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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;Argentina * Colón, Entre Ríos * Colón Department, Córdoba * Colón Department, Entre Ríos * Colón, Buenos Aires ;Colombia * Colón, Nariño * Colón, Putumayo * Colón Department (Colombia) ;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 ;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 ;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, in Mayagüez ;Spain * Plaza de Colón (Madrid) *

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, barrio of Montevideo * Colón Sudeste, 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 Municipality, Zulia in

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 musical composition by Julián Carrillo *

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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