The following is a list of places named after
Saint Francis of Assisi
Giovanni di Pietro di Bernardone, better known as Saint Francis of Assisi ( it, Francesco d'Assisi; – 3 October 1226), was a Mysticism, mystic Italian Catholic Church, Catholic friar, founder of the Franciscans, and one of the most vener ...
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Africa
South Africa
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Cape St. Francis
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St. Francis Bay
St Francis Bay ( af, St Francisbaai) is a holiday town in Sarah Baartman District Municipality in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa, roughly one hour’s drive from Port Elizabeth.
On 11 November 2012 a fire destroyed 76 homes, almost ...
, a town in the
Eastern Cape
The Eastern Cape is one of the provinces of South Africa. Its capital is Bhisho, but its two largest cities are East London and Gqeberha.
The second largest province in the country (at 168,966 km2) after Northern Cape, it was formed in ...
America
Argentina
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San Francisco, Córdoba
San Francisco is a city located at the far east border of the province of Córdoba, Argentina, and parts of the city are beyond the border into the province of Santa Fe. In the city National Routes 19 and 158 intersect. It is the fourth most po ...
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San Francisco del Chañar
San Francisco del Chañar is a town in Córdoba Province in Argentina
Argentina (), officially the Argentine Republic ( es, link=no, República Argentina), is a country in the southern half of South America. Argentina covers an area of ...
, Córdoba
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San Francisco Pass
The San Francisco Pass is a pass over the Andes mountains which connects Argentina and Chile. The highest point of this pass is at AMSL.
Location
The pass is located at and connects the Argentine province of Catamarca with the Atacama Re ...
, Catamarca
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San Francisco Solano
San Francisco Solano is a city in Buenos Aires Province, Argentina. It forms part of the Greater Buenos Aires agglomeration. It is divided between the Quilmes
Quilmes () is a city on the coast of the Río de la Plata, Rio de la Plata, in the , ...
, Buenos Aires Province
Bolivia
*Plaza San Francisco,
La Paz
La Paz (), officially known as Nuestra Señora de La Paz (Spanish pronunciation: ), is the seat of government of the Bolivia, Plurinational State of Bolivia. With an estimated 816,044 residents as of 2020, La Paz is the List of Bolivian cities ...
Brazil
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Amparo de São Francisco
Amparo de São Francisco is a municipality located in the Brazilian state of Sergipe. Its population was 2,380 (2020) and its area is 35 km².IBGE
The Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics ( pt, Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia ...
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Barra de São Francisco
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Belém de São Francisco
Belém de São Francisco (''Bethlehem of San Francisco'') is a city in the state of Pernambuco, Brazil. The population in 2020, according with IBGE was 20,730 and the area is 1830.81 km².
Geography
* State - Pernambuco
* Region - São Fr ...
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Canindé de São Francisco
Canindé de São Francisco is a municipality located in the Brazilian state of Sergipe. Its population was 30,402 (2020) and its area is .
Conservation
The municipality holds part of the Rio São Francisco Natural Monument, which protects the sp ...
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Lagoa de São Francisco
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Muquém de São Francisco
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Santana do São Francisco
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São Francisco, Minas Gerais
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São Francisco, Paraíba
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São Francisco, Sergipe
São Francisco is a municipality located in the Brazilian state of Sergipe. Its population was 3,781 (2020) and its area is 83 km².IBGE
The Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics ( pt, Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatís ...
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São Francisco, São Paulo
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São Francisco de Assis, Rio Grande do Sul
São Francisco de Assis is a Brazilian municipality in the western part of the state of Rio Grande do Sul. It has a population of 18,205 (2020). Its elevation is 151 m. It has an area of 2,530.9 km². It is located 434 km west of the ...
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São Francisco de Assis do Piauí
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São Francisco do Brejão
São Francisco do Brejão is a municipality in the state of Maranhão in the Northeast region of Brazil.
See also
*List of municipalities in Maranhão
This is a list of the municipalities in the state of Maranhão (MA), located in the Northe ...
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São Francisco do Conde
São Francisco do Conde is a municipality in the state of Bahia in the North-East region of Brazil. São Francisco do Conde covers , and has a population of 40,245 with a population density of 150 inhabitants per square kilometer. It is located f ...
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São Francisco do Glória
São Francisco do Glória is a Brazilian municipality located in the state of Minas Gerais. The city belongs to the mesoregion of Zona da Mata and to the microregion of Muriaé. As of 2020, the estimated population was 4,800.
See also
* List of ...
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São Francisco de Goiás
São Francisco de Goiás is a municipality in central Goiás state, Brazil.
Municipal boundaries:
*North: Jaraguá
*South: Petrolina de Goiás
*East: Pirenópolis
*West: Jesúpolis and Jaraguá
Connections from Goiânia are made by GO-080 / ...
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São Francisco do Guaporé
São Francisco do Guaporé is a municipality located in the Brazilian state of Rondônia. Its population was 20,681 (2020) and its area is 10,960 km².
The municipality contains 9% of the Serra dos Reis State Park.
It contains 86% of the ...
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São Francisco de Itabapoana
São Francisco de Itabapoana () is a municipality located in the Brazilian state of Rio de Janeiro. Its population was 42,210 (2020) and its area is 1,111 km².IBGE
The Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics ( pt, Instituto Brasi ...
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São Francisco do Maranhão
São Francisco do Maranhão is a municipality in the state of Maranhão in the Northeast region of Brazil.
See also
*List of municipalities in Maranhão
This is a list of the municipalities in the state of Maranhão (MA), located in the Nort ...
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São Francisco do Oeste
São Francisco do Oeste is a municipality in the state of Rio Grande do Norte in the Northeast region of Brazil
Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South Ameri ...
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São Francisco de Paula, Minas Gerais
São Francisco de Paula is a municipality in the state of Minas Gerais in the Southeast region of Brazil.
See also
*List of municipalities in Minas Gerais
This is a list of the municipalities in the state of Minas Gerais (MG), located in the S ...
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São Francisco de Paula, Rio Grande do Sul
São Francisco de Paula is a city in the Serra Gaúcha of the state of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. The municipality covers about and sits about from Porto Alegre. As of 2020, the city's population was estimated to be 21,801. The municipality was ...
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São Francisco do Pará
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São Francisco do Piauí
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São Francisco de Sales
São Francisco de Sales is a municipality in the west of the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais. As of 2020 the population was 6,274 in a total area of 1,129 km². It became a municipality in 1962.
Location
São Francisco de Sales belongs to ...
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São Francisco do Sul
São Francisco do Sul is a municipality in the Brazilian state of Santa Catarina. It covers an area of 540 km² (208 miles2) and had an estimated population of 53,746 in 2020.
Location
It was founded as a village by the Portuguese in 1658. ...
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São Francisco River
The São Francisco River (, ) is a large river in Brazil. With a length of , it is the longest river that runs entirely in Brazilian territory, and the fourth longest in South America and overall in Brazil (after the Amazon, the Paraná and t ...
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São Francisco, a neighbourhood in
Niterói
Niterói (, ) is a Municipalities of Brazil, municipality of the state of Rio de Janeiro (state), Rio de Janeiro in the Southeast Region, Brazil, southeast region of Brazil. It lies across Guanabara Bay facing the city of Rio de Janeiro and forms ...
Canada
* St. Francis Of Assisi Middle School in
Red Deer, Alberta
Red Deer is a city in Alberta, Canada, located midway on the Calgary–Edmonton Corridor. Red Deer serves central Alberta, and key industries include health care, retail trade, construction, oil and gas, hospitality, manufacturing and education. ...
Colombia
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San Francisco, Putumayo
Costa Rica
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San Francisco de Coyote
Dominican Republic
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San Francisco de Macorís
San Francisco de Macorís is a city in the Dominican Republic located in the northeast portion of the island, in the Cibao region. It is the capital of the Duarte Province, and the sixth most populated city in the country. The name ''San Franci ...
Ecuador
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San Francisco de Quito
Quito (; qu, Kitu), formally San Francisco de Quito, is the capital and largest city of Ecuador, with an estimated population of 2.8 million in its urban area. It is also the capital of the province of Pichincha. Quito is located in a valley on ...
El Salvador
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San Francisco Gotera
Mexico
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San Francisco Cajonos
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San Francisco Tetlanohcan
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San Francisco Nayarit
Nicaragua
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San Francisco de Cuapa
San Francisco de Cuapa () is a municipality in the Chontales Department of Nicaragua. This municipality was created July 30, 1997 and is located in the northeast section of Chontales. Before that date, the town was part of the municipality of Juig ...
Panama
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San Francisco, Veraguas
United States
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San Francisco, California
San Francisco (; Spanish for " Saint Francis"), officially the City and County of San Francisco, is the commercial, financial, and cultural center of Northern California. The city proper is the fourth most populous in California and 17th ...
. Also in the same area:
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San Francisco Bay
San Francisco Bay is a large tidal estuary in the U.S. state of California, and gives its name to the San Francisco Bay Area. It is dominated by the big cities of San Francisco, San Jose, and Oakland.
San Francisco Bay drains water from a ...
, the body of water that adjoins the city
** The
San Francisco Bay Area
The San Francisco Bay Area, often referred to as simply the Bay Area, is a populous region surrounding the San Francisco, San Pablo, and Suisun Bay estuaries in Northern California. The Bay Area is defined by the Association of Bay Area Go ...
, the surrounding metropolitan region
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St. Francis Wood, a neighborhood of
San Francisco, California
San Francisco (; Spanish for " Saint Francis"), officially the City and County of San Francisco, is the commercial, financial, and cultural center of Northern California. The city proper is the fourth most populous in California and 17th ...
** Colleges and universities:
** The
University of San Francisco
The University of San Francisco (USF) is a private Jesuit university in San Francisco, California. The university's main campus is located on a setting between the Golden Gate Bridge and Golden Gate Park. The main campus is nicknamed "The Hil ...
** The
University of California, San Francisco
The University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) is a public land-grant research university in San Francisco, California. It is part of the University of California system and is dedicated entirely to health science and life science. It cond ...
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San Francisco State University
San Francisco State University (commonly referred to as San Francisco State, SF State and SFSU) is a public research university in San Francisco. As part of the 23-campus California State University system, the university offers 118 different b ...
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City College of San Francisco
City College of San Francisco (CCSF or City College) is a State school#United States, public community college in San Francisco, California. Founded as a Junior college#United States, junior college in 1935, the college plays an important local ...
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St. Francis Fountain a restaurant
** The
St. Francis Hotel
The Westin St. Francis, formerly known as St. Francis Hotel, is a hotel located on Powell and Geary Streets on Union Square, San Francisco, California. The two 12-story south wings of the hotel were built in 1904, and the double-width north wing ...
** Saint Francis Square Cooperative Apartments
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Saint Francis High School (La Cañada Flintridge, California) in Northeast Los Angeles county, California
* The
San Francisco volcanic field
The San Francisco volcanic field is an area of volcanoes in northern Arizona, north of Flagstaff, US. The field covers 1,800 square miles (4,700 km²) of the southern boundary of the Colorado Plateau. The field contains 600 volcanoes rang ...
is an area of
volcano
A volcano is a rupture in the crust of a planetary-mass object, such as Earth, that allows hot lava, volcanic ash, and gases to escape from a magma chamber below the surface.
On Earth, volcanoes are most often found where tectonic plates are ...
es in
Arizona
Arizona ( ; nv, Hoozdo Hahoodzo ; ood, Alĭ ṣonak ) is a state in the Southwestern United States. It is the 6th largest and the 14th most populous of the 50 states. Its capital and largest city is Phoenix. Arizona is part of the Fou ...
, not associated with the city in California.
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San Francisco Peaks
The San Francisco Peaks (Navajo: , es, Sierra de San Francisco, Hopi: ''Nuva'tukya'ovi'', Western Apache: ''Dził Tso'', Keres: ''Tsii Bina'', Southern Paiute: ''Nuvaxatuh'', Havasupai-Hualapai: ''Hvehasahpatch''/''Huassapatch''/''Wik'hanbaja'', ...
, the mountain range in which the volcanoes are located
* The
St. Francis River
The St. Francis River is a tributary of the Mississippi River, about long, in southeastern Missouri and northeastern Arkansas in the United States. The river drains a mostly rural area and forms part of the Missouri-Arkansas state line along the ...
in Missouri and Arkansas, after which the following counties were named:
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St. Francois County, Missouri
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St. Francis County, Arkansas
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San Francisco, New Mexico
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San Francisco, Puerto Rico
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San Francisco, Texas
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St. Francis, Arkansas
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St. Francisville, Illinois
St. Francisville or Saint Francisville is a city in Lawrence County, Illinois, United States. The population was 697 at the 2010 census.
History
St. Francisville is rooted in a stockade built by Joseph Tougas in the early 1810s. The city was pl ...
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St. Francis, Kansas
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St. Francisville, Louisiana
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St. Francis, Wisconsin
St. Francis is a city in Milwaukee County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 9,161 at the 2020 census.
History
St. Francis Seminary was established in what is now the city in 1845. The Sisters of St. Francis of Assisi establishe ...
* La Villa Real de la Santa Fé de San Francisco de Asís (the formal name of
Santa Fe, New Mexico
Santa Fe ( ; , Spanish for 'Holy Faith'; tew, Oghá P'o'oge, Tewa for 'white shell water place'; tiw, Hulp'ó'ona, label=Tiwa language, Northern Tiwa; nv, Yootó, Navajo for 'bead + water place') is the capital of the U.S. state of New Mexico. ...
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Saint Francis University
Saint Francis University (SFU) is a private Catholic university in Loretto, Pennsylvania. It was founded in 1847 and conducted under the tradition of the Franciscan Friars of the Third Order Regular. The university is situated on in the fore ...
in
Loretto, Pennsylvania
Loretto is a borough in Cambria County, Pennsylvania, Cambria County, Pennsylvania. As of the 2010 United States census, 2010 census it had a population of 1,302. Like the rest of Cambria County, it is part of the Johnstown, Pennsylvania Metropoli ...
* The
University of Saint Francis in
Joliet, Illinois
Joliet ( ) is a city in Will County, Illinois, Will and Kendall County, Illinois, Kendall counties in the U.S. state of Illinois, southwest of Chicago. It is the county seat of Will County. At the 2020 United States Census, 2020 census, the cit ...
* The
University of Saint Francis in
Fort Wayne, Indiana
Fort Wayne is a city in and the county seat of Allen County, Indiana, United States. Located in northeastern Indiana, the city is west of the Ohio border and south of the Michigan border. The city's population was 263,886 as of the 2020 Censu ...
*Saint Francis Episcopal Day School, Potomac, Maryland
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Saint Francis Episcopal Day School, Piney Point, Texas
*Saint Francis Healthcare, Wilmington, Delaware
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OSF Saint Francis Medical Center
OSF Saint Francis Medical Center, located in Peoria, Illinois, United States, is a teaching hospital for the University of Illinois College of Medicine at Peoria and part of the OSF Healthcare System. The center, which is the largest hospital in t ...
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Peoria, Illinois
Peoria ( ) is the county seat of Peoria County, Illinois, United States, and the largest city on the Illinois River. As of the United States Census, 2020, 2020 census, the city had a population of 113,150. It is the principal city of the Peoria ...
, the largest hospital of the OSF HealthCare system run by Franciscan sisters
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St. Francis Hospital,
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Milwaukee ( ), officially the City of Milwaukee, is both the most populous and most densely populated city in the U.S. state of Wisconsin and the county seat of Milwaukee County, Wisconsin, Milwaukee County. With a population of 577,222 at th ...
*Saint Francis Retreat Center,
DeWitt, Michigan
DeWitt is a city in Clinton County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 4,507 at the 2010 census. The city is located north of Interstate 69 and west of U.S. Route 127, just north of the city of Lansing.
History
DeWitt was named aft ...
*Saint Francis Medical Center, Trenton, New Jersey
*Saint Francis of Assisi Catholic Academy, Brooklyn, New York
*Saint Francis College, Brooklyn, New York
*Saint Francis Hospital, Poughkeepsie, New York
*Saint Francis Hospital, Tulsa, Oklahoma
*St. Francis of Assisi Catholic School, Burien, Washington
*St. Francis Rabbitry, Hampton, VA
Uruguay
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Playa San Francisco, Maldonado Department
Asia
India
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St. Francis' College
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St Francis D'Assisi High school
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St. Francis of Assisi Convent High School
Lebanon
*Mar Francis Secteur,
Lebanon
Lebanon ( , ar, لُبْنَان, translit=lubnān, ), officially the Republic of Lebanon () or the Lebanese Republic, is a country in Western Asia. It is located between Syria to the north and east and Israel to the south, while Cyprus li ...
Malaysia
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St. Francis' Institution
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SMK St. Francis Convent (M), Kota Kinabalu
St. Francis Secondary School, Kota Kinabalu ('' Malay: SMK St. Francis Convent (M), Kota Kinabalu'') is an all-girls secondary school and one of the oldest schools in Kota Kinabalu. The students in this school consist of different kinds of races ...
Philippines
* St. Francis of Assisi College Las Pinas, Las Pinas
* St. Francis of Assisi College Bacoor, Bacoor, Cavite
* St. Francis of Assisi College Muntinlupa, Muntinlupa
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San Francisco, Agusan del Sur
San Francisco, officially the Municipality of San Francisco ( ceb, Lungsod sa San Francisco; tgl, Bayan ng San Francisco), is a 1st class municipality in the province of Agusan del Sur, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a populati ...
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San Francisco, Cebu
San Francisco, officially the Municipality of San Francisco ( ceb, Lungsod sa San Francisco; tgl, Bayan ng San Francisco), is a 3rd class municipality in the province of Cebu, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 59 ...
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San Francisco, Quezon
San Francisco, officially the Municipality of San Francisco ( tgl, Bayan ng San Francisco), is a 2nd class municipality in the province of Quezon, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 62,097 people.
San Francisco is ...
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San Francisco, Southern Leyte
San Francisco (IPA: ɐn fɾɐn'sisko, officially the Municipality of San Francisco ( ceb, Lungsod sa San Francisco; tl, Bayan ng San Francisco), is a 5th class municipality in the province of Southern Leyte, Philippines. According to the 2020 c ...
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San Francisco, Surigao del Norte
San Francisco, officially the Municipality of San Francisco ( Surigaonon: Lungsod nan San Francisco; tl, Bayan ng San Francisco), is a 5th class municipality in the province of Surigao del Norte, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has ...
Europe
Italy
*Piazza San Francesco (St. Francis square),
Pistoia
Pistoia (, is a city and ''comune'' in the Italian region of Tuscany, the capital of a province of the same name, located about west and north of Florence and is crossed by the Ombrone Pistoiese, a tributary of the River Arno. It is a typi ...
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Basilica of Saint Francis of Assisi
The Basilica of Saint Francis of Assisi ( it, Basilica di San Francesco d'Assisi; la, Basilica Sancti Francisci Assisiensis) is the mother church of the Roman Catholic Order of Friars Minor Conventual in Assisi, a town in the Umbria region in ce ...
See also
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St. Francis (disambiguation)
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Saint-François (disambiguation) Saint-François is the French form of Saint Francis, and is the name of many locations:
Canada
* Saint-François River, a river in Quebec
* Saint-François Parish, New Brunswick, a parish in Madawaska County, New Brunswick
* Saint-François, Queb ...
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Francis
Francis may refer to:
People
*Pope Francis, the head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State and Bishop of Rome
*Francis (given name), including a list of people and fictional characters
*Francis (surname)
Places
* Rural M ...
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