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Santa Margarita (other)
Santa Margarita, Spanish for Saint Margaret, may refer to: Places United States *Santa Margarita, California, a town in San Luis Obispo County **Santa Margarita de Cortona Asistencia, an 18th-century mission near the town **Santa Margarita Lake *Rancho Santa Margarita, California, a city in Orange County **Santa Margarita Catholic High School, in Rancho Santa Margarita *Santa Margarita Formation, a geologic formation in the San Joaquin Valley, California *Santa Margarita Mountains, San Diego County, California *Santa Margarita River, in the Santa Ana Mountains, California Other countries *Santa Margarita Island, Magdalena Bay, Baja California Sur, Mexico *Santa Margarita, Samar, Philippines *Santa Margarita (La Línea de la Concepción), a gated community in the Province of Cadiz, Andalucia, Spain *Santa Margarita, Trinidad and Tobago Other uses *Santa Margarita (shipwreck), a shipwreck near Key West off the coast of Florida, US *Santa Margarita Stakes, an American Thoroughbred ho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saint Margaret (other)
Saint Margaret, St. Margarets, or St. Margaret's may refer to: People In chronological order: * Saint Margaret the Virgin of Antioch (died 304) * Saint Margaret of Scotland (c. 1045–1093) * Saint Margaret of England (died 1192) * Saint Margaret of Hungary (1242–1271) * Saint Margaret of Cortona (1247–1297) * Saint Margaret of Castello (1287-1320) * Saint Margaret the Barefooted (1325–1395) * Saint Rita of Cascia (1381–1457) * Saint Margaret Clitherow (1556–1586) * Saint Margaret Ward (died 1588) * Saint Marguerite Marie Alacoque (1647–1690) * Saint Teresa Margaret of the Sacred Heart (1747–1770) * Saint Marguerite Bays (1815–1879) Places and buildings * Church of St Margaret of Scotland (other) * St. Margaret, Belize, a village in Cayo District, Belize * Saint Margaret Island, Victoria, Australia * St. Margarets, New Brunswick, Canada * St. Margaret's, Dublin, a town in Fingal, Ireland * St. Margaret's Bay (other) * St Margaret's C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Santa Margarita, Samar
Santa Margarita, officially the Municipality of Santa Margarita ( war, Bungto han Santa Margarita; tl, Bayan ng Santa Margarita), is a 4th class municipality in the province of Samar, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 26,816 people. Formerly known as Magsohong, it is bounded to the north by the city of Calbayog and to the south by Gandara. History The town used to be a barrio in Calbayog named Magsohong, but on June 29, 1878, the ''principalía'' of Magsohong, petitioned the Gobierno Superior to establish Magsohong as an independent pueblo. They argued that Magsohong was four hours away from Calbayog, it already had a '' casa real'' or a ''Juzgado de Paz'' of nipa, a church with a techada (roof) of nipa; a convent; an escuela also made of wood and nipa; and had more than 300 tributos. The petition was endorsed by the '' cura parroco'', the Gobernadorcillo as well as the principalía of Calbayog. Fourteen years later, Royal Decree No. 25 dat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mosta
Mosta ( mt, Il-Mosta) is a small but densely populated city in the Northern Region of Malta. The most prominent building in Mosta is the Rotunda, a large basilica built by its parishioners' volunteer labour. It features the world's 3rd largest unsupported dome, and displays a replica of a German bombshell that famously crashed through the dome but did not detonate upon impact. Mosta celebrates the parish feast of the Assumption every 15 August. Mosta's feast day celebration is popular amongst both locals and tourists. The city is annually decorated by local parishioners and townspeople, seeking to demonstrate their affection for the city and its patron saint, weeks ahead of the public procession. General History Mosta has been inhabited since pre-history. Dolmens in the limits of Mosta and cart ruts are primary evidence of this. Each dolmen has two rectangular standing stones and one other similar stone positioned horizontally above the other two. In the Middle Ages, Mosta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Santa Margalida
Santa Margalida is a municipality with a population of 10,204 located in the northeast of the Spanish Balearic Island Majorca. The residents are divided over three settlement areas, the principal one being Santa Margalida, 10 km inland from the coast. The other areas are primarily Tourist resorts, Can Picafort and Son Serra de Marina on the coast at the bay of Alcúdia. The non-national population stands at 23.6% (2,413). Geography Geographical location The municipality of Santa Margalida lies about 45 Kilometres from the islands capital Palma de Mallorca, Palma. It is part of the region (Comarca) Plà de Mallorca or Es Plà, the great central plain of the island. The municipality is one of the flattest on Majorca at very little more than 100 metres above sea level. The area is drained by a few streams which flow towards the sea in the north east. In the north west, Santa Margalida is bordered by a fresh water swamp. Along the north eastern coast there are obelisks at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Margarita (other)
A margarita is a cocktail. Margarita may also refer to: Places * Margarita, Piedmont, Italy, a ''comune'' in the Province of Cuneo * Margarita, Panama, a neighbourhood in Colón District * Margarita, Bolívar, a town in Bolívar Department, Colombia * Margarita, Álava, a hamlet in Álava, Basque Country, Spain * Isla Margarita, Venezuela, an island in the state of Nueva Esparta * Margarita Province, Venezuela, one of the provinces of Gran Colombia * 310 Margarita, an asteroid Songs * "Margarita" (Sleepy Brown song), 2006 * "Margarita" (Valery Leontiev song), 1990 * "Margarita", by Elodie, 2019 * "Margarita", by Jack Ross, 1962 * "Margarita", by Traveling Wilburys from '' Traveling Wilburys Vol. 1'', 1988 * "Margarita", by Wilkins, 1988 Biology * ''Margarita'' (gastropod), a genus of sea snails in the family Turbinidae * ''Felis margarita'', a scientific name for the Sand Cat * Margarita (vegetable), a cultivar of sweet potato Other uses * Margarita (cartoonist), th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Santa Margarita Stakes
The Santa Margarita Stakes is an American Thoroughbred horse race run annually in early April at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, California for fillies and mares age four and older, it is contested on dirt over a distance of one and one-eighths miles. A Grade I event for most of its history, in 2019 it was downgraded to Grade II. Inaugurated in 1935, the race was open to all horses age three and older until 1938 when it was restricted to fillies and mares. Since inception, the Santa Margarita Handicap has been raced at various distances: * 7 furlongs : 1935–1936 * 6 furlongs : 1937 * 8.5 furlongs ( miles) 1938–1941, 1945–1948, 1953–1954. * 9 furlongs ( miles) : 1949–1952, 1955 present There was no race from 1942 through 1944 as a result of World War II. The Santa Margarita Handicap was run in two divisions in 1964. The first time it was run as an invitational event was in 1968. Records Speed record: (at current distance of miles) * 1:47.00 – Lady's Secret (1986) Mo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Santa Margarita (shipwreck)
The ''Santa Margarita'' was a Spanish ship that sank in a hurricane in the Florida Keys about west of the island of Key West Key West ( es, Cayo Hueso) is an island in the Straits of Florida, within the U.S. state of Florida. Together with all or parts of the separate islands of Dredgers Key, Fleming Key, Sunset Key, and the northern part of Stock Island, it cons ... in 1622. The saga of the Santa Margarita begins in 1622. Namesake of the patron saint of homeless people, midwives and reformed prostitutes, Santa Margarita was a Spanish galleon of 600 tons, armed with twenty-five cannon. One of a fleet of 28 ships, she was voyaging to Spain with an enormous cargo of plundered New World treasures. In registered wealth, the Santa Margarita carried 166,574 silver “pieces of eight” treasure coins, more than 550 ingots of silver weighing some 10,000 pounds, and over 9,000 ounces of gold in the form of bars, discs and bits. Additionally, there was contraband — a fortune in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Santa Margarita, Trinidad And Tobago
Santa Margarita in St. Augustine, Trinidad and Tobago is a residential community that consists of single family homes and gated communities consisting of townhouses and condominiums. It is in close proximity to the Hugh Wooding Law School, the University of the West Indies The University of the West Indies (UWI), originally University College of the West Indies, is a public university system established to serve the higher education needs of the residents of 17 English-speaking countries and territories in the ..., the Seismic Research Center as well as the university's School of Optometry, the Department of Creative and Festival Arts, and the St.Augustine Secondary School. Neighbourhoods in Trinidad and Tobago {{Trinidad-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Santa Margarita (La Línea De La Concepción)
Santa Margarita is a Gated community (known as an urbanization in Spanish) in the northern suburb of La Línea de la Concepción in the Province of Cádiz, Andalucia, Spain. Santa Margarita is only partially developed in accordance with its development plan. History Santa Margarita is a luxury residential development a stone's throw away from Gibraltar on the outskirts of La Linea de La Concepcion. It has postcode 11315. In July 2016 a wildfire forced the evacuation of some of the properties in Santa Margarita. In January 2017 La Linea Council had meetings with Novarent, to investigate building another urbanization on 60 hectares The hectare (; SI symbol: ha) is a non-SI metric unit of area equal to a square with 100-metre sides (1 hm2), or 10,000 m2, and is primarily used in the measurement of land. There are 100 hectares in one square kilometre. An acre is a ... of land called Cortijo de San Antonio which is bordered on the south by the Venta Melchor urbani ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Magdalena Bay
Magdalena Bay ( es, Bahía Magdalena) is a long bay in Comondú Municipality along the western coast of the Mexican state of Baja California Sur. It is protected from the Pacific Ocean by the unpopulated sandy barrier islands of Isla Magdalena and Isla Santa Margarita. Ecology This bay is particularly noted for the seasonal migration of the California gray whales that come here during winter to calve. The bay is also popular for commercial and sports fishing. Nearby mangrove swamps provide sanctuaries for sea birds. The bay includes the small fishing port of San Carlos, as well as Puerto López Mateos, which provides a good place to observe the whales. Islands Sandy barrier islands Isla Magdalena and Isla Santa Margarita separate the bay from the Pacific Ocean. Magdalena, mostly to the north and facing northwest, is a long, slender, segmented island that parallels the coast a few miles north. There is a small settlement, Puerto Magdalena mostly active during whale wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Santa Margarita, California
Santa Margarita (Spanish for " St. Margaret") is a town and census-designated place located in San Luis Obispo County, California. It was founded in 1889 near Cuesta Peak and San Luis Obispo along State Route 58. The town's name comes from the Mexican Alta California land grant of Rancho Santa Margarita. It is home to the Santa Margarita de Cortona Asistencia site. The population was 1,259 at the 2010 census. Etymology Santa Margarita was named for the 13th-century Saint Margaret of Cortona (1247-1297). Geography Located in the foothills of the Santa Lucia Mountains, it is one of the most rural communities in San Luis Obispo County. Santa Margarita Lake, a major water source for San Luis Obispo, is located several miles southeast of the town on the headwaters of the Salinas River. It is served by ZIP code 93453 and area code 805. According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP covers an area of , all of it land. Climate Santa Margarita experiences a cool Mediterranea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Santa Margarita River
The Santa Margarita River which with the addition of what is now Temecula Creek, was formerly known as the Temecula River, is a short intermittent river on the Pacific coast of southern California in the United States, approximately U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map accessed March 16, 2011 long. One of the last free-flowing rivers in southern California, it drains an arid region at the southern end of the Santa Ana Mountains, in the Peninsular Ranges between Los Angeles and San Diego. History The Portolà expedition camped on the river on July 20, 1769 and named it for Saint Margaret of Antioch. A Santa Margarita rancheria is mentioned in 1795 and there is a February 23, 1836 land grant called Santa Margarita y San Onofre (later renamed Rancho Santa Margarita y Las Flores). In 1881 the California Southern Railroad followed the route of the river. When the route was completed, it had 241 bridges crossing the river. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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