San Cristóbal, city (1993 pop. 88,376), S Dominican Republic, on a Caribbean coastal plain. The city was founded in the late 16th cent. The first Dominican constitution was signed in San Cristóbal in 1844. The dictator Rafael Trujillo was born there in 1891. Nearby is an agricultural institute.

San Cristóbal, city (1990 pop. 220,675), capital of Táchira state, W Venezuela, in a mountainous region near the Colombian border. It is a commercial, transportation, and industrial center. Textiles, leather products, cement, and tobacco are produced, and coffee, sugar, pineapples, and corn are exported. San Cristóbal was founded in 1561 and was severely damaged by an earthquake in 1875.

Cristóbal or Cristobal may refer to:

;Dominican Republic

*Cristóbal (municipality of the Independencia) province

;Panama

*Cristóbal, Colón

;Spain

*Cristóbal, Salamanca

;Other

*Carmen Lelia Cristóbal, an Argentinian professor of botany

*Cristobal (carbine), a Dominican-made automatic rifle

*Cristobal (horse), Thoroughbred racehorse

*Fort San Crist%C3%B3bal, Puerto Rico

*Tropical Storm Cristobal (2008)