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San Felipe (Kiliwa: Juwiy mja') [2] is a coastal city in San Felipe Municipality, Baja California, located on the Gulf of California. [3] The population of San Felipe was reported as 17,143 inhabitants in the 2020 Mexican Census. [ 1 ]
San Felipe is the newest municipality in the Mexican state of Baja California. Inaugurated on 1 January 2022, it is located approximately 190 kilometres (120 mi) south of Mexicali , the state capital.
The name Bobulon was changed to San Felipe when it was founded in 1853. As to how the town of San Felipe got its present name, the most reliable fact learned so far was that four “saintly” brothers from Ilocandia, namely Marcelino, Antonio, Narciso and Felipe settled in the about to be organized pueblos which were later named San Marcelino, San Antonio, San Narciso and San Felipe.
San Felipe (/ ˌ s æ n f ɪ ˈ l iː p / SAN fi-LEEP), also known as San Felipe de Austin, is a town in Austin County, Texas, United States.The town was the social, economic, and political center of the early Stephen F. Austin colony.
San Felipe was founded by Francisco de Velasco on January 21, 1562, by orders of viceroy Luís de Velasco. The city was founded with the name of San Felipe in honor of King Philip II of Spain . In 1889 the name of the city was changed to "Ciudad González" in honor of the then governor of Guanajuato, Manuel González.
San Felipe de Austin's population approached 600 in 1835, and many more settlers lived nearby. San Felipe de Austin played an important role in the events of the Texas Revolution . The Texian conventions of 1832 and 1833 and the Consultation assembly of 1835 were all held there. [ 4 ]
The San Felipe Valley Wildlife Area is an interagency nature preserve protecting most of the valley. [7] Primary units of the preserve were formerly the Rutherford Volcan Mountain Ranch (northern half, 6,690 acres) and the Rancho de Valle San Felipe (southern half, 7,485 acres).
San Felipe (Spanish pronunciation: [saɱ feˈlipe]; "St. Philip" in Spanish) is a commune and the capital city of the San Felipe de Aconcagua Province in central Chile's Valparaíso Region. Until 1976, it was the capital of Aconcagua province, a first-level administrative division. It lies 88 km (55 mi) north of the national capital of Santiago.