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San Antonio FC
San Antonio FC (SAFC), USL Championship second-tier soccer club in San Antonio, Texas, owned by Spurs Sports & Entertainment; founded 2016, plays at Toyota Field (8,250), won the 2022 USL Championship title.
San Antonio Independent School District
San Antonio Independent School District, also known as SAISD, is a public school district serving central and downtown San Antonio, Texas. It became an independent district in 1899.
San Antonio Independent School District v. Rodriguez
San Antonio Independent School District v. Rodriguez, 411 U.S. 1 (1973), a 5-4 Supreme Court ruling from the Edgewood, San Antonio school finance case, held education is not a fundamental federal right and wealth is not a suspect class, upholding Texas property-tax school funding under rational basis review.
San Antonio International Airport
San Antonio International Airport (SAT) is a medium-hub commercial airport eight miles north of downtown San Antonio, Texas, owned by the city and serving about 10.7 million passengers in 2025.
San Antonio Missions
San Antonio Missions: Double-A Texas League baseball team in San Antonio, Texas, San Diego Padres affiliate since 2021, playing at Nelson W. Wolff Municipal Stadium since 1994; charter Texas League member city since 1888, planning a downtown ballpark by 2028.
San Antonio River Walk
The San Antonio River Walk, or Paseo del Rio, is a linear park along the San Antonio River in Texas, built as a WPA project in 1939–1941.
San Antonio Spurs
San Antonio Spurs, NBA Western Conference team founded 1967 as Dallas Chaparrals, moved to San Antonio 1973; five NBA titles (1999-2014), Wembanyama era, 2026 Finals runners-up.
San Antonio Water System
The San Antonio Water System (SAWS) is the city-owned utility serving about 2 million people in San Antonio, Texas, and surrounding Bexar County. It was created in 1992.
San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock
The San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock, or LPD-17 class, is a United States Navy ship class that lands Marines and equipment ashore by landing craft, amphibious vehicles, and helicopters.
San Antonio–Austin metroplex
The San Antonio–Austin metroplex is the emerging Central Texas conurbation along I-35, combining the San Antonio–New Braunfels and Austin–Round Rock–San Marcos metros, about 5 million people, with shared transportation, water, and growth challenges.
San Bartolo murals
The San Bartolo murals are Maya wall paintings dated to about 100 BC, discovered in 2001 at San Bartolo in Petén, Guatemala, depicting creation mythology and early Maya writing.
San Beda College Alabang
San Beda College Alabang, also known as Benedictine Abbey School and St. Benedict College, is a Benedictine Catholic school in Muntinlupa founded in 1972, offering K-12, tertiary, graduate, and law programs; designated 2026 Bar National Headquarters.
San Bernardino County, California
San Bernardino County is a county in Southern California, created from Los Angeles County in 1853. It is the largest US county by area and had 2,181,654 residents in 2020.
San Bernardino Line
The San Bernardino Line is a Metrolink commuter rail line from Los Angeles Union Station to San Bernardino, opened in 1992 and the busiest in the system.
San Bernardino Mountains
The San Bernardino Mountains are a Transverse Ranges range in San Bernardino County, California, rising above 3,000 m, uplifted in the early Quaternary along low-angle faults, and covered largely by the 820,000-acre San Bernardino National Forest.
San Bernardino Strait
San Bernardino Strait separates Samar from southeastern Luzon in the Philippines, linking the Philippine Sea with the Samar Sea. Sill depth 80 m; Manila Galleon route; Kurita's 1944 Leyte Gulf passage.
San Bernardino, California
San Bernardino is a city in Southern California and the county seat and largest city of San Bernardino County, founded in 1810 by Spanish missionaries and incorporated in 1854.
San Blas naval department
The San Blas naval department (Departamento Naval de San Blas) was the Spanish Pacific naval establishment founded in 1768 at San Blas, New Spain, to supply the Californias.
San Bruno, California
San Bruno, California: San Mateo County city incorporated December 23, 1914, named for San Bruno Mountain; home of YouTube headquarters, Tanforan Racetrack history, and the 2010 PG&E pipeline explosion.
San Carlos hydroelectric plant
The San Carlos hydroelectric plant (Central Hidroeléctrica San Carlos) is a 1,240 MW hydroelectric plant in Antioquia, Colombia, owned by ISAGEN and described as the country's largest power plant.
San Chao Beimeng Huibian
San Chao Beimeng Huibian (三朝北盟會編) is a 250-volume Southern Song history compiled by Xu Mengshen, completed in 1194, covering Song, Liao, and Jin diplomacy and war.
San Clemente Island
San Clemente Island: southernmost of California's Channel Islands, about 64 miles west of San Diego, Navy-owned since 1934 and its primary Pacific Fleet SEAL training area, with 17 endemic protected plants and a 2023 five-species delisting.
San Clemente, California
San Clemente, California: "Spanish Village by the Sea," southernmost Orange County coastal city founded by Ole Hanson in 1925, incorporated 1928, population about 62,000, known for Spanish Colonial Revival architecture, surfing, and coastal erosion threatening its rail line.
San Crisogono
San Crisogono (Basilica di San Crisogono) is a titular minor basilica in Trastevere, Rome: a 4th-century titulus rebuilt in 1123 by Cardinal Giovanni da Crema and in 1626 by Soria for Cardinal Scipione Borghese, with an excavated early Christian basilica beneath.
San Cristóbal de La Laguna
San Cristóbal de La Laguna, Tenerife, Canary Islands; UNESCO World Heritage city since 2 December 1999 (criteria ii, iv); first unfortified Spanish colonial town, grid plan model for American colonial cities; founded late 15th century by Alonso Fernández de Lugo.
San Cristóbal de las Casas
San Cristóbal de las Casas is a city in the highlands of Chiapas, Mexico, founded in 1528 and known for its colonial architecture and Maya heritage.
San Cristóbal Island (3651946)
San Cristóbal Island (Isla San Cristóbal), easternmost of Ecuador's Galápagos, 557 km², capital Puerto Baquerizo Moreno, Darwin's 1835 landing site, El Junco fresh-water lake, Kicker Rock, second largest population.
San Cristóbal, Dominican Republic
San Cristóbal, Dominican Republic: southwestern Caribbean province in Valdesia region, capital city San Cristóbal, birthplace of Trujillo; formerly Province Trujillo (1932), fourth most populous, ~642,000 people.
San Cristóbal, Táchira
San Cristóbal, Táchira: Venezuelan Andean city, capital of Táchira state and its largest municipality, founded 31 March 1561 by Juan Maldonado; 263,764 municipal inhabitants, about 50 km from Colombia.
San Cromazio Roman Villa
San Cromazio (Sito archeologico di San Cromazio, Santu Cromai) is an archaeological site at Villaspeciosa, South Sardinia: a Roman mansio with 3rd-century baths, a 4th-century church, and Sardinia's largest polychrome mosaic, about 160 square meters.