San Miguel
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San Miguel, Spanish
for Saint Michael, describes numerous locations.
Spanish language
Spanish , also known as Castilian , is a Romance language in the Ibero-Romance group that evolved from several languages and dialects in central-northern Iberia around the 9th century and gradually spread with the expansion of the Kingdom of Castile into central and southern Iberia during the...
for Saint Michael, describes numerous locations.
Argentina
- San Miguel PartidoSan Miguel PartidoSan Miguel Partido is a partido located in the Greater Buenos Aires urban area of Buenos Aires Province in Argentina.The provincial subdivision has a population of about 281,120 inhabitants in an area of 83km², and its capital city is San Miguel, which is located around 32km from Buenos...
- San Miguel, Buenos AiresSan Miguel, Buenos AiresSan Miguel is situated in the northwest region of Greater Buenos Aires, 30 km from the capital . It is the head town of the San Miguel Partido. Since the early 2000s its been a part of Greater Buenos Aires. According to the 2001 census the number of inhabitants was about 157.532...
- San Miguel Arcángel (Buenos Aires), a Volga German colony in Adolfo Alsina PartidoAdolfo Alsina PartidoAdolfo Alsina is a western partido of the Buenos Aires Province, Argentina, found at coordinates .It has a population of 16,245, an area of 5,875 km² , and the capital is Carhué.-Towns:*Carhué *Arano...
, Buenos Aires Province - San Miguel del Monte Partido
- San Miguel del MonteSan Miguel del MonteSan Miguel del Monte is a town in Buenos Aires Province, Argentina. It is the head town of the Monte Partido.-External links:...
- San Miguel, CorrientesSan Miguel, CorrientesSan Miguel is a town in Corrientes Province, Argentina. It is the head town of the San Miguel Department.-External links:...
- San Miguel Department, CorrientesSan Miguel Department, CorrientesSan Miguel Department is a department of Corrientes Province in Argentina.The provincial subdivision has a population of about 10,252 inhabitants in an area of 2,863 km², and its capital city is San Miguel.-Settlements:*Loreto*San Miguel...
- San Miguel de Tucumán
Bolivia
- San Miguel de VelascoSan Miguel de VelascoSan Miguel de Velasco or simply San Miguel is a town in the Santa Cruz Department, Bolivia. It is the capital of San Miguel Municipality, the second municipal section of José Miguel de Velasco Province. It is known as part of the Jesuit Missions of the Chiquitos, which is declared in 1990 a World...
- San Miguel del BalaSan Miguel del BalaSan Miguel del Bala is a little village in Bolivia.San Miguel del Bala is an indigenous community in the Bolivian Amazon rainforest on thebanks of the Beni River, near Rurrenabaque. Its nearest neighbour is the Madidi National Park, world famous as one of the places on earth with the widest...
, a little community in the rainforest on the Beni River, near Rurrenabaque
Colombia
- San Miguel, PutumayoSan Miguel, PutumayoSan Miguel is a town and municipality located in the Putumayo Department, Republic of Colombia....
, a town and municipality in the Putumayo Department - San Miguel de SemaSan Miguel de SemaSan Miguel de Sema is a town and municipality in Boyacá Department, Colombia, part of the subregion of the Western Boyacá Province. It is one of the 123 municipalities of the department of Boyacá, Colombia, located to the West of the department in the coordinates: latitude N 5°, 31´; length. 0 73°;...
a town and municipality in the Boyacá Department
El Salvador
- San Miguel (volcano)San Miguel (volcano)San Miguel is a stratovolcano in central-eastern El Salvador. It is situated about 15 km southwest of the city of San Miguel. It is one of the most active volcanoes in this country.- References :*...
- San Miguel Department, El Salvador
- San Miguel, El SalvadorSan Miguel, El SalvadorSan Miguel is the fourth most populous city in El Salvador after Santa Ana and Soyapango and the second most important after San Salvador. It is located 138 km east of the capital, San Salvador. It is also the capital of the department of San Miguel and a municipality...
, capital of the forementioned department
Honduras
- San Miguel Guancapla, sometimes called San Miguelito, a town and municipality in the Intibucá Department
Mexico
- San Miguel, Tabasco
- San Miguel, Quintana Roo, the biggest city on the island Cozumel
- San Miguel River (Sonora)
- San Miguel de Allende, Guanajuato
- San Miguel de HorcasitasSan Miguel de HorcasitasSan Miguel de Horcasitas is a town, and the surrounding municipality of the same name, in the Mexican state of Sonora. San Miguel is located in the center of the state at an elevation of 518 meters. The municipal area is 1,768.45 km2. and the population was 5,626 in 2000.The settlement was...
, in the state of SonoraSonoraSonora officially Estado Libre y Soberano de Sonora is one of the 31 states which, with the Federal District, comprise the 32 Federal Entities of Mexico. It is divided into 72 municipalities; the capital city is Hermosillo.... - San Miguel TotocuitlapilcoSan Miguel TotocuitlapilcoSan Miguel Totocuitlapilco is a village located inside the Municipality of Metepec. It has a population of 377 and is 2600 meters above sea level....
, in the State of México - San Miguel Coyutlan, in the state of JaliscoJaliscoJalisco officially Estado Libre y Soberano de Jalisco is one of the 31 states which, with the Federal District, comprise the 32 Federal Entities of Mexico. It is located in Western Mexico and divided in 125 municipalities and its capital city is Guadalajara.It is one of the more important states...
- San Miguel el AltoSan Miguel El AltoSan Miguel el Alto is a town and municipality, in Jalisco in central-western Mexico. The municipality covers an area of 580 km².As of 2005, the municipality had a total population of 40,000.The municipality includes the town of San José de los Reynoso....
, in the state of JaliscoJaliscoJalisco officially Estado Libre y Soberano de Jalisco is one of the 31 states which, with the Federal District, comprise the 32 Federal Entities of Mexico. It is located in Western Mexico and divided in 125 municipalities and its capital city is Guadalajara.It is one of the more important states... - Misión San Miguel Arcángel de la FronteraMisión San Miguel Arcángel de la FronteraMission San Miguel was established on 28 March 1787 by the Dominican missionary Luis Sales among the Kumeyaay Indians of northwestern Baja California, Mexico...
, a Spanish Dominican mission in Ensenada, Baja California
Peru
- San Miguel, La Mar, Ayacucho, (Ayacucho Region)
- San Miguel District, LimaSan Miguel District, LimaSan Miguel, is a district in western Lima, Peru. It is bordered by the districts of Bellavista and downtown Lima on the north; Pueblo Libre, Magdalena del Mar and downtown Lima on the east; the Pacific Ocean on the south; and the La Perla district on the west....
- San Miguel ProvinceSan Miguel ProvinceThe San Miguel Province is one of the thirteen provinces in the Cajamarca Region of Peru. It was created by Law No. 15152 on September 29, 1964 by president Fernando Belaunde Terry. It has a mountainous territory which varies in height from 500 to more than 4,000 meters above sea level...
, (Cajamarca Region)
Philippines
- San Miguel, former name of CebuCebuCebu is a province in the Philippines, consisting of Cebu Island and 167 surrounding islands. It is located to the east of Negros, to the west of Leyte and Bohol islands...
- San Miguel BaySan Miguel BaySan Miguel Bay is a large bay in the southern part of Luzon island, Philippines, at ....
- San Miguel, BoholSan Miguel, BoholSan Miguel is a 4th class municipality in the province of Bohol, Philippines. According to the 2007 census, it has a population of 22,199 people.-Barangays:San Miguel is politically subdivided into 18 barangays.* Bayongan* Bugang* Cabangahan* Kagawasan...
- San Miguel, BulacanSan Miguel, BulacanSan Miguel de Mayumo is a 1st class, partially urban municipality located in the 3rd district of the province of Bulacan, Philippines. According to the latest census, it has a population of 138,839 people.-History:...
- San Miguel, CatanduanesSan Miguel, CatanduanesSan Miguel is a 5th class municipality in the province of Catanduanes, Philippines. According to the 2007 census, it has a population of 12,966 people in 2,387 households.-History:...
- San Miguel, IloiloSan Miguel, IloiloSan Miguel is a 5th class municipality in the province of Iloilo, Philippines. According to the 2000 census, it has a population of 20,754 people in 4,117 households....
- San Miguel, ManilaSan Miguel, ManilaSan Miguel district is a primarily middle-class residential area of Manila. Malacañang Palace, the official residence of the President of Republic of the Philippines, is located in San Miguel district. Just outside Malacañang Palace's gates lies Mendiola Street, the avenue where most mass protest...
- San Miguel, LeyteSan Miguel, LeyteSan Miguel is a 5th class municipality in the province of Leyte, Philippines. According to the 2000 census, it has a population of 15,153 people in 3,017 households.-Barangays:San Miguel is politically subdivided into 19 barangays.* Bagacay* Bahay...
- San Miguel, Surigao del SurSan Miguel, Surigao del SurSan Miguel is a 1st class municipality in the province of Surigao del Sur, Philippines. According to the 2000 census, it has a population of 27,883 people in 5,086 households.-Barangays:San Miguel is politically subdivided into 18 barangays.* Bagyang...
- San Miguel, Zamboanga del SurSan Miguel, Zamboanga del SurSan Miguel is a 5th class municipality in the province of Zamboanga del Sur, Philippines. According to the 2000 census, it has a population of 15,269 people in 3,043 households.-Barangays:San Miguel is politically subdivided into 18 barangays.* Betinan...
Spain
- San Miguel, Barcelona, The tradename San Miguel, originates from this local brewery town
United States
- San Miguel, Contra Costa County, CaliforniaSan Miguel, Contra Costa County, CaliforniaSan Miguel is a census-designated place in Contra Costa County, California. San Miguel sits at an elevation of . The 2010 United States census reported San Miguel's population was 3,392.-Geography:...
, census designated place - San Miguel, San Luis Obispo County, California, census designated place
- Mission San Miguel ArcángelMission San Miguel ArcángelMission San Miguel Arcángel was founded on July 25, 1797 by the Franciscan order, on a site chosen specifically due to the large number of Salinan Indians that inhabited the area, whom the Spanish priests wanted to evangelize. It is located at 775 Mission Street, San Miguel, in San Luis Obispo...
, located in the above
- Mission San Miguel Arcángel
- San Miguel de los Noches, CaliforniaSan Miguel de los Noches, CaliforniaSan Miguel de los Noches is a former settlement in Kern County, California. Its site is covered by the modern-day city of Bakersfield....
, former settlement in Kern County - San Miguel IslandSan Miguel IslandSan Miguel Island is the westernmost of California's Channel Islands, located across the Santa Barbara Channel in the Pacific Ocean, within Santa Barbara County, California. San Miguel is the sixth-largest of the eight Channel Islands at , including offshore islands and rocks. Prince Island, off...
, the westernmost of California's Channel Islands - San Miguel County, New MexicoSan Miguel County, New Mexico-2010:Whereas according to the 2010 U.S. Census Bureau:*66.6% White*1.4% Black*1.7% Native American*0.8% Asian*0.1% Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander*3.9% Two or more races*25.5% Other races*76.8% Hispanic or Latino -2000:...
- San Miguel River (Colorado)San Miguel River (Colorado)The San Miguel River is a tributary of the Dolores River, approximately 90 mi long in southwestern Colorado in the United States...
Churches
- San Miguel MissionSan Miguel MissionSan Miguel Mission, also known as San Miguel Chapel, is a Spanish colonial mission church in Santa Fe, New Mexico. It is claimed to be the oldest church in the United States. Built between approximately 1610 and 1626...
, Santa Fe, New Mexico - San Miguel de SocorroSan Miguel de SocorroSan Miguel de Socorro is the Catholic church in Socorro, New Mexico, built on the ruins of the old Nuestra Señora de Socorro mission. The old mission was built around 1626, but was destroyed in 1680 during the Pueblo Revolt...
, Socorro, New Mexico - San Miguel Arcángel ChurchSan Miguel Arcángel ChurchIglesia San Miguel Arcángel is an Roman Catholic parish church located in Cabo Rojo, Puerto Rico. Construction on the building started in 1773 and was completed in 1783...
, Cabo Rojo, Puerto Rico
Ships
- SS San Miguel, a ship
- San Miguel, a 28-gun Spanish ship captured by the Royal Navy and renamed HMS Coventry (1658)HMS Coventry (1658)Coventry was a 28-gun ship of the early Royal Navy. She was originally the Spanish ship San Miguel. She was captured in 1658, but was in turn taken by the French in 1666. She was the first of six ships of the Royal Navy to bear the name Coventry....
Forts
Fort San Miguel or Fuerte (de) San Miguel is the name of various military forts around the world:- Fort San MiguelFort San MiguelFor Angola fort, see Fortaleza de São MiguelFort San Miguel was a Spanish fortification at Friendly Cove in Nootka Sound , Vancouver Island....
, Vancouver Island, Canada - Fuerte de San Miguel de Ahuí, Chile
- Fuerte de San Miguel (Dominican Republic)
- Fort San Miguel (Malta)
- Fuerte de San Miguel (Campeche), Mexico
- Fuerte San Miguel (Melilla), Spain
- Fuerte San Miguel (Uruguay)Fuerte San Miguel (Uruguay)Fuerte de San Miguel is a military fortification in the small town of Dieciocho de Julio in the Rocha Department of eastern Uruguay. It was erected in 1737 by the Portuguese, having abandoned the attempt at building a fort in Maldonado...
Other
- Grupo Mahou-San Miguel, a Spanish brewing company
- San Miguel CorporationSan Miguel CorporationEstablished in 1890 as a brewery, San Miguel Corporation is Southeast Asia's largest publicly listed food, beverage and packaging company with over 17,000 employees in over 100 major facilities throughout the Asia-Pacific....
, a company in the PhilippinesPhilippinesThe Philippines , officially known as the Republic of the Philippines , is a country in Southeast Asia in the western Pacific Ocean. To its north across the Luzon Strait lies Taiwan. West across the South China Sea sits Vietnam...
- San Miguel Brewery, a beer producer founded in the Philippines and subsidiary of San Miguel CorporationSan Miguel CorporationEstablished in 1890 as a brewery, San Miguel Corporation is Southeast Asia's largest publicly listed food, beverage and packaging company with over 17,000 employees in over 100 major facilities throughout the Asia-Pacific....
- San Miguel Brewery Hong KongSan Miguel Brewery Hong KongSan Miguel Brewery Hong Kong Ltd. is a brewery company in Hong Kong. It is a non-wholly owned subsidiary of San Miguel Corporation of the Philippines...
, a beer producer in Hong Kong and subsidiary of San Miguel CorporationSan Miguel CorporationEstablished in 1890 as a brewery, San Miguel Corporation is Southeast Asia's largest publicly listed food, beverage and packaging company with over 17,000 employees in over 100 major facilities throughout the Asia-Pacific.... - San Miguel BeermenSan Miguel BeermenThe Petron Blaze Boosters is a professional basketball team in the Philippine Basketball Association. The team has been a member of the league since its inception in 1975 and hold the most PBA titles with 19.The team is owned by the Petron Corporation, a subsidiary of the Philippines' largest food...
, a basketball team owned by the San Miguel CorporationSan Miguel CorporationEstablished in 1890 as a brewery, San Miguel Corporation is Southeast Asia's largest publicly listed food, beverage and packaging company with over 17,000 employees in over 100 major facilities throughout the Asia-Pacific....
- San Miguel Brewery, a beer producer founded in the Philippines and subsidiary of San Miguel Corporation
- "San Miguel" (song), recorded by The Beach BoysThe Beach BoysThe Beach Boys are an American rock band, formed in 1961 in Hawthorne, California. The group was initially composed of brothers Brian, Dennis and Carl Wilson, their cousin Mike Love, and friend Al Jardine. Managed by the Wilsons' father Murry, The Beach Boys signed to Capitol Records in 1962...
- San Miguel (song), recorded by the Kingston Trio and Lonnie Donegan (among others)
See also
- Saint Michael (disambiguation)Saint Michael (disambiguation)Saint Michael or Saint Michaels may refer to:* Michael , the Biblical archangel for whom the other St. Michaels are named* The Order of Saint Michael, a French chivalric order...
- San Michele (disambiguation)