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- cape, Pinar del Rio province, western Cuba. Forming the westernmost extremity of the island, its point juts out between the Golfo (gulf ) de Guanahacabibes on the north and Ensenada ...
- San Bernardino
- central city of the San Bernardino-Riverside-Ontario metropolitan complex, seat (1853) of San Bernardino county, southern California, U.S. Located east of Los Angeles, the city lies at the base of the ...
- San Bernardino Mountains
- segment of the Coast Ranges (see Pacific mountain system), southern California, U.S. The range extends southeastward for 55 miles (90 km) from Cajon Pass to San Gorgonio Pass and defines ...
- San Bernardino Pass
- mountain pass (6,775 ft [2,065 m]), in the Lepontine Alps of Graubunden canton, southeastern Switzerland. Although the pass was not mentioned until 941, it is believed to have been in ...
- San Blas
- 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 ...
- 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 ...
- 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 ...
- 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 ...
- 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. ...
- 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 ...
- 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 ...
- 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 ...
- 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 ...
- 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 ...
- 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 ...
- 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, ...
- 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 ...
- 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 ...
- 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 ...
- 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 ...
- 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. ...
- 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," ...
- 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 ...
- 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 ...
- 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 ...
- 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 ...
- 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 ...
- 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 ...
- 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 ...
- 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 ...
- 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 ...
- 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 ...
- 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 ...
- 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 ...
- 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 ...
- San Francisco de Macors
- 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 ...
- 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 ...
- 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 ...
- 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 ...
- 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, ...
- 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 ...
- 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 ...
- San Germn
- 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, ...
- 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 ...
- 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 ...
- 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 ...
- 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 ...
- 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 ...
- 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 ...
- 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 ...
- 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 ...
- 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 ...
- 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 ...
- 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 ...
- San Jos
- city, southern Uruguay. It lies northwest of Montevideo along the San Jose River. It originated in 1783, when Eusebio Vidal, acting under orders of the viceroy, Don Juan Jose de ...
- San Jos
- 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 ...
- San Jos del Guaviare
- city, southeastern Colombia. It lies along the right bank of the Guaviare River, in a transition area between the Llanos (grassland plains) to the north and tropical, semideciduous rainforests to ...
- San Jose
- chartered city, north-central Luzon, northern Philippines. Situated in foothills near the source of the Chico River, it is a trading centre in the region known as the country's most important ...
- San Jose
- city, seat (1850) of Santa Clara county, west-central California, U.S. It lies in the Santa Clara Valley along Coyote Creek and the Guadalupe River, about 50 miles (80 km) southeast ...
- San Jose de las Lajas
- city, north-central La Habana provincia, west-central Cuba. It is known primarily as a commercial and manufacturing centre for the surrounding agricultural and pastoral lands, which feature dairying and sugarcane growing, ...
- San Jose scale
- (Aspidiotus perniciosus), one of the most destructive scale insects (order Homoptera), first discovered in North America at San Jose, Calif., in 1880 but probably a native of China. The yellow-coloured ...
- San Juan
- county, northwestern New Mexico, U.S., bordered on the north by Colorado and on the west by Arizona; it also touches Utah at its northwestern tip at the only location in ...
- San Juan
- city, capital of San Juan provincia (province), west-central Argentina. It lies along the San Juan River and is enclosed by Andean foothills on three sides. Founded in ...
- San Juan
- city, southwestern Dominican Republic. It lies on the San Juan River, an affluent of the Yaque del Sur River, northwest of Santo Domingo city. The Spanish explorer Diego Velazquez founded ...
- San Juan
- province, western Dominican Republic. Created in 1938 as Benefactor province, it lost much territory when San Rafael (now La Estrelleta) province was created out of it in 1942; the remaining ...
- San Juan
- capital and largest city of Puerto Rico, located on the northern coast of the island on the Atlantic Ocean. A major port and tourist resort of the West Indies, it ...
- San Juan
- provincia (province), west-central Argentina. It is separated from Chile on the west by the Andean cordillera, whose peaks average between 14,800 and 16,400 feet (4,500 and 5,000 ...
- San Juan Bautista
- town, southern Paraguay. It lies in the lowlands near the Tebicuary River. In addition to its administrative functions, San Juan Bautista is the commercial and manufacturing centre for the agricultural ...
- San Juan Capistrano
- city, Orange county, southern California, U.S. Located near the Pacific coast, it lies halfway between San Diego and Los Angeles. The seventh in the California chain of 21 Franciscan missions, ...
- San Juan de los Morros
- city, capital of Guarico state, central Venezuela, on the southern slopes of the central highlands. It was named the state capital in 1934, replacing Calabozo. A health resort, it is ...
- San Juan del Monte
- city, central Luzon, northern Philippines, an eastern residential and industrial suburb of Manila. Located south of Quezon City and north of Mandaluyong, it is on the San Juan and Pasig ...
- San Juan Islands
- archipelago of more than 170 islands, comprising San Juan county, northwestern Washington, U.S., in upper Puget Sound. The islands are near the Canadian border, south of the Strait of Georgia ...
- San Juan Mountains
- segment of the southern Rockies, extending southeastward for 150 mi (240 km) from Ouray, in southwestern Colorado, U.S., along the course of the Rio Grande to the Chama River, in ...
- San Juan River
- river in the southwestern United States, rising in the San Juan Mountains of southern Colorado, on the west side of the Continental Divide. It then flows southwest into New Mexico, ...
- San Juan River
- river and outlet of Lake Nicaragua, issuing from the lake's southeastern end at San Carlos and flowing along the Nicaragua-Costa Rica border into the Caribbean Sea at San Juan del ...
- San Justo
- cabecera (principal built-up area) of La Matanza partido (political subdivision), Gran (Greater) Buenos Aires, Arg. It lies directly southwest of the city of Buenos Aires, in Buenos Aires province. In ...
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