Santiago Mountains: The highest point, Santiago Peak (6,535 feet [1,992 metres]), was used as a lookout by the Apache, and remnants of an old Apache campsite are still present at the top. The mountains include the northern tip of Big Bend National Park near Persimmon Gap, which was once used…

Santa Ana Mountains: …to their highest point at Santiago Peak, an elevation of 5,687 feet (1,733 metres). They lie within a division of Cleveland National Forest. The western part of the mountains contains Limestone Canyon and Whiting Ranch Wilderness Park, and on the eastern edge is Glen Ivy Hot Springs.

Río Grande de Santiago, river in Jalisco and Nayarit states, west-central Mexico. It flows out of Lake Chapala near Ocotlán and is an extension of the Lerma River, which enters the lake near La Barca. The Santiago flows generally northward and westward through the Sierra Madre Occidental, receiving

Santiago Rodríguez, city, northwestern Dominican Republic, on the northern slopes of the Cordillera Central. The city serves as a commercial centre for the region, dealing principally in tobacco, beeswax, timber, and hides. It can be reached by secondary highway from Mao and Dajabón. Pop. (2002)

Latin American architecture: Architecture of the new independent republics, c. 1810–70: In Chile the Santiago School of Architecture was founded in 1849 by the Frenchman François Brunet de Baines. In both the school’s pedagogy and its architecture, Brunet introduced to Santiago the influence of the French Beaux-Arts eclectic historicism. He then began to work for the government and designed…

Pixies: ), Joey Santiago (b. June 10, 1965, Manila, Philippines), Kim Deal (b. June 10, 1961, Dayton, Ohio, U.S.), and David Lovering (b. December 6, 1961, Burlington, Massachusetts, U.S.).

Order of Santiago, Christian military-religious order of knights founded about 1160 in Spain for the purpose of fighting Spanish Muslims and of protecting pilgrims on their way to the shrine of St. James in Santiago de Compostela (a series of routes that became known as the Camino de Santiago;

Order of Santiago, Christian military-religious order of knights founded about 1160 in Spain for the purpose of fighting Spanish Muslims and of protecting pilgrims on their way to the shrine of St. James in Santiago de Compostela (a series of routes that became known as the Camino de Santiago;

Río Grande de Santiago, river in Jalisco and Nayarit states, west-central Mexico. It flows out of Lake Chapala near Ocotlán and is an extension of the Lerma River, which enters the lake near La Barca. The Santiago flows generally northward and westward through the Sierra Madre Occidental, receiving

Río Grande de Santiago, river in Jalisco and Nayarit states, west-central Mexico. It flows out of Lake Chapala near Ocotlán and is an extension of the Lerma River, which enters the lake near La Barca. The Santiago flows generally northward and westward through the Sierra Madre Occidental, receiving

Buddhism: Madhyamika (Sanlun/Sanron): …the Madhyamika Karika, and by Shantideva (c. 650–750), whose Shiksa-samuccaya (“Summary of Training”) and Bodhicharyavatara (“The Coming of the Bodhisattva Way of Life”) are among the most popular Mahayana literary works.

Iñigo López de Mendoza, marquis de Santillana was a Spanish poet and Humanist who was one of the great literary and political figures of his time. As lord of the vast Mendoza estates, he led the nobles in a war against King John II of Castile and in expeditions against the Muslims; he also

Shantiniketan, former town, north-central West Bengal state, India. Established in 1863, it is now part of the town of Bolpur in Birbhum district and is about 100 miles (160 km) by road from the city of Kolkata. It was declared a UNESCO World Heritage site in 2023. Indian philosopher and religious

Santipur, city, eastern West Bengal state, northeastern India. It lies just north of the Hugli (Hooghly) River about 55 miles (90 km) north of Kolkata (Calcutta). Santipur was the centre of large factories (trading stations) under the British East India Company, and Santipur handwoven muslins had a

Śāntirakṣita was an Indian Buddhist teacher and saint who was instrumental in the development of Tibetan Buddhism. Invited to Tibet by King Thī-srong-detsan (ruled 740–786), Śāntirakṣita was forced to flee to Nepal after adherents of the nativistic Bon religion blamed him for the outbreak of an

Switzerland: Precipitation: …(1,300 mm), while precipitation at Säntis, at an elevation of 8,202 feet (2,500 meters) but only some 12 miles (20 km) away, is more than 110 inches (2,800 mm). The average annual precipitation of three-fourths of the country exceeds 40 inches (1,000 mm), varying amounts of which fall as snow.…

Andrea del Sarto: …the church and convent of SS. Annunziata (for which he executed frescoes in 1509–14 [in the Chiostro dei Voti] and 1525 [in the Chiostro Grande]), and he moved to a workshop near it in or about 1511. There, for five or six years, he shared the experiences and sometimes commissions…

Gian Lorenzo Bernini: Later years of Gian Lorenzo Bernini: …years: the altar of the Santissimo Sacramento Chapel (1673–74). The pliant, human adoration of the angels contrasts with the timeless architecture of the bronze tabernacle that they flank and typifies Bernini’s late style. In his last years he seems to have found the inexorable laws of architecture a consoling antithesis…

Espiritu Santo: …on the south coast near Luganville, the second largest town of Vanuatu, which has a deepwater port and an airport. Luganville was an important Allied military base during World War II. Exports include copra, coffee, cacao, canned meat, and tuna. Tourism gained importance in the late 20th century; divers are…

Espiritu Santo, largest (1,420 square miles [3,677 square km]) and westernmost island of Vanuatu, in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. Volcanic in origin, it has a mountain range running along its west coast; Tabwémasana rises to 6,165 feet (1,879 meters), the highest point in Vanuatu. The island is

Santo André, city, southeastern São Paulo estado (state), Brazil. It lies along the Tamanduatei River at 2,438 feet (743 metres) above sea level. Santo André is part of the São Paulo metropolitan area. The original colonial settlement became a town in 1553 and a municipal seat in 1889. The city’s

Santo Antão Island, northwesternmost island of Cape Verde in the Atlantic Ocean, about 400 miles (640 km) off the western African coast. It rises to Tope de Coroa (6,493 feet [1,979 metres]). Coffee, bananas, oranges, sugarcane, tobacco, and cinchona are cultivated on the island, and livestock are

Piracicaba, city, in the highlands of east-central São Paulo estado (state), southeastern Brazil. It lies at 1,772 feet (540 metres) above sea level on the Tietê River. Formerly called Santo Antônio de Piracicaba and Vila Nova da Constituição, the settlement was given town status in 1821 and made

Madeira River: …to the Cachoeira (falls) de Santo Antônio 807 miles (1,300 km) upstream, the first of 19 waterfalls or rapids that block further passage, near the town of Pôrto Velho, Brazil. The Madeira-Mamoré Railway, which extended for 228 miles (367 km) between Pôrto Velho and Guajará-Mirim, circumvented the falls and rapids…

Santo Domingo, capital of the Dominican Republic. It is situated on the southeast coast of the island of Hispaniola, at the mouth of the Ozama River, and is the oldest permanent city established by Europeans in the Western Hemisphere. The city is also the seat of the oldest Roman Catholic

Hispaniola, second largest island of the West Indies, lying within the Greater Antilles, in the Caribbean Sea. It is divided politically into the Republic of Haiti (west) and the Dominican Republic (east). The island’s area is 29,418 square miles (76,192 square km); its greatest length is nearly

Damián Forment: …last work, the altar at Santo Domingo de la Calzada (1537–40), has a Renaissance frame, but the figures have become even more twisted and elongated. His work was an important influence on later Spanish sculptors and shows very clearly the transition from the Gothic to the Mannerist style.

Bartolomé Bermejo: …to paint the altarpiece of Santo Domingo de Silos for the church in Daroca. Although Bermejo’s contract stipulated that he would face excommunication if he did not complete the work on time, he arranged an appendix to the contract that would allow another artist to finish it for him. He…

El Greco: Middle years: …in the conventual church of Santo Domingo el Antiguo at Toledo (1577–79). Never before had the artist had a commission of such importance and scope. Even the architectural design of the altar frames, reminiscent of the style of the Venetian architect Palladio, was prepared by El Greco. The painting for…

Dominican Republic: Education: The Autonomous University of Santo Domingo, founded in 1538, is the oldest institution of higher education in the New World. It was originally affiliated with the Roman Catholic church, but in the early 19th century its religious ties were severed; the university was reorganized in 1914,…

Battle of Santo Domingo, British naval victory over a French flotilla during the Napoleonic Wars, fought in the waters off the southern coast of what is now the Dominican Republic, in the Caribbean, on February 6. 1806. Although unwilling after the Battle of Trafalgar (1805) to face Britain in a

Cuzco: The church of Santo Domingo, consecrated in 1654, incorporates the foundations and several walls of the Koricancha (Coricancha), a Quechua name meaning “Golden Enclosure,” or “Golden Garden”; the site was dedicated to Viracocha, the creator deity, and Inti, the sun god, and is also known as…

illuminati: Early illuminati: …style her as a “pre-Alumbrado”—was María de Santo Domingo, who came to be known as La Beata de Piedrahita. She was a labourer’s daughter, born in Aldeanueva, south of Salamanca, about 1485. She joined the Dominican order as a teenager and soon achieved renown as a prophet and mystic who…

Japan: The maturity of Edo culture: …various forms; representative authors are Santō Kyōden in the sharebon (genre novel), Jippensha Ikku in the kokkeibon (comic novel), and Takizawa Bakin in the yomihon (regular novel). They examined in detail such things as the townspeople’s way of life, customs, conceptions of beauty, and ways of thinking. Ikku is best…

Filippo Brunelleschi: Architectural career: Brunelleschi’s Church of Santo Spirito in Florence was designed either in 1428 or 1434. Work on the church was begun in 1436 and proceeded through the 1480s. A basilican church with a centrally planned eastern end, Santo Spirito is ringed by semicircular chapels opening off the dome-vaulted side…

Santo Tomás de Castilla, port, northeastern Guatemala. It lies on Amatique Bay off the Gulf of Honduras and is administratively a part of Puerto Barrios. Santo Tomás was settled originally by Belgians in the 19th century; although the name was changed officially to Matías de Gálvez in 1958, the

Paraguarí: Santo Tomás grottoes, on a nearby hill, are noted for their hieroglyphic inscriptions, presumably the work of early indigenous peoples. One long cavern is the object of a Good Friday pilgrimage. Paraguarí is accessible by railway or highway from Asunción, Villarrica, and Encarnación. Pop. (2002)…

Cuba: Relief: …notably the 16-mile- (26-km-) long Cave of Santo Tomás in the Sierra Quemado of western Cuba. The main island is surrounded by a submerged platform covering an additional 30,000 square miles (78,000 square km).

Toledo: …Santiago del Arrabal, and of Santo Tomé. The last has a fine tower and a chapel containing the painting Burial of the Conde de Orgaz by El Greco.

Ciudad Guayana, city and industrial port complex, northeastern Bolívar estado (state), Venezuela, at the confluence of the Caroní and Orinoco rivers in the Guiana Highlands. Taking its name from the Guiana (Guayana) region, the traditional designation of Bolívar state, it was founded by the state

plea bargaining: History of plea bargaining in the United States: …specified in plea bargains (Santobello v. New York). In 1978 the Court held in Bordenkircher v. Hayes that prosecutors may threaten to bring additional charges against defendants who refuse to bargain as long as those charges are valid.

Sikhism: Devotional and other works: …and the influential works of Santokh Singh (1787–1853), which were published in the first half of the 19th century. Santokh Singh’s first contribution, completed in 1823, was Gur Nanak Prakash (“The Splendour of Guru Nanak”; also known as the Nanak Prakash), which treated the life of Guru Nanak and relied…

Suriname: Suriname since independence: …coalition and its presidential candidate, Chandrikapersad Santokhi), enough to allow it to govern as a majority party without a coalition partner and setting the stage for Bouterse’s reelection as president. He was inaugurated into a second five-year term in August.

Western painting: Mesolithic: …carefully executed archer found at Santolea: he is dressed in painstakingly portrayed finery and is flanked by two other figures. This emphasis on humans is new, but even more significant is the element of cooperation as part of a group whose social cohesion in warfare, hunting, or ritual was probably…

San Juan: The Battle of Santomé (1844), which achieved Dominican independence, was also fought nearby; it is commemorated by a monument. In addition to cattle, the economic activities of the city focus on the production of rice, coffee, corn (maize), fruit, and potatoes. Pop. (2002) urban area, 70,969;…

Santonian Stage, fourth of six main divisions (in ascending order) of the Upper Cretaceous Series, representing rocks deposited worldwide during the Santonian Age, which occurred 86.3 million to 83.6 million years ago during the Cretaceous Period. Rocks of the Santonian overlie those of the

santoor, stringed instrument of the hammered dulcimer, or struck zither, family that is found in various forms across southeastern Europe, the Middle East, and South Asia. Related instruments—known by various names, such as the Hungarian cimbalom and the Chinese yangqin—are found in central and

elastomer: Polymer blends: Santoprene (trademark) is an example. Santoprene consists of a mixture of approximately 60 parts ethylene-propylene-diene monomer copolymer (EPDM) with 40 parts polypropylene. A hydrocarbon oil, compatible with EPDM, and interlinking reagents for EPDM are also added. Because the polymers are molecularly incompatible, they form a…

Thera, island, southernmost island of the Cyclades (Modern Greek: Kykládes) group, southeastern Greece, in the Aegean Sea, sometimes included in the Southern Sporades group. It constitutes a dímos (municipality) within the South Aegean (Nótio Aigaío) periféreia (region). Geologically, Thera is the

Thera, island, southernmost island of the Cyclades (Modern Greek: Kykládes) group, southeastern Greece, in the Aegean Sea, sometimes included in the Southern Sporades group. It constitutes a dímos (municipality) within the South Aegean (Nótio Aigaío) periféreia (region). Geologically, Thera is the

pancreas: Anatomy and exocrine and endocrine functions: …individuals a smaller duct (the duct of Santorini) also empties into the duodenum. Enzymes active in the digestion of carbohydrates, fat, and protein continuously flow from the pancreas through these ducts. Their flow is controlled by the vagus nerve and by the hormones secretin and cholecystokinin, which are produced in…

Santorio Santorio was an Italian physician who was the first to employ instruments of precision in the practice of medicine and whose studies of basal metabolism introduced quantitative experimental procedure into medical research. Santorio was a graduate of the University of Padua (M.D., 1582),

Santorio Santorio was an Italian physician who was the first to employ instruments of precision in the practice of medicine and whose studies of basal metabolism introduced quantitative experimental procedure into medical research. Santorio was a graduate of the University of Padua (M.D., 1582),

Rick Santorum is an American politician who served as a U.S. representative (1991–95) and senator (1995–2007) from Pennsylvania. He also sought the Republican presidential nomination in 2012 and 2016. Santorum grew up in a Roman Catholic family, the middle of three children. He studied political

Rick Santorum is an American politician who served as a U.S. representative (1991–95) and senator (1995–2007) from Pennsylvania. He also sought the Republican presidential nomination in 2012 and 2016. Santorum grew up in a Roman Catholic family, the middle of three children. He studied political

Santos, port city, southeastern São Paulo estado (state), southeastern Brazil. It occupies an alluvial plain on the inner side of São Vicente Island, cut off from the mainland by a tidal channel. The city lies only a few feet above sea level, and its swampy island is drained by deep concrete

Juan Manuel Santos: …to 1942, and his cousin Francisco Santos Calderón served as vice president (2002–10) under Álvaro Uribe Vélez. The family also founded El Tiempo, one of the country’s largest newspapers. Santos attended the Naval Academy of Cartagena before traveling to the United States to earn a B.A. in economics and business…

Juan Manuel Santos is a Colombian politician who cofounded (2005) the Social Party of National Unity (Partido Social de Unidad Nacional, or Partido de la U), later served as president of Colombia (2010–18), and was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2016 for his efforts to end the protracted war with

airport: Evolution of airports: La Guardia Airport and Santos Dumont Airport in Rio de Janeiro are examples of airports that still operate on sites originally chosen for their ability to handle large seaplanes. The large facilities at Southampton Water in the United Kingdom have now disappeared, but the artificial lake at Linate Airport…

Pelé: …national teams that won three World Cup championships (1958, 1962, and 1970).

Kaká is a Brazilian football (soccer) player who was named the World Player of the Year by the Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) in 2007. Kaká owed his nickname to his younger brother Rodrigo, who as a child could not pronounce Ricardo and could manage only “Caca.” Kaká was

Punta Arenas: José de los Santos Mardones, it flourished as a port of call and coaling station until the opening of the Panama Canal (1914) and the replacement of coal (still mined nearby) by fuel oil as a maritime fuel. Now the service centre of a large…

Eduardo Santos Montejo was a prominent Latin American journalist and the president of Colombia from 1938 to 1942. Santos earned a doctorate of law at the National University in 1908 and pursued further studies in Paris. He acquired the Bogotá daily newspaper El Tiempo in 1913, and he became active

José Santos Zelaya was a Nicaraguan politician and dictator from 1893 to 1910, noted for his hostility toward the United States and for his effort to unify Central America in 1907. During his rule he all but monopolized his country’s economic resources. In 1893 Zelaya came to power through a

Marquis de Pombal: With architect Eugénio dos Santos’s plans, old medieval Lisbon was changed into one of the most beautiful European cities.

Juan Manuel Santos is a Colombian politician who cofounded (2005) the Social Party of National Unity (Partido Social de Unidad Nacional, or Partido de la U), later served as president of Colombia (2010–18), and was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2016 for his efforts to end the protracted war with

Lucia dos Santos was a Portuguese shepherd girl, later a Carmelite nun, who claimed that she received visions of the Virgin Mary in 1917 at Fátima, Portugal, which subsequently became one of the most famous Marian shrines in the world. The first of six visions came to Lucia on May 13, 1917, while

Lucia dos Santos was a Portuguese shepherd girl, later a Carmelite nun, who claimed that she received visions of the Virgin Mary in 1917 at Fátima, Portugal, which subsequently became one of the most famous Marian shrines in the world. The first of six visions came to Lucia on May 13, 1917, while

Garrincha was a Brazilian football (soccer) player considered by many to be the best right winger in the history of the sport. An imaginative and skillful dribbler, he starred along with Pelé and Didí on the Brazilian national teams that won the World Cup in 1958 and 1962. His brother gave him the

Santos-Dumont No. 14-bis, airplane designed, built, and first flown by the Brazilian aviation pioneer Alberto Santos-Dumont in 1906. Inspired by rumours that the Wright brothers had made flights of over half an hour in the relative seclusion of a pasture near Dayton, Ohio, Santos-Dumont began work

Alberto Santos-Dumont was a Brazilian aviation pioneer who captured the imagination of Europe and the United States with his airship flights and made the first significant flight of a powered airplane in Europe with his No. 14-bis. Santos-Dumont, the son of a wealthy coffee planter, traveled to

santoor, stringed instrument of the hammered dulcimer, or struck zither, family that is found in various forms across southeastern Europe, the Middle East, and South Asia. Related instruments—known by various names, such as the Hungarian cimbalom and the Chinese yangqin—are found in central and

santoor, stringed instrument of the hammered dulcimer, or struck zither, family that is found in various forms across southeastern Europe, the Middle East, and South Asia. Related instruments—known by various names, such as the Hungarian cimbalom and the Chinese yangqin—are found in central and

Anne Frank: …few non-Jewish friends, among them Miep Gies, who smuggled in food and other supplies, the Frank family and four other Jews—Hermann and Auguste van Pels and their son, Peter, and Fritz Pfeffer—lived confined to the “secret annex.” During this time, Anne wrote faithfully in her diary, recounting day-to-day life in…

Anne Frank: …few non-Jewish friends, among them Miep Gies, who smuggled in food and other supplies, the Frank family and four other Jews—Hermann and Auguste van Pels and their son, Peter, and Fritz Pfeffer—lived confined to the “secret annex.” During this time, Anne wrote faithfully in her diary, recounting day-to-day life in…

santoor, stringed instrument of the hammered dulcimer, or struck zither, family that is found in various forms across southeastern Europe, the Middle East, and South Asia. Related instruments—known by various names, such as the Hungarian cimbalom and the Chinese yangqin—are found in central and

Latin American dance: Puerto Rico: The Santurce style is similar to Ponce’s. The man lifts his torso and keeps his arms rather stiff. He dances with sharp shifts of weight and produces accents with his legs. The woman wears a head scarf and a wide ruffled skirt over a starched white…

Santurtzi, city, Vizcaya provincia (province), in Basque Country comunidad autónoma (autonomous community), northern Spain. It lies at the entrance to the Bay of Biscay. Santurtzi is the outport of Bilbao city, where iron ore and steel products are shipped. It is the site of an annual festival

Santurtzi, city, Vizcaya provincia (province), in Basque Country comunidad autónoma (autonomous community), northern Spain. It lies at the entrance to the Bay of Biscay. Santurtzi is the outport of Bilbao city, where iron ore and steel products are shipped. It is the site of an annual festival

Greece: The islands: …1207 among the Cyclades by Marco Sanudo, a relative of the Venetian doge, or magistrate, with a body of plundering merchants and nobles. Initially under the overlordship of the Latin emperor at Constantinople, the duchy later transferred its allegiance to Achaea in 1261 and to Naples in 1267, although Venice…

Marino Sanudo was a Venetian historian whose Diarii is an invaluable source for the history of his period. In his enthusiasm for historical and classical learning, Sanudo collected a notable library of manuscripts, rare books, maps, and ethnographical drawings. Sanudo began his Vite dei dogi

Crusades: The later Crusades: …of France, and in 1321 Marino Sanudo, in his Secreta fidelium crucis (“Secrets of the Faithful of the Cross”), produced an elaborate plan for an economic blockade of Egypt. But none of these or any other such schemes was put into effect.

al-Sanūsī was a North African Islamic theologian who founded a reformist Sufi movement, the Sanūsiyyah, which helped Libya win its independence in the 20th century. During his formative years in his native Tursh (now in Algeria), which was incorporated in the Ottoman Empire, al-Sanūsī observed the

Sanūsiyyah, a Muslim Sufi (mystic) brotherhood established in 1837 by Sīdī Muḥammad ibn ʿAlī al-Sanūsī. In modern history, the head of the Sanūsī brotherhood was king of the federal kingdom of Libya from its creation in 1951 until it was superseded by a Socialist republic in 1969. The Sanūsiyyah

Sanūsiyyah, a Muslim Sufi (mystic) brotherhood established in 1837 by Sīdī Muḥammad ibn ʿAlī al-Sanūsī. In modern history, the head of the Sanūsī brotherhood was king of the federal kingdom of Libya from its creation in 1951 until it was superseded by a Socialist republic in 1969. The Sanūsiyyah

Italian literature: Women writers: Francesca Sanvitale won acclaim for her apparently autobiographical novels, such as Madre e figlia (1980; “Mother and Daughter”), though her Il figlio dell’impero (1993; “The Son of the Empire”) is a historical novel set in 19th-century France. Rosetta Loy, who had evoked a collective memory…

calligraphy: The scripts of humanism (14th to 16th century): … of Verona, and Giovanni Marcanova, Bartolomeo Sanvito, and Andrea Mantegna from Padua; Mantegna, an engraver and painter, became one of the first Renaissance artists to incorporate classical lettering into his artwork. These men compiled their researches into sillogi (anthologies of texts from Roman inscriptions) that provided models for square capital…

Northern Mariana Islands: Spanish colonial rule: …arrival of the Jesuit priest Diego Luis de Sanvitores in 1668. With him were priests, laymen, women, and some Filipino soldiers. Mariana of Austria, the regent of Spain, financed his mission, and he renamed the islands the Marianas in her honour. Sanvitores and his colonists established churches and religious schools.…

Sanwa Bank, former Japanese commercial bank that became part of UFJ Holdings in 2001 through its merger with Asahi Bank and Tōkai Bank. Sanwa was established in 1933 by the merger of Konoike Bank Ltd. (established 1877), Yamaguchi Bank Ltd. (1879), and the Sanjūshi Bank Ltd.

Sanwa Bank, former Japanese commercial bank that became part of UFJ Holdings in 2001 through its merger with Asahi Bank and Tōkai Bank. Sanwa was established in 1933 by the merger of Konoike Bank Ltd. (established 1877), Yamaguchi Bank Ltd. (1879), and the Sanjūshi Bank Ltd.

Three Gorges Dam, dam on the Yangtze River (Chang Jiang) just west of the city of Yichang in Hubei province, China. When construction of the dam officially began in 1994, it was the largest engineering project in China. At the time of its completion in 2006, it was the largest dam structure in the

sanxian, any of a group of long-necked, fretless Chinese lutes. The instrument’s rounded rectangular resonator has a snakeskin front and back, and the curved-back pegbox at the end of the neck has lateral, or side, tuning pegs that adjust three silk or nylon strings. The sanxian is made in several

Nyainqêntanglha Mountains: …across the range traverses the Sanxiong Pass between Yangbajain and Nagqu (formerly Heihe). This carries the main road from Lhasa north to Golmud at the southern end of the Qaidam Basin in Qinghai province; a new rail line (opened 2006) connecting Lhasa and Golmud also links Lhasa to the rest…

Thailand: The 1973 revolution and its aftermath: The king chose Judge Sanya Dharmasakti, a former rector of Thammasat University, to be interim prime minister and to oversee the drafting of a new constitution. The constitution, promulgated in 1974, ushered in a brief period of parliamentary democracy in Thailand. Ranking members of the military, however, interpreted the…

Bhabesh Chandra Sanyal was an Indian painter and sculptor who was credited with bringing modernism into Indian art and who was central in the founding of several Indian arts institutions. Sanyal studied sculpture and painting at the Government School of Art and Craft, Calcutta (now Kolkata). He was

Bhabesh Chandra Sanyal was an Indian painter and sculptor who was credited with bringing modernism into Indian art and who was central in the founding of several Indian arts institutions. Sanyal studied sculpture and painting at the Government School of Art and Craft, Calcutta (now Kolkata). He was

Shevaroy Hills: …5,231 feet (1,594 metres) at Sanyasimalai (Duff’s Hill) on the Yercaud plateau. Widespread bauxite deposits are the basis for aluminum-processing plants at Mettur and Yercaud. Coffee is extensively grown on the plateau. In 1845 the British established a hill station at Yercaud, which is now a resort and educational centre.

Umniati River: …is also known as the Sanyati. The river valley has been interesting to mineral prospectors for years, and copper has been mined near the confluence with the Umfuli.

Alejandro Sanz is a Spanish guitarist and singer-songwriter who soared to international stardom in the late 20th century and remained popular into the 21st century with his flamenco-influenced popular music. Sanz was raised in Cádiz, a city in the Andalusia region of Spain. His father was a