San Marcos
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San Marcos is a common toponym in Latin America and parts of the United States. It could refer to any of the following:
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Towns and cities
Bolivia:
- San Marcos, Beni
Colombia:
- San Marcos, AntioquiaSan Marcos, AntioquiaSan Marcos is a town in Antioquia department in Colombia. It is approximately 175 miles north of Medellín, in the heart of Colombia's coffee-growing region.San Marcos is located at . The symbol for its airport is SRS....
- San Marcos, SucreSan Marcos, SucreSan Marcos is a town and municipality located in the Sucre Department, northern Colombia.It is also called "La Perla del San Jorge".-References:...
Costa Rica:
- San Marcos, Costa RicaSan Marcos, Costa RicaSan Marcos or San Marcos de Tarrazú is the capital city of the canton of Tarrazú in the province of San José in Costa Rica. It is also the name of the distrito that includes the city...
(aka San Marcos de Tarrazú)
Ecuador:
- San Marcos, QuitoSan Marcos, QuitoSan Marcos is an electoral parish or district of Quito. The parish was established as a result of the October 2004 political elections when the city was divided into 19 urban electoral parishes ....
El Salvador:
- San Marcos, El SalvadorSan Marcos, El SalvadorSan Marcos, a city of El Salvador. It is located on a small valley, 5 miles southern San Salvador downtown. Its population is 63,209 inhabitants...
Guatemala:
- San Marcos department
- San Marcos, GuatemalaSan Marcos, GuatemalaSan Marcos San Marcos San Marcos (elevation: 7,868 feet (2,398 meters) is a city and municipality in Guatemala.It is the capital of the department of San Marcos.The municipality has a population of approximately 45,000.-Sports:...
Honduras:
- San Marcos de CaiquínSan Marcos de CaiquínSan Marcos de Caiquín is a municipality in the Honduran department of Lempira; it has the particular significance of being the newest one. In order to make it to the municipality capital, the traveler must start in the city of Gracias.- History :...
- San Marcos de ColónSan Marcos de ColónSan Marcos de Colón is a municipality in the Honduran department of Choluteca, and lies on the border with Nicaragua.The town is located on the Pan-American Highway near the Nicaraguan border town of Estelí, and 192 km away from the capital Tegucicalpa....
- San Marcos, OcotepequeSan Marcos, OcotepequeSan Marcos is a municipality in the Honduran department of Ocotepeque.This city of 17,000 people is in Western Honduras bordering Guatemala and El Salvador. It's located between the highest point in Honduras, Mount Meredon, and the Rio Grande and Suntulin Rivers. It was founded by Spanish and...
- San Marcos, Santa BárbaraSan Marcos, Santa BárbaraSan Marcos is a municipality in the Honduran department of Santa Bárbara....
Mexico:
- San Marcos, Baja California SurSan Marcos, Baja California SurSan Marcos is an island located in the northern portion of Baja California Sur, México. It faces the town of Santa Rosalía on the Sea of Cortés near Isla Tortuga. The only town on the island is also named San Marcos. The island has a land area of 28.748 km² , the 18th-largest island in Mexico. Its...
- San Marcos, GuerreroSan Marcos, GuerreroSan Marcos is the name of a town in the Mexican state of Guerrero.It serves as the municipal seat of the surrounding municipality of San Marcos.The town currently has about 12 000 inhabitants....
- San Marcos, JaliscoSan Marcos, JaliscoSan Marcos is a town and municipality, in Jalisco in central-western Mexico. The municipality covers an area of 292.85 km².As of 2005, the municipality had a total population of 3,533....
Nicaragua:
- San Marcos, CarazoSan Marcos, CarazoSan Marcos is a municipality in the Carazo Department of Nicaragua. It is located at south from the capital, Managua, and has a population of around 30,600 inhabitants....
Peru:
- San Marcos, CajamarcaSan Marcos, CajamarcaSan Marcos is a town in Northern Peru, capital of the province San Marcos in the region Cajamarca....
- San Marcos ProvinceSan Marcos ProvinceThe San Marcos Province is one of the thirteen provinces in the Cajamarca Region of Peru. It was created by Law No. 23508 on December 11, 1982 by president Fernando Belaunde Terry. It has a mountainous territory which varies in height from 1,500 to more than 4,000 meters above sea level...
United States:
- San Marcos, CaliforniaSan Marcos, CaliforniaSan Marcos is a suburb of San Diego in the North County section of San Diego County, California. As of the 2010 census, the city had a total population of 83,781. Outside the San Diego region, it is best known as the home of California State University, San Marcos...
- Lake San Marcos, CaliforniaLake San Marcos, CaliforniaLake San Marcos is a census-designated place in San Diego County, California. It is adjacent of the city of San Marcos. The population was 4,437 at the 2010 census, up from 4,138 at the 2000 census.-Geography:...
- Lake San Marcos, California
- San Marcos, TexasSan Marcos, TexasSan Marcos is a city in the U.S. state of Texas, and is the seat of Hays County. Located within the metropolitan area, the city is located on the Interstate 35 corridor—between Austin and San Antonio....
Other
- San Marcos (León)San Marcos (León)San Marcos is a former monastery and hospital in the city of León, Spain. It is now a parador, and includes a church and museum....
, former monastery in León - USS San Marcos (LSD-25)USS San Marcos (LSD-25)USS San Marcos was a Casa Grande-class dock landing ship of the United States Navy, named for the Castillo de San Marcos, the oldest masonry fort still standing in the United States. In 1911, the second-class battleship Texas had also briefly borne the name San Marcos, perhaps for the town of San...
, a ship of the United States Navy - National University of San MarcosNational University of San MarcosThe National University of San Marcos is the most important and respected higher-education institution in Peru. Its main campus, the University City, is located in Lima...
, Peru - "San Marcos", a fictional country in the 1971 motion picture Bananas
- San Marcos de AricaCorporación Deportiva Ciudad San Marcos de AricaClub Deportivo San Marcos de Arica are an Chilean Football club, their home town is Arica in the Región of Arica y Parinacota, Chile. They currently play in Primera B, the second tier of the Chilean football system....
, Chilean football club - FC San MarcosFC San MarcosFC San Marcos is a Nicaraguan football team playing at the top level. It is based in San Marcos. Their home stadium is Estadio Olimpico de San Marcos.-Performance in CONCACAF competitions:*CONCACAF Cup Winners Cup...
, Nicaraguan football club - San Marcos High School, Santa Barbara, California, USA
- Castillo de San MarcosCastillo de San MarcosThe Castillo de San Marcos site is the oldest masonry fort in the United States. It is located in the city of St. Augustine, Florida. Construction was begun in 1672 by the Spanish when Florida was a Spanish territory. During the twenty year period of British possession from 1763 until 1784, the...
, the oldest surviving masonry fort in the United States