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Yerba Buena (Simoca)
Yerba buena is a Spanish term meaning "good herb". It may refer to * Yerba buena, a number of aromatic plants * Yerba Buena, Tucumán, the capital of the Yerba Buena Department in the province of Tucumán, Argentina ** Yerba Buena Department, a department of Tucumán Province, Argentina consisting of the city of Yerba Buena and two towns ** Yerba Buena Steam Tram * Yerbas Buenas, a Chilean town and commune in Linares Province, Maule Region * Yerba Buena, California, a former town that became San Francisco, California, U.S. * Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, a contemporary arts and convention center in San Francisco * Yerba Buena High School, a high school in San Jose, California * Yerba Buena Island, an island in the San Francisco Bay * Yerba Buena (band) Yerba Buena was a Latin fusion band. The group, active between 2003 and 2009, was founded by Venezuelan musician and producer Andres Levin. Yerba Buena's music (as described by Razor & Tie, the band's record label) is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spanish Language
Spanish ( or , Castilian) is a Romance languages, Romance language of the Indo-European language family that evolved from colloquial Latin spoken on the Iberian peninsula. Today, it is a world language, global language with more than 500 million native speakers, mainly in the Americas and Spain. Spanish is the official language of List of countries where Spanish is an official language, 20 countries. It is the world's list of languages by number of native speakers, second-most spoken native language after Mandarin Chinese; the world's list of languages by total number of speakers, fourth-most spoken language overall after English language, English, Mandarin Chinese, and Hindustani language, Hindustani (Hindi-Urdu); and the world's most widely spoken Romance languages, Romance language. The largest population of native speakers is in Mexico. Spanish is part of the Iberian Romance languages, Ibero-Romance group of languages, which evolved from several dialects of Vulgar Latin in I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yerba Buena
Yerba buena or hierba buena is the Spanish name for a number of aromatic plants, most of which belong to the mint family. ''Yerba buena'' translates as "good herb". The specific plant species regarded as ''yerba buena'' varies from region to region, depending on what grows wild in the surrounding landscape, or which species is customarily grown in local gardens. Perhaps the most common variation of this plant is spearmint ('' Mentha spicata''). The term has been (and is currently) used to cover a number of aromatic true mints and mint relatives of the genera '' Clinopodium'', '' Satureja'' or '' Micromeria''. All plants so named are associated with medicinal properties, and some have culinary value as herbal teas or seasonings as well. Local variants In the western United States, ''yerba buena'' most often refers to the species '' Clinopodium douglasii'' (synonyms: ''Satureja douglasii'', ''Micromeria douglasii''), but may rarely refer to '' Eriodictyon californicum'', which i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yerba Buena, Tucumán
Yerba Buena is the capital of the Yerba Buena Department in the province of Tucumán, Argentina. It is located at an altitude of around 466 metres (1528 feet). <3 The city of Yerba Buena is the most urbanized area of the department. It is mostly residential, although commercial activity has increased along its main road (Aconquija Avenue) with different kind of shops, shopping arcades, restaurants, bars and cafés. The main avenue has is lively, especially on weekends, when ''yerbabuenenses'' and people from its neighboring cities gather in search of fun and relaxation. Yerba Buena is home to most of the country clubs and in the province, although there are slums scattered around the city. Yerba Buena is a city, possibly given its name because people there may be friendly. There is a place called San Javier in the mountains nearby w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yerba Buena Department
Yerba Buena is a department of Tucumán Province, Argentina. The department comprises the city of Yerba Buena and two "comunas rurales" (rural communities): '' Cebil Redondo'' and ''San Javier'', with a joint population of 63,707 (2001). Lying at the feet of the Aconquija Range, it is located next to San Miguel de Tucumán San Miguel de Tucumán (; usually called simply Tucumán) is the capital and largest city of Tucumán Province, located in northern Argentina from Buenos Aires. It is the fifth-largest city of Argentina after Buenos Aires, Córdoba, Argentina, ... on the east, Tafi Viejo on the north and northwest and Lules on the south and southwest. See also * Yerba Buena (other) Departments of Tucumán Province {{Tucumán-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yerba Buena Steam Tram
The Yerba Buena Steam Tram ( es, Tranvía Rural a Vapor de Yerba Buena, nicknamed ''Trencito'' or ''La Chorbita'') was a long gauge railway in the city of Yerba Buena, Tucumán, Yerba Buena in Tucumán Province. It was inaugurated on 29 June 1916 during the Argentina Centennial, Centennial of the Argentine Declaration of Independence, Argentine Independence and was shut down a decade later in 1926.El chisporroteo de la chorbita mandó a vía muerta al “Trencito” de Yerba Buena on ''La Gazeta'', 11 Apr 2014 (archived) Opening On November 15, 1915, it was promulgated the law that allowed the Executive Power of Tucumán (at the ti ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yerbas Buenas
Yerbas Buenas is a Chilean town and commune in Linares Province, Maule Region. It lies in the geographical center of the country, on the fertile central plain, some south of the national capital of Santiago, south of Talca, the regional capital and north of Linares, the provincial capital. Demography According to the 2002 census of the National Statistics Institute, Yerbas Buenas had a population of 16,134 (8,380 men and 7,754 women). Of these, 1,595 (9.9%) lived in urban areas (the town of Yerbas Buenas), and 14,539 (90.1%) lived in rural areas. The population grew 4.1% (634 persons) between the censuses of 1992 and 2002. Geography The commune covers an area of . Its entire territory lies within the central plain or "depresión intermedia", (Chilean Central Valley). Yerbas Buenas is bordered on the west by San Javier and Villa Alegre, on the north by San Clemente, (Talca Province); on the east, by Colbún, and on the south, by Linares. ;Geographic Coordinates * Altitud ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yerba Buena, California
Yerba Buena was the original name of the settlement that later became San Francisco. Located near the northeastern end of the San Francisco Peninsula, between the Presidio of San Francisco and the Mission San Francisco de Asís, it was originally intended as a trading post for ships visiting San Francisco Bay. The settlement was arranged in the Spanish style around a plaza that remains as the present day Portsmouth Square. Name The name of the town was taken from the yerba buena (''Clinopodium douglasii'') plant, a native herb of the West Coast of North America and abundant in the region surrounding San Francisco Bay. Franciscan missionary Pedro Font, accompanying the Juan Bautista de Anza expedition of 1775–76, applied the Spanish name to the common native herb he found abundant in the landscape. The plant's common name, yerba buena, the same in English and Spanish, is an alternate form of the Spanish ''hierba buena'' (meaning "good herb"). The earliest report of the use of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yerba Buena Center For The Arts
Yerba Buena Center for the Arts (YBCA) is a multi-disciplinary contemporary arts center in San Francisco, California, United States. Located in Yerba Buena Gardens, YBCA features visual art, performance, and film/video that celebrates local, national, and international artists and the Bay Area's diverse communities. YBCA programs year-round in two landmark buildings—the Galleries and Forum by Japanese architect Fumihiko Maki and the adjacent Theater by American architect James Stewart Polshek and Todd Schliemann. Betti-Sue Hertz served as Curator from 2008 through 2015. History The museum was conceived as part of a deal by mayor George Moscone with developers to "set aside land and funds for cultural institutions such as museums, exhibits, and theaters" for the redevelopment projects in South of Market, San Francisco. The museum was opened in 1993. The YBCA partnered with San Francisco Arts Commission, San Francisco Grants for the Arts, and the San Francisco Human Rights Commi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yerba Buena High School
Yerba Buena High School is a public, comprehensive four-year high school located in the East San Jose area of San Jose, California, USA. Its athletic teams are well-known, and the school has the Engineering MAGNET program and the Green Construction/Architecture MAGNET program. The principal of Yerba Buena High School is Mary Pollett. Demographics The student body is roughly 10% from other South and Central America countries such as (Ecuador, El Salvador, Honduras), 55% Mexican and 40% Vietnamese American, with a small student body of Filipino Americans, Cambodian Americans, Africans Americans, and Caucasian. As of the 2012–2013 school year, Yerba Buena High School had a 72.68% graduation rate amongst its senior class. This number is up from the 2011-2012 graduation rate of 67.38%. Of these students, 31.56% who graduated met the requirements to admission to the University of California and/or California State University campuses. Curriculum Advanced Placement (AP) courses a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yerba Buena Island
Yerba Buena Island (Spanish: ''Isla Yerba Buena'') sits in San Francisco Bay within the borders of the City and County of San Francisco. The Yerba Buena Tunnel runs through its center and connects the western and eastern spans of the San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge, linking the city with Oakland, California. Treasure Island is connected by a causeway to Yerba Buena Island. According to the United States Census Bureau, Yerba Buena Island and Treasure Island together have a land area of with a total population of 2,500 as of the 2010 census. Yerba Buena Island has had several other names over the decades: Sea Bird Island, Wood Island, and Goat Island. The island may have been named after the pueblo of Yerba Buena, which was named for the plant of the same name that was abundant in the area. The plant's English and Spanish common name, Yerba buena, is an alternate form of the Spanish (literally meaning 'good herb'), generally used to describe local species of the mint family. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yerba Buena (band)
Yerba Buena was a Latin fusion band. The group, active between 2003 and 2009, was founded by Venezuelan musician and producer Andres Levin. Yerba Buena's music (as described by Razor & Tie, the band's record label) is a blend of Latin music (Cuban rumba, Colombian cumbia, Pan-Caribbean Soca, and Cuban Boogaloo) with hip-hop, Motown, soul, Afrobeat, and a dash of Middle Eastern themes. Before the release of their album ''President Alien'', Yerba Buena collaborated with Me'Shell NdegéOcello on a track titled "Gentleman" for the Red Hot Organization's tribute compilation album for Fela Kuti, ''Red Hot and Riot''. They also appeared on a track called "Colonial Mentality" for the album. The Paul Heck produced album was critically acclaimed and donated its proceeds to various AIDS charities. Band members included Cucu Diamantes (vocals), El Chino (vocals), Xiomara Laugart (vocals), Divine RBG (rapper), Rashawn Ross (trumpet), Ron Blake (reeds), Sebastian Steinberg (bass), Pedri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
