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Sanz-Klausenburg Hasidic dynasty
The Sanz-Klausenburg Hasidic dynasty is a Hasidic dynasty of the Halberstam family, founded in mid-19th-century Galicia and reestablished after the Holocaust by Rabbi Yekusiel Yehudah Halberstam.
Sanze-isshin Law
The Sanze-isshin Law (三世一身法) was a Japanese decree of 723 allowing cultivators who opened new paddy land to hold it privately for three generations, or one lifetime with existing irrigation.
Sanzhang system
The Sanzhang system (三長制, "three heads system") was the Northern Wei dynasty's rural administration, instituted in 486 under Empress Dowager Feng to register households and collect taxes.
Sanzhyra
Sanzhyra (санжыра), from the Arabic shajara meaning tree, is the Kyrgyz oral genealogy reciting male-line ancestors back seven generations and recording clan history, marriage rules, and past.
Sanzi Jing
The Sanzi Jing (三字经), or Three Character Classic, is a Chinese children's primer in rhymed three-character lines, traditionally attributed to Song scholar Wang Yinglin, and long first in the San-Bai-Qian sequence of elementary texts.
Sao (moon)
Sao, formally designated Neptune XI, is a small prograde irregular satellite of Neptune about 20 km across, discovered in 2002 and named for one of the Nereids, the sea nymphs of Greek mythology.
São Bernardo do Campo
São Bernardo do Campo, a municipality in Greater ABC, São Paulo state, Brazil; industrial city of Volkswagen and Mercedes-Benz plants, 810,729 residents (2022), birthplace of Lula's union movement.
São Carlos, São Paulo
São Carlos, São Paulo (São Carlos, SP), a Brazilian municipality in central São Paulo state, 234 km from the capital; 254,857 residents (2022 census), founded 1857, coffee-era railway town now a technology hub with USP and UFSCar.
São Cristóvão
São Cristóvão is a municipality in Sergipe, Brazil, founded in 1590; the fourth oldest city in Brazil, it was Sergipe's capital until 1855 and its Praça São Francisco is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
São Francisco
São Francisco (Rio São Francisco, Opará): 2,863 km Brazilian river, longest entirely within Brazil, rising in Serra da Canastra, Minas Gerais, flowing to Alagoas; basin 639,219 km², major dams, semiarid water source.
São Francisco River Integration Project
The São Francisco River Integration Project (Projeto de Integração do Rio São Francisco) is a Brazilian inter-basin water transfer supplying semi-arid Northeast states, intended to reach 12 million people.
São Francisco Square in the Town of São Cristóvão
São Francisco Square (Praça São Francisco) in São Cristóvão, Sergipe, Brazil: UNESCO World Heritage Site inscribed 2010 under criteria (ii) and (iv), a 3 ha quadrilateral square fusing Portuguese and Spanish colonial urban planning from the Iberian Union.
São Gonçalo, Rio de Janeiro
São Gonçalo (RJ), Brazil: second most populous municipality of Rio de Janeiro state, on eastern Guanabara Bay. Founded 1579 by Gonçalo Gonçalves, emancipated from Niterói in 1890; former industrial hub nicknamed Manchester Fluminense.
São João de Campina Grande
São João de Campina Grande, known as O Maior São João do Mundo, is a month-long June festival of forró music held annually in Campina Grande, Paraíba, Brazil, since 1983.
São João de Caruaru
São João de Caruaru is the annual June festival of Caruaru, Pernambuco, Brazil, billed as the world's largest São João, drawing millions and moving hundreds of millions of reais.
São João de Meriti
São João de Meriti, a municipality in the Baixada Fluminense, Rio de Janeiro Metropolitan Region, Brazil; nicknamed Formigueiro das Américas; 440,962 residents (2022) on 35.216 km², emancipated 1947.
São José de Ribamar
São José de Ribamar (Maranhão, Brazil), a municipality on Ilha de Upaon-Açu in the Grande São Luís region; 244,579 residents (2022 census), pilgrimage center of Saint Joseph with a 13-day September festival, created 1913, renamed 1969.
São José do Rio Preto
São José do Rio Preto (Rio Preto), municipality in northwest São Paulo state, Brazil; regional pole of 96 municipalities, 506,466 inhabitants (2026 estimate), created 1894, home of Hospital de Base and Funfarme.
São José dos Campos
São José dos Campos, a São Paulo state municipality in the Paraíba Valley, Brazil; 697,054 residents (2022 census), aerospace hub hosting ITA, INPE, and Embraer.
São José dos Pinhais
São José dos Pinhais, Paraná, Brazil: municipality created 1852, seat of Afonso Pena International Airport, third automotive hub of Brazil, 329,628 inhabitants (2022), in the Curitiba Metropolitan Region.
São Leopoldo
São Leopoldo, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil; founded 25 July 1824 by 39 German immigrants; cradle of German colonization in Brazil; Porto Alegre metro city of about 217,000 hit by the record May 2024 flood.
São Luís, Maranhão
São Luís (São Luís do Maranhão), capital of Maranhão in northeast Brazil, founded by the French in 1612, later Dutch-occupied and Portuguese; UNESCO World Heritage historic center since 1997, home of Bumba-meu-boi, population about 1.04 million (2022).
São Mateus do Sul oil shale plant
The São Mateus do Sul oil shale plant is an industrial complex in Paraná, Brazil, where Petrobras's Petrosix process retorts Irati shale into oil, gas, and sulfur.
São Miguel de Mota
São Miguel de Mota (São Miguel da Mota/Motta) is a hill in Terena, Alandroal, Évora, Portugal, site of the Roman sanctuary of the indigenous god Endovélico, with 85 inscriptions, sculptures from Vasconcelos's 1890 digs, and 2002 excavations finding no pre-Roman temple.
São Miguel Island
São Miguel Island (Ilha de São Miguel), largest and most populous island of the Azores, Portugal: 745.8 km², Pico da Vara 1,105 m, 138,557 residents (2025), six volcanic zones including Sete Cidades, Agua de Pau, and Furnas, capital Ponta Delgada.
São Paulo
São Paulo, capital of São Paulo state, Brazil; largest Brazilian municipality, 11,451,999 residents (2022 census), founded by Jesuits in 1554, GDP per capita R$ 93,156 (2023), 47.2 million tourists in 2025.
São Paulo (song)
São Paulo (song): 2024 single by The Weeknd featuring Anitta, from Hurry Up Tomorrow; Brazilian funk in Portuguese and English interpolating Tati Quebra Barraco's Bota na Boca, Bota na Cara; released October 30, 2024 on XO/Republic.
São Paulo (state)
São Paulo (state), southeastern Brazil, IBGE code 35, capital São Paulo city, demonym paulista. Most populous and richest Brazilian state: 44.4 million (2022 census), 645 municipalities, 248,219 km², about 22 percent of national GDP.
São Paulo Art Biennial
The São Paulo Art Biennial (Bienal de São Paulo) is a contemporary art exhibition held every two years in São Paulo, Brazil, founded in 1951 by Ciccillo Matarazzo.
São Paulo Botanical Garden
São Paulo Botanical Garden (Jardim Botânico de São Paulo), founded 1928 by Frederico Carlos Hoehne in Água Funda within Parque Estadual das Fontes do Ipiranga; state botanical research and conservation garden with Uppsala-inspired gardens, 1929 greenhouses, orchid nursery, and BGCI membership.