San Juan Bautista
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San Juan Bautista is:
As a toponym, San Juan Bautista may refer to:
- The Spanish-language name of Saint John the BaptistJohn the BaptistJohn the Baptist was an itinerant preacher and a major religious figure mentioned in the Canonical gospels. He is described in the Gospel of Luke as a relative of Jesus, who led a movement of baptism at the Jordan River...
. See also the disambiguation page at San Juan. The name also may appear as a Spanish translation of the French Jean-BaptisteJean-BaptisteJean-Baptiste is a male French name, originating with Saint John the Baptist, and may refer to any of the following:-Persons:* Charles XIV John, born Jean-Baptiste Bernadotte.* Charles-Jean-Baptiste Bouc, businessman and political figure in Lower Canada...
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As a toponym, San Juan Bautista may refer to:
- Guatemala
- San Juan Bautista, SuchitepéquezSan Juan Bautista, SuchitepéquezSan Juan Bautista is a municipality in the Suchitepéquez department of Guatemala....
- San Juan Bautista, Suchitepéquez
- Chile
- San Juan Bautista, ChileSan Juan Bautista, ChileSan Juan Bautista is the main town in the Juan Fernández Islands. Some sources say it was founded in 1877 while give an earlier date of 1750. It is located on Cumberland Bay on the centre of the north-east coast of Robinson Crusoe Island....
in Juan Fernández Islands
- San Juan Bautista, Chile
- Mexico
- San Juan Bautista, Coahuila
- San Juan Bautista, Guerrero
- a mission founded 1699/1700 near Guerrero, CoahuilaGuerrero, CoahuilaGuerrero is a city and seat of the municipality of Guerrero, in the north-eastern Mexican state of Coahuila. The 2010 census population was reported as 959 inhabitants.-History:...
- San Juan Bautista, Nayarit
- San Juan Bautista de la VillahermosaVillahermosaLike most of the Tabasco, Villahermosa has a tropical climate. The city specifically features a tropical monsoon climate. Temperatures during spring and summer seasons reach upwards of 40°C , with humidity levels hovering around 30% during the same period...
, Tabasco - Misión San Juan Bautista MalibatMisión San Juan Bautista MalibatMission San Juan Bautista was founded by the Jesuit missionary Pedro de Ugarte in 1705, about 30 kilometers south of Loreto near the Gulf of California coast of what is today the Mexican state of Baja California Sur. The site was intended to serve the local Monqui and Cochimí natives...
, Baja California Sur - Visita de San Juan Bautista LondóVisita de San Juan Bautista LondóThe Jesuit visita, or subordinate mission station, of San Juan Bautista Londó was founded by Juan María Salvatierra and Francisco María Piccolo in 1699...
, Baja California Sur - any of several other Spanish missions in MexicoSpanish missions in MexicoThe Spanish missions in Mexico are a series of religious outposts established by Spanish Catholic Franciscans, Jesuits, Augustinians, and Dominicans to spread the Christian doctrine among the local natives...
- San Juan Bautista AtatlahucaSan Juan Bautista AtatlahucaSan Juan Bautista Atatlahuca is a town and municipality in Oaxaca in south-western Mexico. The municipality covers an area of 196.48 km².It is part of the Etla District in the Valles Centrales region....
, Etla, Valles Centrales, Oaxaca - San Juan Bautista CoixtlahuacaSan Juan Bautista CoixtlahuacaSan Juan Bautista Coixtlahuaca is a small town and municipality located in the Mixteca Region of the State of Oaxaca, Mexico, and the center of the Coixtlahuaca district. The name, “Coixtlahuaca” means ‘plain of snakes’ in the Nahuatl language.-Town:...
, Mixteca, Oaxaca - San Juan Bautista CuicatlanSan Juan Bautista CuicatlanSan Juan Bautista Cuicatlan is a town and municipality in Oaxaca in south-western Mexico. The municipality covers an area of 543.5 km².It is part of Cuicatlán District in the north of the Cañada Region....
, Cuicatlan, Cañada, Oaxaca - San Juan Bautista GuelacheSan Juan Bautista GuelacheSan Juan Bautista Guelache is a town and municipality in Oaxaca in south-western Mexico. The municipality covers an area of 70.17 km².It is part of the Etla District in the Valles Centrales region....
, Etla, Valles Centrales, Oaxaca - San Juan Bautista JayacatlánSan Juan Bautista JayacatlánSan Juan Bautista Jayacatlán is a town and municipality in Oaxaca in south-western Mexico. The municipality covers an area of 173.51 km².It is part of the Etla District in the Valles Centrales region....
, Etla, Valles Centrales, Oaxaca - San Juan Bautista lo de SotoSan Juan Bautista lo de SotoSan Juan Bautista lo de Soto is a town and municipality in Oaxaca in south-western Mexico. The municipality covers an area of 63.8 km².It is located in the Jamiltepec District in the west of the Costa Region....
, Jamiltepec, Costa, Oaxaca. - San Juan Bautista SuchitepecSan Juan Bautista SuchitepecSan Juan Bautista Suchitepec is a town and municipality in Oaxaca in south-western Mexico. The municipality covers an area of 38.28 km².It is part of the Huajuapan District in the north of the Mixteca Region....
, Huajuapan, Mixteca, Oaxaca - San Juan Bautista TlacoatzintepecSan Juan Bautista TlacoatzintepecSan Juan Bautista Tlacoatzintepec is a town and municipality in Oaxaca in south-western Mexico. The municipality covers an area of 183.7 km².It is part of Cuicatlán District in the north of the Cañada Region....
, Cuicatlan, Cañada, Oaxaca - San Juan Bautista TlachichilcoSan Juan Bautista TlachichilcoSan Juan Bautista Tlachichilco is a town and municipality in Oaxaca in south-western Mexico. The municipality covers an area of 183.7 km².It is part of the Silacayoapam District in the Mixteca Region....
, Silacayoapam, Mixteca, Oaxaca - San Juan Bautista TuxtepecSan Juan Bautista TuxtepecSan Juan Bautista Tuxtepec , or simply referred to as Tuxtepec, is the head of the municipality by the same name and is the second most populous city of the Mexican state of Oaxaca....
, Oaxaca - San Juan Bautista Valle NacionalSan Juan Bautista Valle NacionalSan Juan Bautista Valle Nacional is a town and municipality in Oaxaca in south-western Mexico. The municipality covers an area of 394.23 km² within the Sierra Juárez mountains.It is part of the Tuxtepec District of the Papaloapan Region....
, Tuxtepec, Papaloapan, Oaxaca
- Paraguay
- San Juan Bautista, ParaguaySan Juan Bautista, ParaguaySan Juan Bautista, capital of the Department of Misiones, Paraguay, is considered the cradle of the religious mission culture. The city is the seat of the Roman Catholic Diocese of San Juan Bautista de las Misiones.-Geography:...
- San Juan Bautista de ÑeembucúSan Juan Bautista de ÑeembucúSan Juan Bautista de Ñeembucú is a village and distrito in the Ñeembucú department of Paraguay.- Sources :* – World-Gazetteer.com...
, Ñeembucú - Roman Catholic Diocese of San Juan Bautista de las MisionesRoman Catholic Diocese of San Juan Bautista de las MisionesThe Roman Catholic Diocese of San Juan Bautista de las Misiones is a diocese located in the city of San Juan Bautista de las Misiones in the Ecclesiastical province of Asunción in Paraguay.-History:...
, suffragan of Asunción
- San Juan Bautista, Paraguay
- Peru
- San Juan Bautista District, MaynasSan Juan Bautista District, MaynasSan Juan Bautista District is one of thirteen districts of the Maynas Province in Peru.-References:...
, Loreto Region - San Juan Bautista District, IcaSan Juan Bautista District, IcaSan Juan Bautista District is one of fourteen districts of the province Ica in Peru. The District 'seat' is the town of San Juan Bautista.Another neighboring town/village in this district is El Carmen . Tacama winery is located here in El Carmen...
, Ica Region - San Juan Bautista, Ica, capital of the aforementioned district
- San Juan Bautista District, HuamangaSan Juan Bautista District, HuamangaSan Juan Bautista District is one of fifteen districts of the province Huamanga in Peru.-References:...
, Ayacucho Region - San Juan Bautista, Huamanga, capital of the aforementioned district
- San Juan Bautista District, Maynas
- Spain
- San Juan Bautista, an area in the city of Madrid.
- Sant Joan de LabritjaSant Joan de LabritjaSant Joan de Labritja is a village and municipality of the Balearic Islands on northern Ibiza. Among others, the resorts of Portinatx and Cala de Sant Vicent are located there.The municipality encompasses the following towns and villages:...
, a village and municipality in Ibiza / Eivissa, Balearic Islands. - San Juan Bautista de CoriasSan Juan Bautista de CoriasSan Juan Bautista de Corias is a former Benedictine monastery in Corias on the right bank of the Narcea dedicated to Saint John the Baptist. It was founded in 1032 on his own land by Count Piñolo Jiménez and his wife Aldonza Muñoz, wealthy Leonese aristocrats...
, a monastery in Corias (Narcea), Asturias - Iglesia de San Juan Bautista (San Tirso de Abres)Iglesia de San Juan Bautista (San Tirso de Abres)Iglesia de San Juan Bautista is a church in Asturias, Spain. It was established in the 16th century....
, Asturias - Church of San Juan Bautista, Baños de CerratoChurch of San Juan Bautista, Baños de CerratoSan Juan de Baños de Cerrato is a monument located in the present day town of Baños de Cerrato, ancient Balneos, in the province of Palencia, central Spain....
, Palencia - Santiuste de San Juan BautistaSantiuste de San Juan BautistaSantiuste de San Juan Bautista is a municipality located in the province of Segovia, Castile and León, Spain. According to the 2004 census , the municipality has a population of 742 inhabitants....
, Segovia, Castile and León - Castillo de San Juan BautistaCastillo de San Juan BautistaThe Castillo de San Juan Bautista , also called Castillo Negro , in the city of Santa Cruz de Tenerife in the Canary Islands of Spain, was the second most important fort in the defense of Santa Cruz de Tenerife.It is set in the heart of the capital, behind the Auditorio de Tenerife...
, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Canary Islands - Church of San Juan Bautista (Talamanca de Jarama)Church of San Juan Bautista (Talamanca de Jarama)The Church of San Juan Bautista is a church located in Talamanca de Jarama, Spain. It was declared Bien de Interés Cultural in 1931....
, Talamanca de Jarama - Church of San Juan Bautista (Arganda del Rey)Church of San Juan Bautista (Arganda del Rey)The Church of San Juan Bautista is a church located in Arganda del Rey, Spain. It was declared Bien de Interés Cultural in 1999....
- United States
- Mission San Juan BautistaMission San Juan BautistaMission San Juan Bautista was founded on June 24, 1797 in what is now the San Juan Bautista Historic District of San Juan Bautista, California. Barracks for the soldiers, a nunnery, the Jose Castro House, and other buildings were constructed around a large grassy plaza in front of the church and...
, San Benito County, California, officially "La Misión del Glorios Precursor de Jesu Cristo, Nuestro Señor, San Juan Bautista" - San Juan Bautista, CaliforniaSan Juan Bautista, CaliforniaSan Juan Bautista is a city in San Benito County, California, United States. The population was 1,862 at the 2010 census, up from 1,549 at the 2000 census. The city of San Juan Bautista was named after Mission San Juan Bautista...
- Rancho San Juan BautistaRancho San Juan BautistaRancho San Juan Bautista was a Mexican land grant in present day Santa Clara County, California given in 1844 by Governor Manuel Micheltorena to José Agustín Narvaez. The grant extended along the Guadalupe River from Los Gatos to San Jose...
, Santa Clara County, California - San Juan County, Washington (formally San Juan Bautista County, named for Saint John the Baptist)
- The original name of Puerto RicoPuerto RicoPuerto Rico , officially the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico , is an unincorporated territory of the United States, located in the northeastern Caribbean, east of the Dominican Republic and west of both the United States Virgin Islands and the British Virgin Islands.Puerto Rico comprises an...
- San Juan, Puerto RicoSan Juan, Puerto RicoSan Juan , officially Municipio de la Ciudad Capital San Juan Bautista , is the capital and most populous municipality in Puerto Rico, an unincorporated territory of the United States. As of the 2010 census, it had a population of 395,326 making it the 46th-largest city under the jurisdiction of...
, a truncation of its complete name Municipio de la Ciudad Capital San Juan Bautista - Cathedral of San Juan BautistaCathedral of San Juan BautistaThe Cathedral of San Juan Bautista is a Roman Catholic cathedral in Old San Juan, Puerto Rico.The cathedral is one of the oldest buildings in San Juan, and is the second oldest cathedral in the Americas. The Catedral de Santa María la Menor in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic is the oldest...
in Puerto Rico - Church San Juan Bautista of MaricaoChurch San Juan Bautista of MaricaoChurch San Juan Bautista of Maricao in Maricao, Puerto Rico is a church built in 1890. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984....
, Puerto Rico - San Juan Bautista School of MedicineSan Juan Bautista School of MedicineThe San Juan Bautista School of Medicine is a private U.S. medical school, located within the San Juan Bautista Medical Center in Caguas, Puerto Rico. It formally opened its doors in 1978....
, Caguas, Puerto Rico - Church San Juan Bautista y San Ramón Nonato of Juana DíazChurch San Juan Bautista y San Ramon Nonato of Juana DiazChurch San Juan Bautista y San Ramón Nonato of Juana Díaz is a Spanish Colonial church built in 1809 in Juana Díaz, Puerto Rico. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984....
, Puerto Rico - Old San Juan, Puerto RicoOld San Juan, Puerto RicoOld San Juan is the oldest settlement within Puerto Rico and it is the historic colonial section of San Juan, Puerto Rico.-Location:...
- Mission San Juan Bautista
- Venezuela
- San Juan Bautista, Nueva Esparta
- Pao de San Juan Bautista MunicipalityPao de San Juan Bautista MunicipalityThe Pao de San Juan Bautista Municipality is one of the nine municipalities that makes up the Venezuelan state of Cojedes and, according to a 2007 population estimate by the National Institute of Statistics of Venezuela, the municipality has a population of 15,730...
, Cojedes - John the Baptist MonumentJohn the Baptist MonumentThe John the Baptist Monument is a 19.8-meter concrete statue in downtown San Juan de los Morros, Guárico state, Venezuela, erected in honor of John the Baptist. Commonly called San Juanote, it's one of the highest statues in Venezuela...
, San Juan de los Morros, Guárico, Venezuela
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San Juan Bautista can also refer to:- San Juan Bautista (Mutsen) a native people and language in California
- San Juan BautistaJapanese warship San Juan BautistaSan Juan Bautista was one of Japan's first Japanese-built Western-style sail warships. She crossed the Pacific in 1614. She was of the Spanish galleon type, known in Japan as Nanban-Sen San Juan Bautista (“St. John the Baptist”) (originally called Date Maru, 伊達丸 in Japanese) was one of Japan's...
, a Japanese galleon built in 1613 - San Juan Bautista, a Spanish 60-gun ship 1724-1741