San Carlos
a town in the Philippine Islands, province of Pangasinan, on the Island of Luzon. It is situated on the Agno River, about 10 miles southeast of the Lingayen Gulf, near the Daugaupan-Manila railway. Pop. about 28,000. SAN CRISTÓBAL, (1) Capital of the State of Chiapas, Mexico; has a handsome capitol, a cathedral, and a secondary school. (2) A town of Venezuela, in the State of Los Andes, with streets straight, but much cut up by small ravines; ravines; an important trade (especially in coffee), mainly in the hands of Germans and Danes; deposits of coal beside the town, and nearby copper mines and petroleum wells.
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San Diego
a city, port of entry, and county-seat of San Diego co., Cal.; on San San Diego Bay, Ba and on the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fé, the Los Angeles and San Diego Beach, the San Diego and , and the San Diego and South- Arizona western railroads; 120 miles S. E. of Los Angeles. Next to San Francisco, its harbor is considered the finest on the Pacific coast. No milder or more uniform climate is to be found, and this has made the city one of the most popular health resorts in the United States. Here are a United States custom house, public library, Academy of Our Lady of Peace (R. C.), street railroad and electric light plants, National, State, and private banks, and several daily, weekly, and monthly periodicals. The Army and Navy Departments have large tracts on the bay frontage for coaling stations and fortifications. The city has machine shops, foundry, furniture factories, fertilizer works, salt works, carriage and wagon factories, flour and planing mills, etc. The first Mission in California was founded here in 1769, and the city was laid out in 1867. The monument on the Mexican boundary, La Jolla cave, Sweetwater dam, and the San Diego Mission are objects of interest. Pop. (1910) 39,578; (1920) 74,683.
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San Fernando
a town in the Philippine Islands, on the island of Luzon, in Pampango province. It is a small town, about 4 miles N. E. of Bacolor, with a telegraph and railroad station on the Manila-Daugaupan railroad. It is of considerable importance on account of the sugar mills located in the vicinity and large amounts of sugar are shipped to Manila.
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San Fernando
a town in the Philippine Islands, on the Island of Cebu, 5 miles southwest of the capital town, on the east coast of the island. Pop. about 19,000.
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San Fernando
a town in the Philippine Islands, on the W. coast of the Island of Luzon, in the province of La Union, near the entrance to the Gulf of It has good port and Lingayen. a , con siderable amounts of sugar, indigo, hemp and rice are shipped to Manila by sea Pop. about 19,000.
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San Francisco Bay
a land-locked arm of the Pacific Ocean, on the coast of California. It is the finest bay on the W. coast of the United States; is connected with the Pacific Ocean by a strait called the Golden Gate; extends S. by S. W.; washes the shores of Alameda and Contra Costa counties, and reaches from Sonoma co. to Alviso. Including San Pablo at its N. point, it is 55 miles long. It varies in breadth from 3 to 12 miles. The shores of the Golden Gate are bold and rocky, rising on the N. to nearly 200 feet; on the S. the hills are sand-covered, 300 to 400 feet high. The bar has a depth of 30 feet of water at low tide; within it is much deeper. There are several islands, including Alcatraz, 4 miles from the entrance, Angel, and Yerba Buena, or Goat. The entrance is defended by fortifications on Alcatraz Island and Fort Point S. of the Golden Gate. The bay is connected N. by a strait, 3 miles wide, with San Pablo Bay about 10 miles across, and nearly circular, and this again is connected by Carquinez Strait, 1 mile wide, with Suisun Bay, 8 miles long, and 4 miles wide. Both these bays are deep, but Carquinez Strait has only y 16 feet of water at low tide. This bay is large enough to float all the navies of Europe at once.
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San Francisco Cape
a cape in South America, on the coast of Ecuador.
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San Francisco Mountains
the loftiest mountain group in Arizona, its highest summit being Humphrey's Peak, 12,794 feet above sea-level. This peak is 85 miles N. E. of Prescott. It is near the S. border of the Colorado plateau, and it rises 5,000 feet above the level of this plateau. Near it are volcanic cones long since extinct.
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San Graal
. See Holy Grail
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San Jacinto
BATTLE OF, a notable battle that decided the independence of Texas. It was a desperate engagement between a Mexican force in command of Santa Ana, 1,600 in the ranks, and 783 Texans led by Sam Houston, April 21, 1836. The Mexicans were defeated and utterly routed. The scene of this event was on the banks of the San Jacinto river, 17 miles E. by S. of the present city of Houston.
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San Juan
the chief pueblo of the Tewa division of the Tanoan Indians of North America; 26 miles N. W. of Santa Fé. These Indians occupy other pueblos in the Rio Grande valley, New Mexico, and have one in Arizona.
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San Juan
a river in Bolivia; a tributary of the Pilaya and a sub-tributary of the Pilcomayo. It is nearly 300 miles long. Another river in this country, in the province of Chiquitos, and an affluent of the Aguapehi, has the same name; length, about 200 miles.
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San Juan
a river in the Argentine Republic, in the province of San Juan, whose source is in the Andes; flows into the lagoon of Guanacache; length, about 250 miles.
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San Juan
the island now known as Porto Rico; named San Juan by Columbus and was so called till the 18th century. It was also known as San Juan de Porto Rico, from the name of its capital.
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San Juan
a province of the Argentine Republic in the W. part; separated from Chile on the W. by the Andes mountains. It is partly tly mountainous and partly covered by waterless, frequently sandy, plains. Besides the main chain of the Andes, the sub-Andean chain of the Sierra del Tontal, Sierra de la Huerta, 6,600 feet high, and others P-Cyc diversify the surface. In the extreme S. E. sandy plains occupy an area of 965 square miles, and here also lies the large lagoon of Guanacache. The principal rivers are the San Juan, the Jachal, and the Bermejo. The country is rich in minerals. Gold, silver, and copper are mined and there are local deposits in a few places. The mineral springs, chiefly sulphurous, are used in the baths at Laja, at Pismanta, and at Florida, near San Juan. The dry climate is against the cultivation of the soil, excepting near the rivers, where artificial irrigation is used, and where maize, wheat, lucerne, fruits, and grapes are grown. Agriculture is a chief industry. The wine of this province is excellent. Area 37,865 square miles. Pop. (1918) 127,713.
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