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San Roque (other)
San Roque may refer to: People * Saint Roch (14th century), French Catholic saint * Roque González y de Santa Cruz (1576–1628), Spanish Catholic saint Places Argentina * San Roque, Corrientes, a city in Corrientes Province * San Roque Department, a department of Corrientes Province * San Roque Lake, an artificial lake in Córdoba * Aguada San Roque, a village and municipality in Neuquén Province Costa Rica * San Roque District, Barva, Heredia * San Roque District, Grecia, Alajuela Paraguay * San Roque (Asunción), a neighborhood of Asunción * San Roque González de Santa Cruz, a district in Paraguarí Department Peru * San Roque de Cumbaza, a town in the San Martín Region * San Roque de Cumbaza District, a district of Lamas * San Roque, a neighborhood in Santiago de Surco, Lima Philippines * San Roque, Northern Samar, a municipality * San Roque, a barangay in Gapan, Nueva Ecija * San Roque, a barangay in Navotas, Metro Manila * San Roque, a barangay in Pateros, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saint Roch
Roch (lived c. 1348 – 15/16 August 1376/79 (traditionally c. 1295 – 16 August 1327, also called Rock in English, is a Catholic saint, a confessor whose death is commemorated on 16 August and 9 September in Italy; he is especially invoked against the plague. He has the designation of Rollox in Glasgow, Scotland, said to be a corruption of Roch's Loch, which referred to a small loch once near a chapel dedicated to Roch in 1506. He is a patron saint of dogs, invalids, falsely accused people, bachelors, and several other things. He is the patron saint of Dolo (near Venice) and Parma, as well as Casamassima, Cisterna di Latina and Palagiano (Italy). He is also the patron saint of the town of Albanchez, in Almeria, southern Spain. Saint Roch is known as "São Roque" in Portuguese, as "Sant Roc" in Catalan, as "San Roque" in Spanish (including in former colonies of the Spanish colonial empire such as the Philippines) and as "San Rocco" in Italian. Etymology Roch is given diffe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Santo Tomas, Batangas
Santo Tomas, officially the City of Santo Tomas ('' fil, Lungsod ng Santo Tomas''), is a 1st class component city in the province of Batangas, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 218,500 people. With the continuous expansion of Metro Manila, the city is now part of Manila's conurbation which reaches Lipa in its southernmost part. It borders the cities of Calamba to the north, Los Baños to the north-east, Alaminos to the east, Tanauan and Malvar to the west, and Lipa to the south. Santo Tomas is the hometown of Philippine Revolution and Philippine–American War hero Miguel Malvar, the last Filipino General to surrender to the Americans. On September 7, 2019, the Republic Act 11086, or the City Charter of Santo Tomas, was ratified on a plebiscite by the electorate of Santo Tomas. The patron saint of Santo Tomas is Saint Thomas Aquinas, patron of Catholic schools whose feast day is celebrated every March 7. History Santo Tomas was founde ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Battle Of San Roque
The Battle of San Roque was part of the Argentine Civil War. It was fought on the Primero River, near the city of Córdoba, Argentina, on 22 April 1829. The Federalist forces of Córdoba Province governor Juan Bautista Bustos were defeated by the Unitarian forces of General José María Paz. As a result of his victory, Paz assumed the office of provincial Governor. Prelude General Bustos had governed Córdoba since the days of the Arequito Revolt, in 1820. His confrontation with Paz, who had fought with him in the revolt, had started a few months earlier: Paz thought Bustos had betrayed the rebel group, not carrying his army to the seat of the independence war in Upper Peru. After a lacklustre career in Salta Province, Paz had made a name for himself in the war with Brazil, where he was promoted to the rank of general after the Battle of Ituzaingó. He then declared himself to be against the Buenos Aires governor Manuel Dorrego who had been forced to sign a peace treaty ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
San Roque, Santa Barbara, California
San Roque (Spanish for "Saint Roch") is a primarily residential neighborhood in Santa Barbara, California, located northwest of downtown. For planning purposes, the City of Santa Barbara uses two designations for this areaSan RoqueanEast San Roque The area takes its name froSan Roque creek which was named by early Spanish settlers after Saint Roch. A rural farming area until the 20th century, San Roque's first residential subdivision was developed in 1917 by Stephen Rutherford and called Rutherford Park. The streets were laid out in an irregular grid transected by spokes from a central circular street, Argonne Circle. Argonne Circle was named in memory of Rutherford's son, Lawrie, who died in the WWI battle of the Argonne forest. In 1926, plans were approved for the San Roque Country Club and golf course to occupy much of the area adjacent to Rutherford Park, but development stalled due to the Great Depression The Great Depression (19291939) was an economic shock that ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
San Roque, Saipan
San Roque is a settlement in Saipan, in the Northern Mariana Islands. It is located to the north of Tanapag on the island's northwest coast, close to the point where the barrier reef protecting the Tanapag Harbor joins to the island. It is connected to Tanapag by the Marpi Road (Highway 30), which runs the length of the northwestern coast. Education Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands Public School System Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands Public School System (CNMI PSS) is a school district serving the Northern Mariana Islands, a United States territory. Its headquarters are in Susupe, Saipan. Schools 7–12 schools Rota * Dr. R ... operates local public schools. Gregorio T. Camacho Elementary School is located in San Roque. It opened as the San Roque Elementary School in 1951 and was renamed after the first commissioner of San Roque, Gregorio T. Camacho. Camacho served as the president of the school's parent-teacher association. References Town ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
San Roque, Quito
San Roque is an electoral parish (parroquia electorale urban) or district of Quito, the capital city of Ecuador Ecuador ( ; ; Quechua: ''Ikwayur''; Shuar: ''Ecuador'' or ''Ekuatur''), officially the Republic of Ecuador ( es, República del Ecuador, which literally translates as "Republic of the Equator"; Quechua: ''Ikwadur Ripuwlika''; Shuar: ' .... The parish was established as a result of the October 2004 political elections when the city was divided into 19 urban electoral parishes. References {{ecuador-geo-stub Parishes of Quito Canton ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
San Roque, Antioquia
San Roque is a town and municipality in the Colombian department of Antioquia. It is part of the subregion of Northeastern Antioquia. The municipality was founded by Francisco Martinez de Ospina on the 8 February 1880. The town is located between the Nare River and the Nus River. The town was created due to the presence of gold in the areas around the town. The town is located 121 km north of Medellín. The people of this town celebrate most of the traditional festivals that are celebrated in Colombia. History San Roque became a municipality in the year 1884. In 1911 the Antioquia Railway is built, traveling near the town and bringing some economy to the area. San Roque was known as a mining center at this time. The past history is what attracts the modern day tourists, and San Roque is often called "''The Land of Cordiality"'' because the natives are so friendly. Climate San Roque has a tropical rainforest climate A tropical rainforest climate, humid tropical ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
San Roque Lake (Bolivia)
__NOTOC__ Laguna San Roque is a lake in the Iténez Province, Beni Department, Bolivia , image_flag = Bandera de Bolivia (Estado).svg , flag_alt = Horizontal tricolor (red, yellow, and green from top to bottom) with the coat of arms of Bolivia in the center , flag_alt2 = 7 × 7 square p .... At an elevation of 190 m, its surface area is 4.5 km². References Lakes of Beni Department {{Beni-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
San Roque De Riomiera
San Roque de Riomiera is a municipality located in the autonomous community of Cantabria Cantabria (, also , , Cantabrian: ) is an autonomous community in northern Spain with Santander as its capital city. It is called a ''comunidad histórica'', a historic community, in its current Statute of Autonomy. It is bordered on the east ..., Spain. :es:Anexo:Municipios de Cantabria Localities * La Concha. * Merilla. * La Pedrosa (Capital). References Municipalities in Cantabria {{Cantabria-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
San Roque, Spain
San Roque is a municipality of Spain belonging to the province of Cádiz, which in turn is part of the autonomous community of Andalusia. It is also part of the of Campo de Gibraltar. Located in the southern end of the Iberian Peninsula, San Roque is a short way inland of the north side of the Bay of Gibraltar, to the north of the Gibraltar peninsula. The municipality has a total surface of 145 km2 with a population of approximately 25,500 people, as of 2005. The foundation of San Roque as a city owes to the creation of a sort of Gibraltar-in-exile by refugees fleeing from the Rock in the wake of its seizure by Anglo-Dutch forces in 1704. In addition of the main nucleus of San Roque, the municipality also includes settlements such as Puente Mayorga, , Sotogrande or Guadiaro. Placename San Roque is Spanish for Saint Roch, a Christian saint who was revered in a shrine dating back to 1508 that predates the foundation of the town. Geography San Roque lies in the ''comarca' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
San Miguel Das Negradas
San Miguel das Negradas (O Vicedo) is one of the parishes of the municipality of O Vicedo in Galicia, Spain. San Miguel das Negradas is on the north-west coast of the province of Lugo, on the border with the municipality of Mañón in the province of A Coruña. The parish includes the island of San Martiño San Martiño (''Saint Martin'') is a small island off the north coast of Galician, Spain, at the mouth of the Sor river and the beginning of ''Ría'' (estuary) of O Barqueiro. It is formed from a meander of the Sor river. The island belongs t .... In 1991 it had a population of 339 inhabitants distributed in the ''lugares'' of: *'' San Roque'' (previously called ''Santa Mariña''), with a chapel of the same name. Includes, apart from San Roque, Crecide, A Gateriza, A Poceira, A Barreira, and A Gándara *''O Mosteiro'' — where a monastery existed during the Middle Ages. Includes also: Chelo, Noche, Salgueiros, A Redonda, As Alpuxarras *O Outro Lado ( O Morgallón ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
