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San Pedro (other)
San Pedro is the Spanish language form of Saint Peter. It can refer to: Places Argentina * San Pedro, Buenos Aires Province * San Pedro, Capayán, Catamarca * San Pedro, La Rioja * San Pedro, Misiones * San Pedro Partido, a partido located in the north of the Argentine province of Buenos Aires * San Pedro Department, Misiones, the largest and most sparsely populated department in the Misiones Province, Argentina Belize * San Pedro Town, a town on the island of Ambergris Caye Bolivia * San Pedro prison or ''El penal de San Pedro'', the largest prison in La Paz, Bolivia Chile * San Pedro de Atacama, a village in the Atacama desert of northern Chile *San Pedro de la Paz * San Pedro, Chile * San Pedro River (Chile) * San Pedro de Inacaliri River * San Pedro (Chile volcano) Colombia *San Pedro, Valle del Cauca, a town and municipality *San Pedro de Cartago, a town and municipality in the Nariño Department * San Pedro, Sucre Costa Rica * San Pedro, Costa Rica o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saint Peter
Saint Peter; he, שמעון בר יונה, Šimʿōn bar Yōnāh; ar, سِمعَان بُطرُس, translit=Simʿa̅n Buṭrus; grc-gre, Πέτρος, Petros; cop, Ⲡⲉⲧⲣⲟⲥ, Petros; lat, Petrus; ar, شمعون الصفـا, Sham'un al-Safa, Simon the Pure.; tr, Aziz Petrus (died between AD 64 and 68), also known as Peter the Apostle, Peter the Rock, Simon Peter, Simeon, Simon, or Cephas, was one of the Twelve Apostles of Jesus Christ, and one of the first leaders of the Jewish Christian#Jerusalem ekklēsia, early Christian Church. He is traditionally counted as the first bishop of Romeor List of popes, popeand also as the first bishop of Antioch. Based on contemporary historical data, his papacy is estimated to have spanned from AD 30 to his death, which would make him the longest-reigning pope, at anywhere from 34 to 38 years; however, the length of his reign has never been verified. According to Apostolic Age, Christian tradition, Peter was crucified in Rome und ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
San Pedro, Sucre ...
San Pedro () is a town and municipality located in the Sucre Department, northern Colombia. References Gobernacion de Sucre - San PedroSan Pedro official website {{coord, 8.73333, N, 74.7167, W, source:kolossus-itwiki, display=title Sucre Sucre () is the Capital city, capital of Bolivia, the capital of the Chuquisaca Department and the List of cities in Bolivia, 6th most populated city in Bolivia. Located in the south-central part of the country, Sucre lies at an elevation of . T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
San Pedro Sacatepéquez, Guatemala
San Pedro Sacatepéquez () is a town, with a population of 36,932 (2018 census), and a municipality in the Guatemala department of Guatemala. According to the 1998 edition of ''The Columbia Gazetteer of the World'', its elevation is 6,890 ft (2,100 m) and it is a market center. Its economy is based on manufacturing, including tile making and textiles, and agriculture, including the cultivation of corn, black beans, and vegetables. Doctrine of Order of Preachers After the conquest, the Spanish crown focused on the Catholic indoctrination of the natives. Human settlements founded by royal missionaries in the New World were called "Indian doctrines" or simply "doctrines". Originally, friars had only temporary missions: teach the Catholic faith to the natives, and then transfer the settlements to secular parishes, just like the ones that existed in Spain at the time; the friars were supposed to teach Spanish and Catholicism to the natives. And when the natives were ready, the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
San Pedro Ayampuc
San Pedro Ayampuc is a town, with a population of 48,727 (2018 census), Population of cities & towns in Guatemala and a in the of Guatemala
Guatemala ( ; ), officially the Republic of Guatemala ( es, República de Guatemala, links=no), is a country in Central America. It is bordered to the north and west by Mexico; to the northeast by Belize and the Caribbean; t ...
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San Pedro Carchá
San Pedro Carchá, usually referred to as Carchá, is a town, with a population of 16,353 (2018 census), Population of cities & towns in Guatemala and a in the n department of . It is situated at 1282 m above . The municipality has a population of 235,275 (2018 census) [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
San Pedro De Macorís
San Pedro de Macorís is a city and Municipalities of the Dominican Republic, municipality (''municipio'') in the Dominican Republic and the capital of the San Pedro de Macorís Province, San Pedro de Macorís province in the east region of the country; it is among the 10 largest cities of the Dominican Republic. The city has approximately 195,000 inhabitants, when including the metro area. As a provincial capital, it houses the Universidad Central del Este university. Name The name San Pedro came before that of Macorís. There are three versions regarding the origin of the name: the first attributes it to the fact that there is a San Pedro Beach in the city port; the second sees it as a tribute to General Pedro Santana, who was president at the time; and the third simply said it was in order to distinguish it from San Francisco de Macorís, a city in the Cibao, north. San Pedro de Macorís has been poetically referred to as "Macorís of the Sea", "The Sultana of the East" and m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
San Pedro De Macorís Province
San Pedro de Macorís () is a Provinces of the Dominican Republic, province of the Dominican Republic, also the name of its San Pedro de Macorís, capital city. The city is fairly active due to its proximity to the national capital of Santo Domingo and also its role in the sugar industry. The province is informally known as San Pedro, SPM or Serie 23 for the first two numbers of their Dominican identification or Cédula de identidad, Cedula. Citizens from San Pedro de Macorís are called ''petromacorisanos''. The culture of the province shares many similarities with those of the other eastern provinces. For example, during carnival season, the ''diablos'' (devils) (Guloyas/ Buloyas) tend to wield ' (whips), which relates to the traditional cattle farming of the whole region. Serie 23 is a mecca for all Dominican culture and was the home to the DR's most famous writer, Pedro Mir. In the past years the beautiful architecture of Serie 23 has been used as a backdrop for several Hollyw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
San Pedro River (Cuba)
San Pedro River ( es, Río San Pedro) is a river in the southwest of Camagüey Province, Cuba. Its basin covers an area of 1,053 km2. The watershed is polluted due to the discharge of poorly treated liquid waste from the city of Camagüey. Home to Jimaguayú Dam, one of the largest in the country. The river forms south of the city of Camagüey, at the confluence of Río Tínima and Río Hatibonico. River El Bolsillo joins it just south of the confluence. San Pedro River flows south to Jimaguayú Dam, then west, and empties into the Caribbean Sea about 40 km west of town of Vertientes. See also *List of rivers of Cuba This is an incomplete list of rivers of Cuba, arranged from west to east, by coast, with respective tributaries indented under each larger stream's name. North Coast * Mantua River * * *Almendares River * * * * * Yumurí River * Cormir River * R ... References Rivers of Cuba {{Cuba-river-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
San Pedro De Santa Bárbara
San Pedro, is one of the six Districts of Costa Rica, districts of the Santa Bárbara (canton), Santa Bárbara canton, in the Heredia Province, Heredia province of Costa Rica. It is located west of Santa Bárbara and is officially a part of the province of Heredia Province, Heredia. The elevation is approximately above sea-level. Toponymy Named after Saint Peter. History When Alajuela Province was founded in 1782, the region of San Pedro was mentioned in the founding documents as Targúás (alternatively noted as Targuas). The population was fewer than one hundred residents. By 1813, the In 1819, Juan Pablo Lara bought land that was registered in Alajuela, and San Pedro's name first appears in those documents. By 1846, San Pedro was the most populous of Santa Bárbara's current districts, with 1,000 residents. In order to pray to Saint Barbara, Santa Bárbara, San Pedro's residents met with other settlers in the area at a central location close to the current site of Santa Bá ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
San Pedro De Poás
San Pedro is a district of the Poás canton, in the Alajuela province of Costa Rica. Geography San Pedro has an area of km2 and an elevation of metres. It is in the mountains of the Cordillera Central Central Cordillera refers to the New Guinea Highlands. Cordillera Central, meaning ''central range'' in Spanish, may refer to the following mountain ranges: * Cordillera Central, Andes (other), several mountain ranges in South America ** ... (Central Mountain Range) in Costa Rica. It is 13 kilometers northwest of the provincial capital city of Alajuela and 32 kilometers from the national capital city of San Jose. Demographics For the 2011 census, San Pedro had a population of inhabitants. Transportation Road transportation The district is covered by the following road routes: * National Route 107 * National Route 130 * National Route 146 * National Route 723 References {{CostaRica-geo-stub Districts of Alajuela Province Populated places in A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
