Colón, the primary Spanish translation of

Christopher Columbus Christopher Columbus (; between 25 August and 31 October 1451 – 20 May 1506) was an Italians, Italian explorer and navigator from the Republic of Genoa who completed Voyages of Christopher Columbus, four Spanish-based voyages across the At ...

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Colón, Entre Ríos Colón is a city in the . It is located in the east of the province, on the western shore of the Uruguay River, and has about 23,000 inhabitants (). It lies opposite Paysandú, Uruguay, to which it is linked across the river by the General Artigas ...

Colón Department, Córdoba Colón Department is a department of Córdoba Province in Argentina. The provincial subdivision has a population of about 171,067 inhabitants in an area of , and its capital city is Jesús María, which is located from Buenos Aires. Settlem ...

Colón Department, Entre Ríos The Colón Department (in Spanish, ''Departamento Colón'') is an administrative subdivision (''departamento'') of the province of Entre Ríos, Argentina. It is located in the center-east of the province, beside the Uruguay River The Uruguay ...

Colón, Buenos Aires Colón is a small city in Buenos Aires Province, Argentina. It is the administrative centre for Colón Partido. The town is located in an agricultural area, the main areas of employment are in agriculture, the production of agricultural machine ...

;Colombia * Colón, Nariño * Colón, Putumayo *

Colón Department (Colombia) Colón Department was one of the departments of Panama State, one of the states of Colombia States of Colombia existed from February 27, 1855, in the Republic of New Granada and the Granadine Confederation, where they were called "federal state ...

;Costa Rica *

Ciudad Colón Ciudad () is the Spanish word for "city". Ciudad or La Ciudad may also refer to: * La Ciudad (archaeological site), Hohokam ruins in Phoenix, Arizona * La Ciudad, district of Durango City, Mexico * ''La ciudad'', a novel by Mario Levrero published ...

;Cuba *

Colón, Cuba Colón is a municipality and city in the Matanzas Province of Cuba. The municipality has an area of and a population of about 68,021. The city proper, with a population of about 44,000, is the third-largest of its province. History The town was ...

;El Salvador * Colón, La Libertad ;Honduras *

Colón Department (Honduras) Colón is one of the 18 Departments of Honduras, departments into which Honduras is divided. It was created in 1881. The departmental capital is Trujillo, Honduras, Trujillo, and the other main city is Tocoa, Colón, Tocoa. Trujillo was the site ...

;Mexico *

Colón, Querétaro 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 (Cristóbal Colón, in Spanish). It's the state's third largest municipality, with 815 square kilome ...

;Panama *

Colón, Panama Colón () is a city and Port#Seaport, seaport in Panama, beside the Caribbean Sea, lying near the Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic entrance to the Panama Canal. It is the capital of Panama's Colón Province and has traditionally been known as Panama's se ...

Colón Province Colón () is a province of Panama. The capital is the city of Colón. It covers an area of 4,575.5 km2, and the population (in 2023) is 281,956. Overview This province has traditionally been focused on commerce (through the Colón Free Zone, ...

;Puerto Rico *

Plaza Colón Plaza Colón is the main plaza in the city of Mayagüez, Puerto Rico. This plaza and its fountain commemorate the explorer Christopher Columbus, whose name in Spanish was Cristóbal Colón. The plaza presents the traditional urban relationshi ...

, in Mayagüez ;Spain *

Plaza de Colón (Madrid) Plaza de Colón (; ) is located in the encounter of Chamberí, Centro and Salamanca districts of Madrid, Spain. This plaza and its fountain commemorate the explorer Christopher Columbus, whose name in Spanish was Cristóbal Colón. Monuments T ...

Colón (Metrovalencia) Colón (, mostly referred as ''Colón'') is a metro station of the Metrovalencia network in Valencia, Spain Spain, or the Kingdom of Spain, is a country in Southern Europe, Southern and Western Europe with territories in North Africa. F ...

, station in Valencia ;Uruguay *

Colón Centro y Noroeste Colón Centro y Noroeste is a ''barrio'' (neighbourhood or district) of Montevideo, Uruguay. Location It borders Lezica / Melilla to the west and northwest, Colón Sudeste / Abayubá to the east and northeast, Peñarol / Lavalleja Lavalleja ...

, barrio of Montevideo *

Colón Sudeste Colón Sudeste–Abayubá is a composite ''barrio'' (neighbourhood or district) of Montevideo, Uruguay. Geography This barrio borders Lezica–Melilla and Colón Centro y Noroeste to the west, Canelones Department to the northwest and north, Man ...

, barrio of Montevideo * Colón, Uruguay, village in

Lavalleja Department Lavalleja (; ) is a department of Uruguay. Its capital is Minas. It is located in the southeast of the country, bordered to the north by the department of Treinta y Tres to the east with Rocha, to the south with Canelones and Maldonado, and ...

;Venezuela *

Colón, Venezuela Colón is a town in the Venezuelan Andean state of Táchira. This town is the shire town of the Ayacucho Municipality and, according to the 2001 Venezuelan census, the municipality has a population of 48,982. Climate Colón has a tropical rainf ...

Colón Municipality, Zulia Colón, the primary Spanish translation of Christopher Columbus, may refer to: Places ;Argentina * Colón, Entre Ríos * Colón Department, Córdoba * Colón Department, Entre Ríos * Colón, Buenos Aires ;Colombia * Colón, Nariño * Coló ...

Zulia State Zulia State (, ; Wayuu language, Wayuu: ''Mma’ipakat Suuria'') is one of the States of Venezuela, 23 states of Venezuela. The state capital is Maracaibo. As of the 2011 census, it has a population of 3,704,404, the largest population among Vene ...

Football teams

Club Atlético Colón Club Atlético Colón de Santa Fe (), commonly referred to as Colón de Santa Fe , is a sports club from Santa Fe, Argentina. The football team plays in the second Division of the Argentine football league system, the Primera Nacional. It was ...

, from Santa Fe, Argentina *

Colón Fútbol Club Colón, the primary Spanish translation of Christopher Columbus, may refer to: Places ;Argentina * Colón, Entre Ríos * Colón Department, Córdoba * Colón Department, Entre Ríos * Colón, Buenos Aires ;Colombia * Colón, Nariño * Coló ...

, a Uruguayan club

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Colón (surname) Colón is a Spanish surname, comparable to the Italian and Portuguese Colombo, or English surname Columbus. Notable people with the surname include: * Alba Colón (born 1968), American automotive engineer and racing executive * Bartolo Colón (b ...

Colón (currency) The colón (₡) refers to two Central American currencies: * the Costa Rican colón (CRC), used in Costa Rica since 1896 * the Salvadoran colón (SVC), used in El Salvador from 1892 until 2001, when it was replaced by the American dollar Symbo ...

Costa Rican colón The colón (plural: ''colones''; sign: ₡; code: CRC) is the currency of Costa Rica. It was named after Christopher Columbus, known as ''Cristóbal Colón'' in Spanish. A colón is divided into one hundred céntimos. Symbol The symbol for t ...

, currency of Costa Rica **

Salvadoran colón The colón was the currency of El Salvador from 1892 until 2001, when it was replaced by the U.S. dollar during the presidency of Francisco Flores. The colón was subdivided into 100 centavos and its ISO 4217 code was SVC. The plural is "''col ...

, former currency of El Salvador * ''

Preludio a Colón A prelude ( or '; ; ; ) is a short piece of music, the form of which may vary from piece to piece. While, during the Baroque era, for example, it may have served as an introduction to succeeding movements of a work that were usually longer and ...

'', a musical composition by

Julián Carrillo Julián Carrillo Trujillo (January 28, 1875 – September 9, 1965) was a Mexican composer,Camp, Roderic Ai (1995). "Carrillo (Flores), Nabor" on ''Mexican Political Biographies, 1935–1993: Third Edition'', p. 121. . conductor, violin ...

Teatro Colón The Teatro Colón () is a historic opera house in Buenos Aires, Argentina. It is considered one of the ten best opera houses in the world by National Geographic. According to a survey carried out by the acoustics expert Leo Beranek among leadin ...

, Buenos Aires, Argentina

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