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San Cristóbal
(săn krĭs-tōˈbəl, sänˌ krē-stōˈväl)
A city of extreme western Venezuela in a mountainous region near the Colombian border south-southwest of Maracaibo. Founded in 1561, it was severely damaged by an earthquake in 1875. Population: 234,000.