Josiane Bost

She was French pursuit champion in 1977 and 1978 and sprint champion in 1978.In 1977, she beat the American, Connie Carpenter, in the world road championship at San Cristóbal.

San Cristóbal, Dominican Republic

José Rijo, is a former right-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball who spent the majority of his career with the Cincinnati Reds


2013 Women's Futsal World Tournament

The competition was to be hosted in San Cristóbal, Táchira, Venezuela, but due to logistic problems, the competition was moved to Ciudad Real and Alcázar de San Juan, in Spain.

DR-6

Haina and San Cristóbal continued growing extensively and a solution for drivers trying to bypass these cities was needed.

Francisco Arias Cárdenas

Born at San Cristóbal in Táchira, Arias graduated from the Venezuelan Academy of Military Sciences in Caracas, the Universidad de Los Andes in Mérida, and the Pontifical Xavierian University in Bogotá, Colombia.

Galapagos Hawk

Due to human disturbance to their natural habitat, a dwindling food supply because of new predators introduced to the islands, and predation by humans, they are now extinct on the islands of Baltra, Daphne, Floreana, San Cristobal, and Seymour.

Jaime David Fernández Mirabal

Among his career as a doctor, he has worked in Cambita Garabitos in San Cristobal, in Rancho Español and Las Galeras, Samana in the Clinic Rural Montellano Salcedo Hospital, both located in Salcedo.

Juan Temístocles Montás

Born in San Cristóbal, Dominican Republic, Montás, holds a Ph.D. in engineering from the Technical University of Madrid and also a Master's degree in Economics.

Nuris Arias

Nuris Arias Doñé (born May 20, 1973 in San Cristobal) is a female volleyball player from the Dominican Republic, who won the gold medal with the women's national team at the 2003 Pan American Games in her home town Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.

Parque Patricios

Parque Patricios is bordered by the barrios of Barracas and Nueva Pompeya to the south; Constitución to the east; San Cristóbal to the north; and Boedo to the west.

Potosí Department

Potosi is also the location of the San Cristóbal silver, zinc and lead mines, developed by the US-company Apex Silver Mines Limited of Colorado and in November 2008 sold to the Japanese Sumitomo Corporation.

Televisora Regional del Táchira

The Televisora Regional del Táchira (TRT) is a privately owned Venezuelan regional television network based in the city of San Cristóbal in Táchira.

Tixani

It is situated in the Moquegua Region, Mariscal Nieto Province, in the districts Cuchumbaya and San Cristóbal.

Tricom, S.A

On June 5, 2012, Tricom announced their intent to begin a buildout of a Hybrid fibre-coaxial network across Bayahibe, Bonao, Casa de Campo, La Romana, La Vega, San Cristóbal, San Francisco de Macorís, San Pedro de Macorís, Santiago, and Santo Domingo.


see also

Álvaro de Mendaña de Neira

After building a small brigantine, the surrounding islands of Malaita, Guadalcanal, Makira (which was named San Cristobal) and Choiseul Island were explored.

Eduardo Boza-Masvidal

He was chosen by Pope John XXIII as Titular Bishop of Vinda and Auxiliary Bishop San Cristobal de la Habana (Havana) on March 31, 1960.

Josefina, Santa Fe

The Santa Fe Provincial Railway (now, FC Belgrano Cargas) went from Santa Fe through Aurelia, Rafaela, Lehmann, Ataliva, Humberto Primo, Moises Ville, to San Cristobal.

Mining in Bolivia

Among Bolivia's largest mining facilities is the San Cristóbal mining complex, an open-pit silver, lead and zinc mine near the town of San Cristóbal, Potosí.

San Cristóbal Acasaguastlán

The colonial Cathedral of San Cristobal of 1654 is being restored, and promises to be on a par with the cathedrals and churches found in Antigua.

San Cristobal Island

Makira (formerly San Cristobal), the largest island of Makira-Ulawa Province in the Solomon Islands

San Cristobal Wash

The southeast border of the San Cristobal drainage is the Tule Desert Drainage, where the Tule Desert (Arizona) has a drainage south into Sonora, Mexico.