Santiago
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Santiago is one of the names by which Saint James is known in the Hispanic and Lusitanic world. It is used as the name of several places around the world.
Important places named Santiago
- Santiago, Chile, capital of Chile
- Santiago de Compostela, administrative capital of Galicia, Spain
- Santiago, Cuba, second largest city in Cuba
- (Santiago de) Cali, second largest city in Colombia
- (Santiago de León de) Caracas, capital of Venezuela
- (Santiago de los Treinta Caballeros) Dominican Republic
- (Santiago de) Guayaquil, largest city in Ecuador
Other places named Santiago (by country)
- Argentina
- *Santiago del Estero
- *Santiago del Estero Province
- Brazil
- *Santiago, Rio Grande do Sul
- Cape Verde:
- *Santiago, Cape Verde, a parish of the municipality of Santa Cruz in Santiago Island (Cape Verde)
- Chile
- *Santiago (municipality)
- *Santiago Province, Chile
- *Region Metropolitana de Santiago, an administrative region of Chile
- Cuba
- *Santiago de Cuba
- Dominican Republic
- *Santiago de los Caballeros
- *Santiago Province, Dominican Republic
- Ecuador
- *Santiago Island (Galápagos)
- Guatemala
- *Santiago Sacatepéquez
- Mexico
- *Santiago de Querétaro (formerly, "Querétaro")
- *Santiago, Nuevo León
- *Santiago, Baja California Sur
- Nicaragua
- *León Santiago de los caballeros, León
- Panama
- *Santiago de Veraguas
- Peru
- *Santiago de Surco is a district of Lima
- *Santiago de Chuco, a district of La Libertad, where poet César Vallejo was born.
- Philippines
- *Santiago, Agusan del Norte
- *Santiago, Ilocos Sur
- *Santiago City, Isabela
- *Santiago Island (Philippines)
- Portugal
- *Santiago (Alcácer do Sal), a parish in the municipality of Alcácer do Sal
- *Santiago (Arganil), a parish in the municipality of Arganil
- *Santiago (Armamar), a parish in the municipality of Armamar
- *Santiago (Lisbon), a parish in the municipality of Lisbon
- *Santiago (Seia), a parish in the municipality of Seia
- *Santiago (Sesimbra), a parish in the municipality of Sesimbra
- *Santiago (Tavira), a parish in the municipality of Tavira
- *Santiago (Torres Novas), a parish in the municipality of Torres Novas
- *Santiago da Guarda, a parish in the municipality of Ansião
- *Santiago da Ribeira de Alhariz, a parish in the municipality of Valpaços
- *Santiago de Besteiros, a parish in the municipality of Tondela
- *Santiago de Bougado, a parish in the municipality of Trofa
- *Santiago de Candoso, a parish in the municipality of Guimarães
- *Santiago do Cacém, a parish and a municipality in the Setúbal (district)
- *Santiago de Carreiras, a parish in the municipality of Vila Verde
- *Santiago de Cassurrães, a parish in the municipality of Mangualde
- *Santiago de Figueiró, a parish in the municipality of Amarante
- *Santiago de Litém, a parish in the municipality of Pombal
- *Santiago de Montalegre, a parish in the municipality of Sardoal
- *Santiago de Piães, a parish in the municipality of Cinfães
- *Santiago de Riba-Ul, a parish in the municipality of Oliveira de Azeméis
- *Santiago de Subarrifana, a parish in the municipality of Penafiel
- *Santiago de Vila Chã, a parish in the municipality of Ponte da Barca
- *Santiago do Escoural, a parish in the municipality of Montemor-o-Novo
- *Santiago dos Velhos, a parish in the municipality of Arruda dos Vinhos
- *São Pedro e Santiago, a parish in the municipality of Torres Vedras
- **Santiago Maior
- *Santiago Maior (Alandroal), a parish in the municipality of Alandroal
- *Santiago Maior (Beja), a parish in the municipality of Beja
- *Santiago Maior (Castelo de Vide), a parish in the municipality of Castelo de Vide
- *Vale de Santiago, a parish in the municipality of Amarante
- Spain
- *Asturia:
- **Santiago (Valdés), a parish in the municipality of Valdés
- **Santiago (Sariego), a parish in the municipality of Sariego
- *Other
- **Santiago de la Ribera, a cluster of San Javier in Murcia
- **Santiago (comarca), a comarca in the province of A Coruña, Spain
- *Canary Islands
- **Santiago del Teide, a municipality in the island of Teide in the province of Santa Cruz de Tenerife
Landforms
- Santiago, Cape Verde, one of the islands of Cape Verde
- Santiago Island, Galapagos Islands
- Santiago River, a tributary of the Amazon River
- Santiago Peak, a mountain in Orange County, California
Historic uses
- Santiago was the Spanish name given to the island of Xamayca, now called Jamaica
- Santiago was the Spanish battle cry
- Santiago was a name of the assumed meteorite which exploded over Chile in 1938
Other uses
- Santiago is the Spanish and Portuguese name for Saint James the Great, who brought Christianity to the Iberian Peninsula
- Santiago (name) is a common Spanish given name.
- Benito Santiago, a MLB baseball catcher.
- Battle of Santiago de Cuba
- Santiago is the name of a fictional character in Anne Rice's novel, Interview with the Vampire.
- Santiago is the main character in the book The Alchemist from the renowned author Paulo Coelho.
- Santiago is the title of one of Loreena Mckennitt's songs from her album The Mask and the Mirror.
- Santiago is a 1996 album by The Chieftains.
- Santiago is also a lobster from Argentina.
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