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- traditional region, eastern Panama, stretching about 100 miles (160 km) along the Caribbean Sea from the Colombian border to the Gulf of San Blas. The narrow strip of land includes the San Blas (formerly Mulatas) Archipelago. Agriculture-chiefly coconuts, yams, and ...
- San Carlo alle Quattro Fontane
- influential Baroque church in Rome that was designed by Francesco Borromini. It was commissioned in 1634 and was built during 1638-41, except for the tall facade, which was added in about 1667. Built to fit in a cramped and difficult ...
- San Carlos
- city, south-central Nicaragua. It lies at the extreme southeastern corner of Lake Nicaragua near the Costa Rican border, where the San Juan River begins its journey to the Caribbean Sea. With its strategic location, San Carlos served as a fort ...
- San Carlos
- city, west-central Luzon, Philippines. Founded in 1587 by Dominicans, it was named in 1718 for St. Charles Borromeo. San Carlos was organized as a city in 1966. It is a pottery-making centre and also produces articles made from bamboo. Rice ...
- San Carlos
- city, capital of Cojedes estado ("state"), northwestern Venezuela. The city lies along the Tirgua River, at the base of the central highlands and near the Llanos (plains) region. Founded in 1678 by Capuchin missionaries, San Carlos served as capital of ...
- San Carlos
- city, northeastern Negros island, Philippines. Set in an area of concentrated sugarcane production, it is the site of a large sugar mill established in 1912. Frequent ferry service across Tanon Strait from Toledo on the island of Cebu brings large ...
- San Carlos de Bariloche
- resort town, Rio Negro provincia, southwestern Argentina. It lies on the southeastern shore of Lake Nahuel Huapi, in the Andean lake district. Chalet-type building construction, introduced in 1905 by Swiss immigrants, provides an appropriate setting for skiing ...
- San Clemente
- city, Orange county, southern California, U.S. It lies along the Pacific Ocean, midway between San Diego and Los Angeles. Founded in 1925 by Ole Hanson as a planned real-estate development called "Spanish Village by the Sea," the site was named ...
- San Cristobal
- city, capital of Tachira estado ("state"), western Venezuela. Situated in an isolated intermontane basin of the Merida Mountains, at 2,700 feet (820 m) above sea level, the city occupies three sloping alluvial terraces overlooking the Torbes River. Founded in 1561, ...
- San Cristobal
- city, south-central Dominican Republic. It is situated in the coastal lowlands close to the Caribbean Sea. Founded by Spaniards in 1575, when gold was discovered in the area, it was the site of the signing of the Dominican Republic's first ...
- San Cristobal
- island in the Solomon Islands, southwestern Pacific Ocean, 40 miles (64 km) southeast of Guadalcanal. The island is about 80 miles (130 km) long, has a maximum width of 25 miles (40 km), and has an area of 1,231 square ...
- San Cristobal de Las Casas
- city, central Chiapas estado ("state"), southeastern Mexico. It is situated on the central plateau of Chiapas, at 6,900 feet (2,100 m) above sea level. Founded about 1527 as Villa Real, the settlement was renamed on five occasions before acquiring its ...
- San Cristobal Island
- one of the easternmost of the Galapagos Islands in the eastern Pacific Ocean. San Cristobal Island lies approximately 600 miles (965 km) west of Ecuador. It was originally named by English pirates for William Pitt, Earl of Chatham. With an ...
- San Diego
- port and city, seat (1850) of San Diego county, southern California, U.S. It lies along the Pacific Ocean at San Diego Bay, just north of the international border with Mexico and some 120 miles (195 km) southeast of Los Angeles. ...
- San Diego Zoo
- one of the largest collections of exotic and endangered mammals, birds, and reptiles in the world, located in San Diego, California, U.S. The municipal zoo, founded in 1916, is administered by the Zoological Society of San Diego. It occupies a ...
- San Felipe
- city, capital of Yaracuy estado ("state"), northwestern Venezuela. It lies on the flanks of the eastern portion of the Segovia Highlands, at an elevation of 1,800 feet (550 m) above sea level. San Felipe is a commercial and manufacturing centre ...
- San Felipe
- historic town, Austin county, southeastern Texas, U.S. It lies along the Brazos River, some 45 miles (70 km) west of Houston. Known as the "birthplace of Anglo-American settlement in Texas," it was founded in 1824 as headquarters for the colony ...
- San Felipe
- capital of San Felipe de Aconcagua provincia, Valparaiso region, central Chile. It lies along the Aconcagua River, in the Vale of Chile, at 2,087 feet (636 metres) above sea level. Founded in 1740 as San Felipe el Real, it is ...
- San Fernando
- city and port of Trinidad, in the island country of Trinidad and Tobago, in the southern Caribbean Sea. It lies at the western end of the Central Range of hills on the flat, shallow coast of the Gulf of Paria, ...
- San Fernando
- town, Cadiz provincia, in the comunidad autonoma ("autonomous community") of Andalusia, southwestern Spain. It is situated on a rocky island surrounded by salt marshes that line the southern shore of the Bay of Cadiz, ...
- San Fernando
- cabecera (county seat) and partido (county) of northeastern Gran (Greater) Buenos Aires, Argentina. It lies north of the city of Buenos Aires, in Buenos Aires province, on the Rio de la Plata estuary. Colonization ...
- San Fernando
- capital of Colchagua provincia, O'Higgins region, central Chile, lying on the Rapel River, at 1,112 feet (339 m) above sea level, in a fertile longitudinal valley. Founded in 1742, it became the provincial capital in 1840. San Fernando's rodeos rank ...
- San Fernando
- city and enclave within the city of Los Angeles, southern California, U.S. It lies in the northeastern San Fernando Valley. Named for the Mission San Fernando Rey de Espana (established 1797 by Father Fermin de Lasuen), which is now preserved ...
- San Fernando
- town, west-central Luzon, Philippines. Located on a bay of the South China Sea formed by a peninsula that ends in San Fernando Point, it served a tobacco- and rice-growing region as the northern terminus of the Philippine National Railway until ...
- San Fernando de Apure
- city, capital of Apure estado ("state"), west-central Venezuela, on the Apure River. A Llanos (plains) port, it is vulnerable to flooding during the rainy season, despite its great distance from the sea, because it has an elevation of only 200 ...
- San Fernando Valley
- valley in southern California, U.S. It lies northwest of downtown Los Angeles, bounded by the San Gabriel (north and northeast), Santa Susana (north), and Santa Monica (south) mountains and the Simi Hills (west). The valley, originally an agricultural area, occupies ...
- San Francesco
- Franciscan monastery and church in Assisi, Italy, begun after the canonization in 1228 of St. Francis of Assisi and completed in 1253. The crypt was added in 1818, when the tomb of St. Francis was opened. The lower church is ...
- San Francisco
- city, northeastern Cordoba provincia, north-central Argentina, on the border of Santa Fe provincia at the northern edge of the Pampa. Founded in 1886 and given city status in 1915, it has been a railroad ...
- San Francisco
- city and port, coextensive with San Francisco county, northern California, U.S., located on a peninsula between the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay. It is a cultural and financial centre of the western United States and one of the country's ...
- San Francisco Bay
- large, nearly landlocked bay indenting western California, U.S. It is a drowned river valley, paralleling the coastline, and is connected with the Pacific Ocean by a strait called the Golden Gate, which is spanned by the Golden Gate Bridge (see ...
- San Francisco Conference
- (April 25-June 26, 1945), international meeting that established the United Nations. The basic principles of a worldwide organization that would embrace the political objectives of the Allies had been proposed at the Dumbarton Oaks Conference (q.v.) in 1944 and reaffirmed ...
- San Francisco de Macoris
- city, north-central Dominican Republic, on a tributary of the Camu River. Founded in 1777, it is situated in the fertile La Vega Real region. The city is a commercial and processing centre for the cacao, coffee, fruits, rice, beeswax, and ...
- San Francisco del Rincon
- city, western Guanajuato estado ("state"), north-central Mexico. It lies in the basin of the upper Turbio River, at an elevation of 5,781 feet (1,762 m). Although primarily an agricultural centre trading in corn (maize), beans, wheat, and guavas, the city ...
- San Francisco Gotera
- city, eastern El Salvador, on the Rio Grande de San Miguel. Formerly called Gotera, its name was modified in 1887 to honour Francisco Morazan, the former Central American president. It is an agricultural and livestock-trading centre. Gold and silver are ...
- San Francisco Peaks
- three summits- Humphreys, Agassiz, and Fremont peaks-on the rim of an eroded extinct volcano 10 miles (16 km) north of Flagstaff on the Colorado Plateau in north-central Arizona, U.S. Humphreys Peak (12,633 feet [3,851 metres]) is the state's highest point, ...
- San Francisco, University of
- private coeducational institution of higher learning, located near Golden Gate Park in San Francisco, California, U.S., and affiliated with the Jesuit order of the Roman Catholic church. It offers undergraduate, graduate, and professional degree programs through six academic divisions: colleges ...
- San Gabriel
- city, Los Angeles county, southern California, U.S. It lies in the San Gabriel Valley, east of downtown Los Angeles. Mission San Gabriel Arcangel, founded in 1771 by Father Junipero Serra and the fourth in the California chain of 21 missions, ...
- San Gabriel Mountains
- segment of the Coast Ranges (see Pacific mountain system), southern California, U.S. The mountains extend eastward for about 60 miles (100 km) from Newhall Pass, north of San Fernando, to Cajon Pass and define the northern extent of the Los ...
- San German
- town, western Puerto Rico, in the semiarid foothills of the Cordillera Central. The original San German, founded in 1511 on the western coast, was pillaged by French corsairs in 1528, 1538, and 1554, and in 1570 the residents moved to ...
- San Gimignano
- town, west-central Toscana (Tuscany) regione (region), central Italy. It lies about 20 miles (32 km) northwest of Siena. Originally called "City of Silva," it later took its name from the Bishop of Modena (d. 397), who liberated ...
- San Giorgio Maggiore
- architecturally influential church in Venice, designed in 1566 by Andrea Palladio and finished in 1610 by Vincenzo Scamozzi. The church stands on the island of San Giorgio Maggiore, opposite the monumental basilica of St. Mark (San Marco), and is one ...
- San Giovanni Rotondo
- town, Foggia provincia, Puglia (Apulia) regione, southeastern Italy, on the Promontorio (promontory) del Gargano below Monte Calvo, just north-northeast of Foggia city. It is said to be built over a ruined temple of Jupiter and derives its name from an ...
- San Giuliano Terme
- town, Pisa provincia, Toscana (Tuscany) regione, central Italy. The town lies at the foot of Mount Pisano and has been famous since Roman times for its mineral springs (Aquae Calidae Pisanorum). The town was destroyed (1404-06) during battles between the ...
- San Ignacio
- town, west-central Belize. It lies along the Belize River, near the Guatemalan border. With Benque Viejo del Carmen, which is about 8 miles (13 km) southwest, it traditionally dealt in chicle and lumber, but these products have now largely been ...
- San Ildefonso
- town, south-central Segovia provincia (province), in southern Castile-Leon comunidad autonoma (autonomous community), central Spain. The town is surrounded by a dense forest and lies at the foot of the Penalara Mountains, just southeast of ...
- San Isidro
- cabecera (county seat) and partido (county) of northeastern Gran (Greater) Buenos Aires, Argentina. It lies north of the city of Buenos Aires, in Buenos Aires provincia (province), on the Rio de ...
- San Isidro
- quarter and distrito ("district") of southern Lima-Callao metropolitan area, Peru, and one of Lima's most elegant suburbs, with large homes set in lush gardens. The area is dotted with numerous parks, the largest of which is the Bosque El Olivar ...
- San Jacinto Mountains
- segment of the Pacific Coast Ranges in southern California, U.S. The mountains extend south-southeastward for about 30 miles (50 km) from San Gorgonio Pass to the northern end of the Santa Rosa Mountains. San Jacinto Peak (10,804 feet [3,293 m]) ...
- San Jacinto, Battle of
- (April 21, 1836), defeat of a Mexican army of about 1,500 troops under General Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna by about 800 men (mostly recent arrivals in Texas) led by General Sam Houston. The outcome assured the success of American ...
- San Joaquin River
- river in central California, U.S. It is formed by forks rising on Mount Goddard in the Sierra Nevada and flows southwest and then north-northwest past Stockton to join the Sacramento River above Suisun Bay after a course of 350 miles ...
- San Jose
- capital and largest city of Costa Rica. Situated in a broad, fertile valley 3,800 feet (1,160 metres) above sea level, it was called Villa Nueva when it was settled in 1736. San Jose developed slowly as a tobacco centre in ...
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