Santa Barbara Channel
a passage of the sea between San Miguel, Santa Rosa, Santa Cruz, and Anacapa islands of the Santa Barbara group, and the coast of California; its width varies from 20 to 30 miles. SANTA BARBARA ISLANDS 242 SANTA BARBARA ISLANDS, a group of islands off the coast of California, extending about 175 miles. They Th lie opposite Santa Barbara, Los Angeles, and San Diego counties, at a distance varying from 20 to 65 miles. They are nine in number, and consist of San Miguel, Santa Rosa, Santa Cruz, Anacapa, Santa Barbara, Santa Catalina, San Clemente, San Nicholas, and San Juan. 80,000.
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Santa Catharina
a maritime state of South Brazil, bordering on the Atlantic; area, 28,124 square miles; surface, mountainous, except along the coast, which is low; soil, generally fertile; climate, mild and healthy; productions, rice, manioc, millet, sugar, coffee, and cochineal. Chief towns: Desterro (capital, on Santa Catarina Island), São Francisco, and Laguna. Pop. about 441,300. A fortified island of Brazil, off the coast of the above state, 30 miles long, and 8 broad. Surface, mountainous and well watered.
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Santa Clara
an inland city of Cuba, in the province of the same name, situated on the main line of the Cuban railroad, about 185 miles east - southeast nearly of Havana. It is the second largest city When in Cuba, with a population of ( 1919) about 63,151. It is of considerable importance pueblo as a shipping point of the sugar and 7,236. tobacco raised in that part of the island. SANTA CLAUS. See ST. NICHOLAS.
a province of Cuba, in the central part of the island, with an area of 8,266 square miles. It is partly mountainous and partly plateau, much devoted to culture of sugar cane and tobacco. The province is traversed by a railroad connecting it directly with Havana. The capital, a town of the same name, is 185 miles east-southeast of Havana. The population of the province is (1919) 657,697.
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Santa Croce
Santa kro'cha. See Florence
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Santa Cruz
a city and county-seat of Santa Cruz co., Cal.; on the San Lorenzo river, Monterey Bay, and the Southern Pacific railroad and several steamship lines; 76 miles S. of San Francisco. It is one of the best known watering-places in California, being situated on a sheltered and beautiful site on the N. shore of the bay. It contains a high school, public library, street railroad and electric light plants, waterworks, State banks, and daily, weekly, and monthly periodicals. Sequoia National park, containing the famous big trees, is a few miles distant. It has manufactories of soap, glue, lime, leather, powder, lumber, paper, bitumen, etc. Pop. (1910) 11,- 146; (1920) 10,917.
the capital and chief port of the Canary Islands lands on the N. E. coast of Teneriffe. The streets are well paved, but the houses are small and the public buildings few. There is an excellent harbor protected by a mole, and the coast is defended by a number of forts. Wine, brandy, tobacco, and cochineal are the chief exports. Pop. about
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Santa Cruz Islands
an archipel, ago in the Pacific Ocean, between the New Hebrides and the Solomon Islands; area, 360 square miles. It is under British protectorate. SANTA FÉ a city, capital of the State of New Mexico, and count county-seat of Santa Fé co.; on Santa Fé creek, and on the Denver and Rio Grande, the Atchi, son, Topeka, and Santa Fé, and the New Mexico Central railroads; 20 miles E. of the Rio Grande, and 275 miles S. by W. of Denver, Col. The city contains a United States Government building, the Capitol built of cream sandstone, court house, the University of New Mexico, St. Michael's College (R. C.), Loretto Academy, New Mexico School for the Deaf and Dumb, schools for Indian boys and girls, the School of American Archæology, penitentiary, Roman Catholic Orphan Asylum, St. Vincent's Hospital, etc. There are also waterworks, electric lights, a National bank and daily and several weekly newspapers. The industries consist principally of farming, mining, and stock raising. The climate is very agreeable. In the old city the unpaved streets are narrow, crooked, and ancient looking, and the buildings are all of adobe and one story high. first visited by the Spaniards, 1542, the town was a populous . Pop. ( 1910) 5,072; ( 1920)
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Santa Monica
a city of California, in Los Angeles co. It is on the Pacifie Ocean, and on the Pacific Electric railroad. Its fine bathing and boating facilities make it a popular summer resort. It has a large amusement pier and a concrete pier of over 1,600 feet long. Its notable institutions include a library, St. Catherine's Hospital, and the Santa Monica Military Academy. Several motion picture concerns have their studios here. Pop. (1910) 7,847; (1920) 15,252
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Santa Rosa
a city and county-seat of Sonoma co., Cal.; on Santa Rosa creek, and on the Southern Pacific, the Petaluma and Santa Rosa and the Northwestern Pacific railroads; 52 miles N. by W. of San Francisco. It is in a fertile valley and has a delightful climate, highly adapted to the culture of grapes and other fruit. The experimental gardens of Luther Burbank are located here. It contains several educational institutions, a National bank, and daily and weekly newspapers. There are manufactories of iron, soap. carriages; fruit canning, etc. Pop. (1910) 7,817; (1920) 8,758.
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Santa Tecla
or NUEVA SAN SALVADOR, a city of the Republic of Salvador, 8 miles S. W. of the capital, with modern buildings, wide plazas, hospital, schools, and interesting churches. It is in the center of a picturesque valley, being within view of the volcano of the same name, and represents an attempt to establish a new capital after the destruction of San Salvador city by an earthquake in 1854. Pop. (1920) 23,291.
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Santander
a seaport on the N. coast of Spain; on an inlet of the Bay of Biscay, about equally distant from Oviedo on the W. and San Sebastian on the E.; 316 miles N. of Madrid. The bay on which it stands is accessible to the largest vessels at all times. The tow occupies a picturesque site, but is quite modern in appearance. Of its former convents one now serves as a theater, another a cigar factory. The remaining industries are chiefly breweries, cotton, paper, and flour mills, iron foundries, and ship-building yards. The commerce of the port increases steadily: the exports-flour, wine, foodstuffs, and metals -have in some years reached a value of about $5,000,000, and the importstobacco, foodstuffs, codfish, iron and steel goods, textiles, coal, petroleum, chemicals, timber, upward of $10,000,000. Santander is a favorite seaside resort in summer. It was here Charles I. embarked for England after his trip to the Spanish court. The town was sacked by Soult in 1808. Pop. (1918) 72,700.
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