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Aso-san

(Encyclopedia)Aso-san äˈsō-sän [key] or Mount Aso, volcanic mountain, central Kyushu, Japan. Aso-san is topped by one of the world's largest calderas (circumference 75 mi/121 km) that contains five volcanic con...

San Vicente

(Encyclopedia)San Vicente sän vēsānˈtā [key], city (1993 pop. 28,529), central El Salvador. Among its industries are textile manufacturing and sugar milling. San Vicente is the commercial center of a region th...

San Marcos

(Encyclopedia)San Marcos săn märˈkəs [key]. 1 City (1990 pop. 38,974), San Diego co., S Calif., a northern suburb of San Diego; settled 1880s, inc. 1963. Citrus fruit, avocados, flowers, and ornamental plants a...

San Miguel

(Encyclopedia)San Miguel sän mēgĕlˈ [key], city (1993 pop. 118,214), E El Salvador, at the foot of San Miguel, an active volcano (6,996 ft/2,132 m, also known as Chaparrastique). It has textile, rope, and dairy...

San Isidro

(Encyclopedia)San Isidro sän ēsēˈᵺrō [key], city (1991 pop. 299,022), Buenos Aires prov., E Argentina. It is a district administrative center in the Greater Buenos Aires area. San Isidro grew around a chapel...

San Benito

(Encyclopedia)San Benito săn bənēˈtō [key], city (1990 pop. 20,125), Cameron co., extreme S Tex.; inc. 1911. San Benito is chiefly a processing center for citrus fruit and vegetables grown in the irrigated reg...

San Carlos

(Encyclopedia)San Carlos săn kärˈlōs [key], residential city (1990 pop. 26,167), San Mateo co., W Calif.; inc. 1925. The chief manufactures are plastic products, hardware, and machine parts. ...

San Jose, city, United States

(Encyclopedia)San Jose sănəzāˈ, săn hōzāˈ [key], city (1990 pop. 782,248), seat of Santa Clara co., W central Calif.; founded 1777, inc. 1850. Along with San Francisco and Oakland the city comprises the fou...

San Luis

(Encyclopedia)San Luis, city (1991 pop. 110,353), capital of San Luis prov., W central Argentina. The city is the commercial center of an area producing cattle, corn, and asparagus; the surrounding area has timber ...

San Pablo

(Encyclopedia)San Pablo săn păbˈlō [key], city (1990 pop. 25,158), Contra Costa co., W Calif., on San Pablo Bay, a suburb of Oakland; inc. 1948. One of the oldest Spanish settlements in the region, the city is ...