San Cris·tó·bal 
(săn krĭs-tōbəl, sän′ krē-stōväl)
(săn krĭs-tōbəl, sän′ krē-stōväl) 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.