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San Carlos, PangasinanPlaceSan Carlos is a city in the province of Pangasinan, on the island of Luzon in the Philippines.
San DiegoPlaceSan Diego is a port city in southern California, near the border with Mexico.
San Esteban de GormazPlaceSan Esteban de Gormaz is a town on the Duero river in the province of Soria, Spain.
San Fernando, PampangaPlaceSan Fernando is a city in central Luzon, Philippines, the capital of Pampanga province.
San FranciscoPlaceSan Francisco is a port city on the Pacific coast of California, founded as a Spanish presidio and mission in 1776.
San Francisco de CampechePlaceSan Francisco de Campeche is a port city on the Gulf of Mexico, capital of the Mexican state of Campeche.- San GervasioPlaceSan Gervasio is a Maya archaeological site in the interior of the island of Cozumel, off the coast of Mexico's Yucatán Peninsula.
San Jorge RiverPlaceThe San Jorge is a river of northern Colombia that rises in the Paramillo massif of the western Andes and flows north through the department of Córdoba to the wetlands…
San José de OruñaPlaceSan José de Oruña, now St.
San José MogotePlaceSan José Mogote is an archaeological site in the Etla arm of the Valley of Oaxaca, Mexico, the largest and most important village of the valley between about 1500 and…
San Jose, CaliforniaPlaceSan Jose is a city in the Santa Clara Valley of northern California, founded in 1777 as San José de Guadalupe, the first civilian town (pueblo) of Spanish Alta…
San José, Costa RicaPlaceSan José is the capital and largest city of Costa Rica, in the Central Valley.
San Juan de UlúaWork / monumentSan Juan de Ulúa is a fortress on an island off the port of Veracruz, Mexico.- San Juan del NortePlaceSan Juan del Norte, officially San Juan de Nicaragua, is a town at the mouth of the San Juan River on Nicaragua's Caribbean coast.
San Juan Province, ArgentinaPlaceSan Juan is a province of western Argentina at the foot of the Andes, with its capital at the city of San Juan.
San Juan River (Nicaragua)PlaceThe San Juan River flows about 190 kilometres from Lake Nicaragua to the Caribbean, forming much of the border between Nicaragua and Costa Rica.
San Juan, Puerto RicoPlaceSan Juan is the capital of Puerto Rico, on a bay on the island's north coast.
San JuancitoPlaceSan Juancito is a mining town in the mountains north-east of Tegucigalpa, Honduras.
San Julián de los PradosWork / monumentSan Julián de los Prados is a church in Oviedo built under Alfonso II of Asturias in the early ninth century.
San Luis PotosíPlaceSan Luis Potosí is a state of north-central Mexico, with a capital of the same name founded in 1592 after the discovery of silver nearby.
San Michele Maggiore, PaviaWork / monumentSan Michele Maggiore is a Romanesque basilica in Pavia, Lombardy, rebuilt in sandstone in the early 12th century on the site of a Lombard church.
San Miguel de LilloWork / monumentSan Miguel de Lillo is a church on Mount Naranco above Oviedo, built under Ramiro I of Asturias around 842–850, near the hall of Santa María del Naranco.
San Miguel de TucumánPlaceSan Miguel de Tucumán is a city in north-western Argentina, capital of Tucumán Province.
San Miguel, BulacanPlaceSan Miguel is a municipality in the province of Bulacan, on the island of Luzon in the Philippines.
San Millán de la CogollaPlaceSan Millán de la Cogolla is a village in La Rioja, Spain, with two monasteries, Suso and Yuso, that grew from the hermitage of the 6th-century saint Aemilian (Millán).
San ParagorioWork / monumentSan Paragorio is a Romanesque church in Noli, on the Ligurian coast of Italy, built in the 11th century on the site of an early Christian church.
San Pedro cactusTermThe San Pedro cactus, Echinopsis pachanoi, is a fast-growing columnar cactus native to the Andes of Peru and Ecuador.- San Pedro Mártir RiverPlaceThe San Pedro Mártir is a river of northern Guatemala and south-eastern Mexico that flows west from the Petén lowlands into Tabasco to join the Usumacinta.
San Pedro SulaPlaceSan Pedro Sula is the second-largest city of Honduras and its main industrial and commercial centre, in the fertile Sula valley of the north-west.
San peoplePeople / groupThe San are indigenous hunter-gatherer peoples of southern Africa, living today mainly in Botswana, Namibia and South Africa and speaking click languages of several…- San Pietro in Ciel d'OroWork / monumentSan Pietro in Ciel d'Oro is a Romanesque basilica in Pavia, Lombardy, rebuilt in the 12th century and named after its once gilded ceiling.
San Remo conferencePeace · 1920The San Remo conference was a meeting of the Allied Supreme Council held at Sanremo in Italy in April 1920.
San SalvadorPlaceSan Salvador is the capital of El Salvador, founded by the Spanish in 1525 and re-established in 1528 after Pipil resistance.
San Salvador de JujuyPlaceSan Salvador de Jujuy is a city in far north-western Argentina, the capital of Jujuy Province, on the route from Tucumán to Upper Peru.
San'in regionPlaceThe San'in region is the part of western Honshu, Japan, facing the Sea of Japan, comprising today's Tottori and Shimane prefectures and the north of Yamaguchi.
San'yō regionPlaceThe San'yō region is the part of western Honshu, Japan, facing the Seto Inland Sea, comprising today's Okayama and Hiroshima prefectures and the south of Yamaguchi.
Sana'aPlaceSana'a is an ancient city in the highlands of Yemen and an important centre of South Arabia.
Sana'iPersonSana'i was a Persian poet of Ghazni who lived at the court of the late Ghaznavid sultans.
SanaagPlaceSanaag is a region of northern Somalia on the Gulf of Aden, with its capital at Erigavo.
Sanahin MonasteryWork / monumentSanahin Monastery is a medieval Armenian monastery in the Lori region of northern Armenia, founded around 966 under King Ashot III and his queen Khosrovanuysh.
SanandajPlaceSanandaj is a city in western Iran and the capital of Kurdistan province.- Sanatana GoswamiPersonSanatana Goswami was a theologian of Gaudiya Vaishnavism, one of the six Goswamis of Vrindavan and elder brother of Rupa Goswami.
- SanationReligion / ideaSanation was the political movement of Józef Piłsudski and his supporters, who took power in Poland in the May Coup of 1926 and governed until the German invasion of…
Sanatruq IPersonSanatruq I was ruler of Hatra in northern Mesopotamia in the mid-2nd century CE and the first to take the title 'king of the Arabs'.
SancaiTermSancai, meaning three colours, is a type of Chinese lead-glazed pottery decorated mainly in amber, green and cream, which flourished under the Tang Dynasty.
Sancha of LeónPersonSancha was Queen of León, the daughter of Alfonso V and sister of Bermudo III, the last king of the old Leonese line.
Sancho Garcés I of PamplonaPersonSancho Garcés I was king of Pamplona from 905 to 925 and founder of the Jiménez dynasty.- Sancho García of CastilePersonSancho García was count of Castile from 995 to 1017.
Sancho I of LeónPersonSancho I, called the Fat, was King of León from 956 to 958 and again from 960 to 966.
Sancho II of CastilePersonSancho II was king of Castile from 1065 to 1072, the eldest son of Ferdinand I, who divided his realms among his children.
Sancho II of PamplonaPersonSancho II Garcés, called Abarca, was king of Pamplona from 970 to 994, son of García Sánchez I.
Sancho III of CastilePersonSancho III (c. 1134–1158) was king of Castile from 1157 to 1158, the eldest son of Alfonso VII, who divided his realms between Sancho, who received Castile, and…
Sancho III of NavarrePersonSancho III, called the Great, was king of Pamplona (Navarre) from about 1004 to 1035 and the most powerful ruler of Christian Spain.
Sancho IV of CastilePersonSancho IV, called the Brave, was King of Castile and León from 1284 to 1295.
Sancho IV of NavarrePersonSancho IV, known as Sancho of Peñalén, was King of Pamplona (Navarre) from 1054 to 1076.
Sancho RamírezPersonSancho Ramírez was King of Aragon from 1063 and of Pamplona (Navarre) from 1076 until his death in 1094, the son of Ramiro I.
Sancho VI of NavarrePersonSancho VI (1132–1194), called the Wise, was king of Navarre from 1150 to 1194 and the first to use the title king of Navarre consistently instead of king of Pamplona.- Sancho VI William of GasconyPersonSancho VI William was duke of Gascony from about 1009 to 1032, the last male ruler of the native ducal line.
Sancho VII of NavarrePersonSancho VII, called the Strong, was king of Navarre from 1194 to 1234.- SanchuniathonPersonSanchuniathon was a Phoenician author whom Philo of Byblos claimed as the source of his Phoenician History, dating him to before the Trojan War.
- SanctionsTermSanctions are penalties, usually economic, imposed by states or international bodies to pressure another state to change its behaviour.
- Sanctuary of Apollo HylatesPlaceThe Sanctuary of Apollo Hylates is an ancient religious site west of Kourion in south-western Cyprus, dedicated to Apollo as god of the woodland.
Sanctuary of Artemis OrthiaPlaceThe sanctuary of Artemis Orthia was one of the main religious sites of ancient Sparta, on the bank of the Eurotas.- Sanctuary of Asclepius at EpidaurusPlaceThe Sanctuary of Asclepius at Epidaurus, in the north-eastern Peloponnese, was the most celebrated healing centre of the ancient Greek world.
Sanctuary of Fortuna PrimigeniaWork / monumentThe Sanctuary of Fortuna Primigenia was a great temple complex of the goddess Fortuna at Praeneste, modern Palestrina, east of Rome.
Sanctuary of Hercules VictorWork / monumentThe Sanctuary of Hercules Victor at Tibur, modern Tivoli, was one of the largest religious complexes of Roman Italy, built in the late 2nd and 1st centuries BCE.
Sand River ConventionTreaty · 1852The Sand River Convention was an agreement signed on 17 January 1852 between British commissioners and Boer leaders headed by Andries Pretorius.
SandakanPlaceSandakan is a city on the north-east coast of Sabah, Malaysia.- Sandalj Hranić KosačaPersonSandalj Hranić Kosača was a Bosnian magnate who held the title of Grand Duke of Bosnia and ruled Hum and the Adriatic hinterland as a nearly independent lord.
Sande societyInstitutionThe Sande society is a women's initiation society of Liberia, Sierra Leone, Guinea and Côte d'Ivoire, the female counterpart of the Poro.
SandilchPersonSandilch was a ruler of the Utigurs, a nomadic people of the steppe east of the Don, in the mid-6th century.- SandilePersonSandile was paramount chief of the Rharhabe Xhosa from 1840, the son and heir of Ngqika.
Sandinista National Liberation FrontPeople / groupThe Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN) is a Nicaraguan political party founded in 1961 as a guerrilla movement named after Augusto César Sandino.
Sandinista Popular ArmyInstitutionThe Sandinista Popular Army was the national army created by the Sandinista government of Nicaragua in 1979 to replace the defeated National Guard, under the command of…
Sándor GarbaiPersonSándor Garbai was a Hungarian Social Democratic politician who chaired the Revolutionary Governing Council of the Hungarian Soviet Republic in 1919.
Sandra MasonPersonSandra Mason is a Barbadian lawyer and judge who became governor-general of Barbados in 2018 and was elected the country's first president when it became a…
Sandro BotticelliPersonSandro Botticelli (c. 1445–1510) was a Florentine painter of the early Renaissance, closely associated with the circle of Lorenzo de' Medici.
SandžakPlaceSandžak is a historical region on the border of Serbia and Montenegro, named after the Ottoman Sanjak of Novi Pazar.
Sanford B. DolePersonSanford B.
Sang Nila UtamaPersonSang Nila Utama is the legendary founder of the Kingdom of Singapura, known from the Malay Annals.- Sanga (archaeological site)PlaceSanga is an archaeological site on the shores of Lake Kisale in the Upemba Depression of Katanga, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, where excavations from 1957…
Sangam literatureWork / monumentSangam literature is the earliest body of Tamil poetry, composed roughly between 300 BCE and 300 CE and collected in the Eight Anthologies and the Ten Idylls.- Sangama dynastyPeople / groupThe Sangama dynasty was the first ruling house of the Vijayanagara Empire, founded around 1336 by the brothers Harihara I and Bukka I, sons of Sangama.
SanggyeongPlaceSanggyeong, the Upper Capital, was the main capital of the kingdom of Balhae, in the Mudan River valley near modern Ning'an in Heilongjiang, China.- Sanghyang Siksa Kandang KaresianWork / monumentThe Sanghyang Siksa Kandang Karesian is an Old Sundanese manuscript dated 1518, from the Sunda Kingdom of western Java.
Sanghyang Tapak inscriptionWork / monumentThe Sanghyang Tapak inscriptions are four stones found near Cibadak in Sukabumi, West Java, dated to 1030 CE.
SangjuPlaceSangju is a city in North Gyeongsang province, South Korea, on the upper Nakdong river.
Sangkum Reastr NiyumPeople / groupThe Sangkum Reastr Niyum, the People's Socialist Community, was the political movement founded by Norodom Sihanouk in 1955 after he abdicated the throne to enter…- Sangpyeong tongboTermThe Sangpyeong tongbo was a copper coin of Joseon Korea, cast in large numbers from 1678 under King Sukjong as the country's standard currency.
- Sangram ShahPersonSangram Shah was a Gond king of Garha-Katanga in central India in the early 16th century.
- Sangrama VijayatunggavarmanPersonSangrama Vijayatunggavarman was a ruler of Srivijaya in the early eleventh century, known from the Tanjore inscription of the Chola king Rajendra Chola I.
- SangramarajaPersonSangramaraja was king of Kashmir from 1003 to 1028 and founder of the Lohara dynasty.
SangroPlaceThe Sangro is a river of central Italy, about 117 km long, rising in the Abruzzo Apennines and flowing into the Adriatic south of Ortona.
SangrurPlaceSangrur is a city in southern Punjab, India, and the headquarters of Sangrur district.
Sangye GyatsoPersonSangye Gyatso was regent, or desi, of Tibet from 1679 under the Fifth Dalai Lama.- SanhajaPeople / groupThe Sanhaja were one of the great Berber confederations of the medieval Maghreb, alongside the Zenata and the Masmuda.
Sanjak of SmederevoStateThe Sanjak of Smederevo, later known as the Pashalik of Belgrade, was an Ottoman province in central Serbia created after the conquest of Smederevo in 1459 and governed…
SanjakbeyInstitutionA sanjakbey (sancakbey) was the governor of a sanjak, a district-level province of the Ottoman Empire.- SanjanPlaceSanjan is a town in Valsad district, Gujarat, India, on the coast north of Mumbai.
Sanjaya of MataramPersonSanjaya was a king of Central Java in the early 8th century, regarded as the founder of the Medang Kingdom of Mataram.